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to C ?at ' hcrCnm, l TO. Mbjr buntlnv, . r : tttiDRia'a sen huntlnc" , ? chant on ardent lover of the Wall, dltln- her nuraer) rhymea' In atrlct accordance with the j."" lt on of ua weaker .veaseia ar to iwln V .baf over her shoulder and trudge along watching tot ' . algna of life in the tangle of growth about her, wild with the keen excitement of matching wlta with the aubtle creature of the foreit, and Immediately aha' la : made the target for rolley of feminine proteata. .Your only defense In alienee. Tour .only, hope (If you car for the critlclama at all) of convincing any of your, "crltlca la to beguile her along on your net trip."-- ir One ezperjence la enough to make a. convert of any woman.'' '-r-:'' T'!:,t . 'v Sack yeaiaeea more and more women "go Into the .. Swpoda, and go after really big game. A woraari'a firatJi i outljig 'ta uauallltak nana or orotner or latner la an entnnaiaat, ana an goes 'alonf, dutifully, but without Interest. After that, shea v - .T TO. hah hunHT -.-r i, - . . . . , .7 "OOC.-' 1 I ' ? i 1 Vk . - - - V. .'. t .... . I at her happiest trudging along over trails, over swamp ' and mountain. ' Dlacomfort . doesn't count with , the faaomation of ft"4 . ,;T--. . . ..... , ' : Tour amateur In- th way of the wilderness is easily ' recognised. "A first-year woman," ah Is called ehe of the well-boned ' leglns and Irreproachable autt. wrtth--- every - piece of dotblng-chaato deliberately for effect ... i. . iTTiiT:Hlirp'M?f?yxi half enviously you-who are old hunters pitying her ignorance; envying -the audden revelation of-the wonden "7 of It all, Jhat la aura to come to her. .... .. I''- ; The second year ahe Is wiser chooses heavy boots , . and corduroys, and cuts her kirt shorter. - ' -- But the-third year rinds hrr well versed In the atylea- ', of th woods. Cloth leggtna and heavy high boots give . way to atout ahoea find leather legglna, er to pictur- . esquelv ugly puttee. Or she even cbooaea regular lura - a berman'a ahoea, made of the heaviest rubber Imaginable, low ad laced up with .trong wmu tapes nideous, ai- figuring, but absolutely waterproof. ;V71th these ahe wears heavy woolen atocklngs four or five pairs of them some, time piled on ail at oric. , ; . . ,A , , 5r- LONG SKIRTS IN THE VAY a.a.i.. . , . . ,w There r as definite a difference In the length of her . . wet. a a. . . - . skirts. Th first year thy come odtlr nown to hr SB. Si BwlaaS - a ffi mm sSam tttst aX m ! mi9 n m lltf v 1 las Sm n 1 an Afa) utmrnWrnW r - , .. - - . ing on th wing for or MO yards. Tim was, too, when game than ev.n her. own bui-gimg use of her gu.n. .tto,. flu,he( ln ntli wouId 4 cut ln n. next year She shorten, them, and at laat come bravely 1)k, formtlttol( ,a not ,evc tb, open ound at once. uui wiui ajiins juav www uer M' ' Her hair she tucks tip rigorously so that It will atay, and covers It with sn old olouch hat. By this time, too, v ah Is on Jntlmst terms with her gun. - . Then off with a guide tor a long day of It, trailing ' along through swamp and thicket; following the deer- ' run. , with the mad. keen deslr of th chase on yotsA, Your blood pounds In your vetns-rurely the deer you're . stalking will henr It! Your skirt catches your only care r is that th noire of Its tearing will frighten the game. '' v-. . .' -A long, weary wait follows, ss you crouch down be-! ' S - hind a log In ambush. ' , , v. , ' ' . . ' ' You sink Into a revery. All those wretched protests y come to your rr.lnd perhaps.' after all, the sport la cruel. '. . You Imegtne yourself hunted,- a rd wonder what th terror '' must be of being followed tu tlw death. - ' ' - For- th least part of sn Instant you.. wonder-Jt yott XIi . oughtn't to return to--civilisation, oughtn't to .leave 7to V men the blood-ba.tles. And thenl ,r Vt-.i ( . - ' ' Thrr th lt possible motion from tho 'Tulda Just ; -U . th bend of a flnger-v-nd your rlfU.come up o softly to ,- your shoulder, your shot ring out ss a deer pauses, one foot held high, listening, and turns to run too late. w ''"" . You've made tho "flrst kill, of th season you. a . woman? Tou forget your qualms of. conscience, and gloat -' ' ver your succtss. 'x-." , '.. " " . vv ;; : ":r- - -.vr -r--.- . . Back t, camp you go, walking. sedstaly with your -r; --guide,-who plods along (so, slowly;) with hi preclou burdan.- .'.;' , .., , - V ..'""' .. . . ,Vyou recelv an ovation at camp.. Successful and nn--sueeessf ul- hunters silk ..crowd around everybody crltl- . - rising and praising ar envying your ra envying your snot, you stand silent bursting with pride. Tour guldt wax ixes loquaylous, and bluah, but-s tnd here's the woman -of Its you blush -RsJce no effort to stop his wild xtrvganc o(.spcb.- IT ALL NIGH I -NU I" A SHOT That Is, your guide o.-sgs if he experienced In th - waya of hunter. If h dnesn't, you never engage him ' ""-again! ..-- - . ..... . ,. - . - You reat on your laurels a day or two-Mrou'r a rec ognised hunter, now picking up a few ducks tthough a . sneak-box Is terribly trying), or partridges; and learning to eat them cooked In true sportsman's style, so that "th . t blood follow the knife." Then come on of. those cuii . ously black nights, when even the star seem too far - away to light a path.- It a an- ideal night for Jacking. - You go, as a matter of course; for Jacking haa mor . thrill In It than any othr snort out. - . Off you go, up-a, creek, with th lack-la ntem 'perched - hlsh In the bow of the canoe way up in the tip, with a guide kneeling In the stern, stlll'pcddllng; and you, your self clad n yeur warmest clothe, crouched down Juat .behind the Jack. v I ' . . f A jck la an oddly const -TH-tad lantern, which biases out In front and leaves the canoe and its occupants in i shadow. When .the dear comes down to drink at right, the llsht attraota hla attention, he stops to watch It ii - - nuji io.'s ii nivnr ana nearer, ' jiiui-iuiiwfun -ajat--yonr cnanr. . . Ofien vou srs rtni an i.iaKr wtiw a. . mn m u- maianca . roahi the dlatanca vou liear the ner . hlin-. I ti " at li il r-..t 1 V ' ' . or it all, tli C'tt-. wnistum interest! Ami . . i . -w- f tag, along with never a sound but the mysterious forest nolae t8 break In upon the dreamlike scene affects' yowr Imagination strangely. You never forget It. . t.. . . . v - ' t.v t.r1 f vii iwiauviiiai mm ik fa, ivu iiiu timi m m i... v . sentiment to be a sportswoman. The spicy smells of the littlo plants you- crush underfoot; the surprise of a ' map 6 tree'e" flaming scarlet In tbeTmidst'of a forest of j. ri"(M'alWv-v ffOf1 mmftf SsM aajaaaai ajaSSSBSMSSSjl1af" 'fcaJH lt Quail .Hunting in . LTHOUOH the whir of the wings of the quail Is -heard with sufficient frequency In the Northern" . States to stir the blood of the moat blase hunter, it la In the South that really" big bags, sixty birds. ninety birds and sometimes a hundred or more In day or two, are to be had. .. . ' - ..; . - ' J ;rr In Virginia. North and South Carolina Georgia, snd other Southern States, there r still wide expanses of sed iff -grown field and plenty of mountain foreU and lowland thickets In which the birds may dwell, feed snd multiply. . , . . . . i . v . Even fn these favored places, however, the hablta of . . . .. w -k , - m v iiaii if ibj . , gas v iws wwt iub , sawwas wv mw. mka bngeT mghtm than fonB,rly ometlmes be- ; a. . shelter and the heavy woods, In course of time quail shootinr will probably "com to resemble that of gunning after woodcock, with the rapid flight and devious twists cf the quarry. ; ' , Even now It is said that quail hav taken to roosting JPo&tterj "Hit. a JTjccZ In tr, snd that they hav learned to hover close to ths body. for protection. . Still there are thousand of quail In the field and . inineis oi-ine etouinern mates., in ww m gunners from outside took out the 10 lice In 1901 more than 1114 ne in NMIi vnmiina., mere were more last year, and tma year will Jrohly see several hundred over the numb ber n ox ins pre- ceuin nson. Hpnth Carolina la not an much visited because of the rZlJT Jt' .,,l!rt,a , Th me fee must be paid In j r"!2r'.?A wh,1 ,B Virginia, ilk North Carolina, the license Oame rrearvwa ! i -11 ik. a..- Un.t . .. belong to clubs, snd th privileges are reserved to the members while In other plarea landa have been atocked by communities and hotel proprietors. . . ' At Plnehurst, In Moore county, N. C, some seventy n ui luwun, is sn enterprise ot ine latter sort. i. naa arnuirea Jm.vv seres or nst p a number Of guiifrt. Thaas prarvs ar for Ik tiuJvf use at visitors to the tlUax, . s nas acquirea jt.yig grres or nstnnl mna em- - mm sum. ,-& " iN ', v ( tei- - - --f , ..... -. ,, , monotonous green; tho sudden' rifts In the woods, through which. break "visions of lake' and mountain" and river . ' muat mean Wonderful thlnga to you. . , , ' . Women almost never hunt bears that la. go out with '," the dogs, tracking one down. It's too dangerous to prev serve the element of sport In tt. But when report com Into camp' that a bear has been seen about this part of the forest or that," some woman takes s guld-and goes VBl.un un cuinci ui nnun iu - '. And. occasionally, a woman does shoot' a bear-kills - t - m - - eringle clean shoC-andwUbQUt needing th ltbOUtjeedlnavthe help that her guide atanda ready to give. For dangerous sport Ilk thtf ahe leaves att hr aklrta u.rin. In , -. - ----- -r if - and leather legglna there muat be no. hindering, no catching by the: underbrush if she has to spring aside Suddenly. A wounded Lear la a' terrible enemy. ... . ' ilVW 4H'mmmnmr4mmmimmnmm eaaasaaaaaaaitatiaajayaaa the South, Where Big Bags Are Taken JoTge w. Yanderbilt, upon hla BUtmore estate, near ' Aahevllle-has an immense preserve, but .this is closed to -; all except the owiier's friends. - ; There are still open to the visitor hundreds of thou sands of acres of lowland, woodlabd'and mountain upon . which game is yet fairly plentiful. Iast year two gentle- men from Philadelphia spent two daya In th i neighbor- hood of Kaleigh and bagged ninety fine quail In that time. The year before they brought down" seventy-two In two days. ,'. ' .-, , ? Visitors to most of the North Cavlilna hunting sec- lions need only take with them guns snd ammunition. - tv, win .. . . , at nut x V masaw fcws vi sciiivuiviu a,-v4j jr tent guides with good dogs. Service of these may be had at reasonable rates.' . ',.,',.. ' Among the towns located In quail sections of more or lest promise ar AshrxM-o, --Aberdeen. .Berber, Blanche, - Mountain, Msnson. Mvrlon, Kakevlew, Morganton, New ton. Or HilC Osgood. Oxford,-Raleigh. Reidsvllle, Shelby, Statesvine, SlOkeadale. "Thomavllle, Wsmor Cove, ,w aynesvllle, Winston-Salem Brevard, Lsk Toxawsy and tMppmre. , TtiaL - Virginia's game fields are many and well stocked, Prom railroad Junctlona like Manassas, Charlottesville, - Rich mond, Danville and Lynchburg the traveler may readily reach An quail country In almost any direction. - Some of the best quail (hooting la uaualty found In tb vicinity of Beaiton Blussnbnt. Clarksvllle. Emporia.. rort Mitchell. 1-m. Cross. Linden. Somerset. Chsse City. Kdlnbursr. Prsnklln. Leesburs. Mount Jackson. Rlverton. Warfleld. Skelton, Lacrosse and Portsmouth. . In South Carolina one la a s apt to find good" -shooting ln rood, Abbeville, where hunters tne neighborhood of Qreenwi frenuently bag seventy.flve In a dsy; Camden. Barnwell; Carlisle, Columbia, Edgefield, Oaffney, Liberty, Bps run burg, Taylors and Wlnnsbcm. - - -.- - - Quail may be found In Oeorslv about Baldwin; Brent wood. BnfOrd, Eastman, Haal-fcurst, Rome, Suwanee, Warm Springs. Woodbury and other places. Nearly all the Blare mentioned In the vaelnua cliatea - ara on or near tmrprtacsiiat -raiirwaia lliiaa fwututs throua the South, and detailed information reaardlne ardlng them may .aw ia 01 mm various passenger agents. oountjt. North Carolina, U oftsn apoken of as If ah doea -make hit km: of a. bear, she is beslds herself. She aends ker guide off for another guide to gat that bear Into carop. while aha mounts guards over the T'pfte. 1 ' ' Juat before her triumphal procession cornea Into camp "the bear slung to stout pole which the guides carry., on their sbouldors the temptatUn to make a dramatic entrance aelsea her. - She motions the foremost man to " stand aalde, and atipe Into hla place. . ' s ; He firca off hl gun Into th air., as signal, and every bodyln camp rushes out.. There ahe stands, staggering under the weight, which U terrible even for the moment. she shares the uppoTt.'."-t-ry ty.--"x. i '.-a. w-y" .Such beautiful .guns as some of the women-hunter. own! Guns with barrels iniaia wun winctu piutrni . ' Z . ' . . Bna Dalance1 Penecuy. jHouooy, even "wea to Clean mem. a w f woods sportswoman settl sun, who w inun( , " rsgs. but with an' eager will to have It In perfect con dition. A sun cared for by one of these women enthual- - aata haa no superior, only an equal. In the beat-kept gun handled by s man. . the quail hunters' paradise. Other counties In th middle and western sections t the Stat may well rank with It. There are grain fields flanked by pine forests snd thickets of underbrush and -plenty of wild berries that the birds . love. ' :V V 1 l"; -i . All through auch sections of the South one may find 1 veteran huntsmen to act as guides, snd there, too, on may WnJ -Mm. ( ii..HiiW ..J btit trained dog, ihsrmn: skirts even tha of walking ler.gthTS wenr'. the sporting world produce. Many of these Intelligent animals have no long pedi ' gree, and would probably cut s sorry figure at a bench . . show, but In prsctlcal field work they have no su parlor. ,- Picture, for instsnce, a couple of well-trained dogs covering a wide range of promising field. ' Finally they ' come to a rigid stand, one behind the other. Carefully the .."gunners advance, there Is a startling whir of wings, snd the bang, bang, bang of guns. - . : 4ng rfuge in a nearby thicket.- Tb dog carefully follow th flying birds with their eye, but st present devot themselves to retrieving the fallen hlrds. Aft-r the- rest of the Held. Is hunted out, the gunners work th dogs . around to get advantage of the wind and so gradually cFc Ber- iStiut din? a 3frd eome back to the marked blrda, which by this time havs become settled and-are throwing out scent. In go th dogs Sgaln, and soon come to another stsnd. So the hunting day goes. At laat the stln sets, and ths - gunner, weary., footsore, but with lleht hesrt and heavy same bag. seeks his sleeping Quarters to refresh himself - for another, ana. he hopes, a better day. Quail gunners of the United States ar fairly well famlllarwtth ..territorial snd other ccndlttona In Virginia and the Caroling becsuso some of the most extensive . held"! rials for pnses'hsve been conducted In those State, especially In Norfh Carolina- - To thee fleld Jtrla! sportsmsn tak thalr dog from an part of th country, ana tne animal ar given a -thnrouh trying out. Singly, in couple and Is group they are mad t show what thay can do, In ranlng the field following up a scent, standing birds, retrieving and gen-. , irii v jatjeg i is tit r. ' Thee trlalatltually tak South a Is ck eaotareULJMrJv9'-' - r"ker of they devote. thenrselve to "j nest soutnern quail grou more enthusiaauo gunners ti v i c . No Sport, dfsfc fM 'JBood' And the "camaraderie" of the woods! Perhaps for day you meet na. one; perhaps a solitary hunter looms lnt view.: There's no waiting for Introductlonat Every one, 'Hk the anhnals in the "Jungle Book." la met with aom '"form of the greeting, "gdod hunting.". ,- -.- --Vliii the buntev goea on, yon both strike off deepet Into the woods he haa probably Beared your game; an There's plenty of other shooting besides big gam. Along the coast, there rare sport In early fall go) n; after a nine and rabbits, and plenty of women do 1L , i ' But nothing compares- ta the excitement of actually stalking game, when you stand or crouch immovable for hour, waiting with, every nerve enss for what "may ! coma.,1; .'. .i,7i;:l.:,:: k'' v -- There's another, part of the life you lead, out after game, that is as wonderful In Its quieter way a the actual vigorous life of the chase; and that Is 'the lift In esmp. . . - " - ' t most of ns knoiv ltt Is one thing; ss It 1 J ' r"cuy inercn, or mi ..woman finds It. ,' Mountain climbing, canoeing and follow- Ing th most difficult of trails slmleaaly Is InteresUn- fy until you've had a. taste of the other. :' " j . ; . What is the othjrT A 'joyous comradeship with th "Tiobbing-wlth-guld nrt . fallow-hunters.thp scndlr - around to.ayery one in camp bit of venison, s psrtrtd, . or duck, or perhaps a bearsteak part of your kllLv Tt 1 hour In camp nre spent lounging, when that gun doesn'. Heed an extra rub, snd In studying out waya of ahootlr better snd better.' Stories are freely exchanged stusK that beat fishing stories hands down ln their strain upo cre1ullty. '.''. " ' "' ' After it's all over.' snd you go" back to dvniaatlor life scents cramped for s while. There's no- breadth c vision, no freedom of movement. Collars choke yet some urag. ioa sreuneo. ;." But when ypu, get Into harness again, snd tak; n your round of dinners sad dances, you are content ft, swhlle. '- '. 'J : - - ; . "-. ". Tou've lived an open, Joyous Ufa for-a few weeTkr, yen' v . "stretched your norlson"; th memory of tt - deep woods is . with you. And when tb season rr round, the call of the woods will sound la your bios i a call you can't resist You'll not know a moment's peac QUmaketor lhIiearV of the wi; . denies. ' BLANCHE W. riaCHJtK. i "Eagle Hunting in the Alpc '.JUST St this season eagle hunting in th Alps Is st U -J height Many English sportsmen snd soma Ameri cans hav Joined th Swiss In this perilous snd exciting pastime. - , -. ' ' ' ... ' Laat month an Englishman" 'captured: a fins yonne; eagle in the Val Chamuera. He discovered the nest on tb bar of a precipitous rock, protected from above by an overhanging cliff. The only way to reach H was by a dltflcult and dangerous climb. Reach it ne Anally did, and after a hard fight capture "snd bound the "bird and lowered tt to the -valley betew. In the nest -he found the remain of a fifty-pound ehsmols, three marmots and a lot of bones, feathers and fur. ; -. . Th same man ha captured eleven other eagle. aaf ne speaaa enmuaiasucaiiy ci tne sport. Two peasants near Oberbergli took a fins young esgte - from its nest a short tlnr.s ago by descending the raci 'aca o s cliff 1000 feet by means of a single swinging roi : rope. In this nest they found part of a lamb, a pig, several larg fowls and a gnat noanuty of anlmai and bird bone. Eagle hunting leada the climber to scale at linw - what seem to be almost Insurmountable rocks In aeore .. of the nosts.- They usually try to capture the jmunt - Mfaftles when the parent blrda are away., . . . . ,-Jsumetlme, however.' the older birds return unexpect . edly and attack wMh great fury the would-be deapotler cf their homes. Many avag encounter and some, narro escapes have been related. . Not long since a mountaineer-aealed a peak at Cade buch and aecured two fine eaglota. but was not sutnVlent .' , quick In getting away. Attacked bv th parent btnlav fc ' fell from a rocfc and waa luitlly Injured. One of the ol.l. . eagles was shot by a spectator. It measured sver v ' feet across the wings. . ... .p . Aquatle bleds ere more nnmamiia than janLlrd . a :-The Atlantic Ocean haa an average depth of MNs fr , ,. '' " Th wrap cutturs In Franc give em payment to ov two million people. , . K ,;, e ' The native of Indls haa an average life of 24 years, Sgalnat 44 In Englrnd. , , , , , A penny Is estimated to change hands about- 1 times In the course of it Mr. Opala are so soft whed flrat taken from the mlrr ' pieces can be picked cffwHh the Bngers. , Shells filled wllh oil. intended t ra'-n a when Bred Into it. bnve bejnlventel I . . ' At Qulta. the only d'y In t equator, the sua ati andr . . . - Georgia ha fcetg tHel - 1 . ; ' for the fcastorn niaratt s....e 1 reea,. ... Li