Leather-Clad Tales of Adventure and Romance, No. 38 — page 214: what you’re looking at

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204 IN THE SUNK LANDS. and locked firmly together. Sammy was very particular about this. At the open end, and at the corners, huge posts were driven in both inside and out to strengthen it. The roof of logs was held down by heavy cross bars, which, in turn, were held by chains at each end, running under the trap. The door was of roughly hewn, eight inch plank, placed horizontally and spiked firm- ly together. It was of the sliding pat- tern, and dropped between the ends of the sides and great posts, and was prevented from being moved sideways by additional posts. The door was raised and held in position by a hardwood peg, to which was attached a buekskin line and the bait, deer meat soaked in honey, discovered by Sammy. A pull on the bait would withdraw the peg, down would come the door, and—presto ! he was caught ! ‘Don’t it look fine?” asked Bob, as we surveyed our handiwork toward the close of the day, and wiped the perspiration from our brows. . “Like a silk dress sewed with a log Eomichbooks.co