Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 429
iet, and onlymoving forward when he renewedhis noisy courtship, — for it is towoo and win his mate that SirRuffed Grouse indulges in thesestrange and noisy musical exer-cises. In thisway I contriv-ed to comewithin twentyfeet withoutalarming him.Through thealder thicket Icould just seehis… … THE PARTRIDGE DRUMMING. ,837] COWSLIPS. 417 stood looking about as though nothing had hap-pened ; but presently came a second flash andthump, and others rapidly followed at lesseningintervals, until at last the serenade rolled awaylike the galloping of horses or the rumbling ofdistant thunder.…
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