around o be suspicious t sometrying to see or smell  was.

    quot; mark to s at, but I ed in c, t I forgot all about my gun. I did not even ting il o the woods.

    quot; t. Ill never get any meat t;I settled myself in tree and ed again. time I ermined to s t game I saw.

    quot;t le open place. All around it trees.

    quot;After a long ily out of t afraid at all. to t, and ttle of it.

    quot;t eacepped over and stood beside tood toget t. t.

    I just sat t til t of tree and came home.”

    Laura  s them! “

    Mary said, quot;e can eat bread and butter.”

    Pa lifted Mary up out of ogether.

    quot;Youre my good girls,quot; ;And nos bedtime. Run along, w my fiddle.”

    ucked snugly under trundle beds covers, Pa ting in t  t need its ligly in ting needles flas above tting.

    ter evenings of firelight and music had come again. Pas fiddle walled while Pa was singing:

    O you cry for me, Im going to Cal-i-for-ni-a, t for to see.”

    to play again t Old Grimes. But  sing t. Pas strong, s voice ly singing:

    quot;Sance be forgot, And never brougo mind? Sance be forgot, And tance be forgot, And the days of auld lang syne?”

    opped singing Laura called out softly, quot; are days of auld lang syne, Pa?”

    quot;time ago, Laura,quot; Pa said. quot;Go to sleep, now.

    But Laura lay atle o Pas fiddle softly playing and to t Pa sitting on t gleaming on ening on t Ma, gently rocking and knitting.

    S to ;this