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ie* i:e.)* J15 i7- I1^ieisit1-sitif*?ryri -irty*o:f-s15i-ntor-isiliy[fd»)ehnYARNS OF THE BIG WOODSsnhlt;By VUT lt;flll DS* ♦Fitilt;naSVweiIlt; *The lioat Houndtflt;Up in the great lonesome woodsof the North the old guides haveinvented many yarns to explain tothe tenderfeet from the cities thestrange tracks, the weird noises, andall the other new experiences of thegreat outdoors Mr. Childs was formerly a game warden in the woodsof Northern Wisconsin. The storieswhich h« tells here are stories he■* collected from the old guides themselves.Twelve will be published.The one below Is the eighth.)“Hey!” called Snowshoe Bill, theBirrWoods guide, one morning.• “The boat is gone. Did one of youfellows go fishing last night andprivate opinion Is that the boathound got it.”“The boat hound! Never heard of such a thing!”“Didn’t, huh? Well, he's about the meanest customer I’ve ever run into. He sneaks along in the Cark looking for boats that careless folks forget to tie, and when he finds one, he swallows it right down. He has a great long body shaped like a boat, froglike feet, and four ears. With the front two he can hear everything in front of him, and with the back two he hears everything behind him. He has a big mouth like an alligator’s.”“Where does this queer creature keep himself during the day?” thetenderfoot inquired, with a littleirbfjntltubTtt!f■ tv(forget to tie it up•IffThe tenderfoot flushed. He wasalways doing something wrong. “I'mthe one that hfessedand I foreWmm1 it last.” he con-to tie it. Whatdo you suppose has happened to it?”“Well,” speculated the guide, “mv ‘grinHe sleeps on the bottom of the lake in the daytime, but at night he’s wide awake, all right, lookingfor boats. Just you rememberabout him next time you take aboat out, young man.(Copyright, 1922. Associated Editors.)IIf *r
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Racine Journal News
Racine, Wisconsin, US
Wed, Sep 06, 1922
Page 10
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