Wit bought, or, A New York boy's adventures when the empire state was young (1887)
Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860 · New York : John D. Williams · leaf 118
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… … Matthew made a fire, and we prepared topass the night there. I cannot easily make those of my readers,who have always lived in cities or towns,understand the pleasure of sleeping in the 106 WIT BOUGHT. woods, with no roof but the sky. Perhapsmost persons would think this a hardship,and so it would…
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