"Supper is ready--Annie, bring in some cream--yes, indeed, I am happy that you are home.

I never have a moment's peace when you are away, especially when you are accompanied by Lewis Wetzel." "Our hunt was a failure," said the Colonel, after he had helped himself to a plate full of roast wild turkey.

"The bears have just come out of their winter's sleep and are unusually wary at this time.

We saw many signs of their work, tearing rotten logs to pieces in search of grubs and bees' nests.

Wetzel killed a deer and we baited a likely place where we had discovered many bear tracks.