In the Sunk Lands — page 174: what you’re looking at

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IN THE SUNK LANDS. 159 We covered the trunk up in the corner. An hour went slowly by. ‘ Oughter go afore dark,” Sammy said. “We'll leave the dogs yere an’ the latch strings out, so ef they git yere afore we do they kin git in. I reckon the dogs’'ll tend to things.”’ So we took our rifles, closed the door, and, after seeing that Loafer was well pro-- vided for, and the deer’s carcass secured in the branches of a small hickory, stepped out lively over the route traversed by the boys. ‘‘ There’s the first one,” said Sammy, pointing to a tree, the bark of which had been pealed off abouta foot long and six inches wide. A little farther on could be seen another blaze. This had a cross cut below it, “They've set a trap near here,’’I vol- unteered. ‘* Let's find it,” suggested Sammy. We searched carefully around. I found it, but not until after I had put my foot into it. It was placed in a narrow path, adroitly covered with leaves. Mr. 8S. Jimmerson laughed boisterously as Gomichbooks.G