. Wit bought, or, A New York boy's adventures when the empire state was young . most of the trees, and the flowers were sleepingin their tombs—though the birds had fled, andtheir happy minstrelsy was heard no more,still there were signs of cheerfulness aroundus. The little woodpeckers Avere creepingup and down the hoary oaks, seeking for the 104 WIT BOUGHT. worms that had taken winter quarters in thebark. Small flocks of wild turkeys frequentlycrossed our path ; the partridges were callingtheir mates by flapping their wings uponsome rotten log, thus producing a soundlike the roll of a distant
. Wit bought, or, A New York boy's adventures when the empire state was young . most of the trees, and the flowers were sleepingin their tombs—though the birds had fled, andtheir happy minstrelsy was heard no more,still there were signs of cheerfulness aroundus. The little woodpeckers Avere creepingup and down the hoary oaks, seeking for the 104 WIT BOUGHT. worms that had taken winter quarters in thebark. Small flocks of wild turkeys frequentlycrossed our path ; the partridges were callingtheir mates by flapping their wings uponsome rotten log, thus producing a soundlike the roll of a distant drum; the black and. gray squirrels, in vast numbers, were holdingtheir revel upon the walnut and chesnuttrees, occasionally chasing each other, likebirds, among the branches; and now andthen a deer bounded before us, gazed back-ward for a moment, and then, with his tail DEER. 105 and antlered head erect, plunged into thewood. When evening approached we foundwe had proceeded full five and twenty were then in the midst of woods, andfinding a partial shelter under a rock,
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