Gunnin' was all right except for one thing--that is, that there wa'n't none wuth mentionin'.
"'Ducks are scurser round here than Democrats in a Vermont town-meetin',' growled the Cap'n.

'And as for geese! How long has it been since you see a goose, Barzilla ?' "'Land knows!' says I.'I can remember as fur back as the fust time Washy Sparrow left off workin', but I can't--' "Brown told us to shut up.

Did we cal'late he didn't know what he was talkin' about?
"'I can see two geese right now,' he snaps; 'but they're so old and leather-headed you couldn't shoot an idea into their brains with a cannon.

Gunnin' ain't the whole thing.

My makin' a noise like a duck is only to get the would-be Teddy Roosevelts headed for this neck of the woods.