This the boy did, after much coaxing on Putnam's part, and was so successful that his friend came tumbling to the ground.

He was bruised and lamed, but no bones were broken; and the very next day the intrepid boy climbed up to the nest again, and this time secured it.

That was the "way with 'Old Put,'" the man who in later years succeeded "Young Put" the youth.

His motto was: "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again." He always tried, and with his utmost endeavor, to accomplish the task that faced him at the time.

What is more, he generally succeeded; and that is the chief reason why he is considered worthy a biography.