AFTER THE STORM XVIII A STRANGE VISITOR IN CAMP XIX SURPRISING TRAPPER JESSE XX

I wonder if old Jesse Wilcox has begun to set his traps yet; that's his stamping-ground, you know, during the winter, and he makes quite a haul of muskrats, 'coons, some mink and even an otter once in a long while," said Bluff, enthusiasticallyhe was always a leading spirit in new ventures, but lacked the pertinacity of Frank.

Where do you suppose we could run across old Jesse Wilcox these days; and is he starting to do any trapping?" asked Jerry.

a show wen Jesse he was around, 'cause the annermiles they jest seem ter hanker arter Jesse's traps.

a show wen Jesse he was around, 'cause the annermiles they jest seem ter hanker arter Jesse's traps.

"I move we try and find old Jesse Wilcox this morning," suggested Frank.

After an hour's walk they reached the camp of old Jesse.

Started to put out your traps yet, Jesse?" asked the other.

"Where do you get the muskrats, Jesse?" asked Frank, as he bent down to examine the way in which each skin was carefully stretched out on its little frame.

" "Then you mean that beauty goes for a great deal with the world and not with God?" "One of Jesse's sons was so tall and handsome that Samuel thought surely the Lord had chosen him to be king over his people.

" He left her, the light shadow darker grew Within her eyes, and golden hawking bells Upon her jesses clashed with sudden clink, As her fair hand had closed impatiently.

A good song is never lost; a good poem is never buried, like a system of philosophy, but has an inherent vitality, like the melodies of the son of Jesse.

A hawk he esteems the true burden of nobility, and is exceeding ambitious to seem delighted in the sport, and have his fist gloved with his jesses.

It is one thing to dismiss a lover because suited with a superior article (as some ladies send away five-foot-ten of footman when six-foot comes to look after the place), and another to lose a vassal for good, like an unreclaimed hawk, heedless of the lure, clear of the jesses, and checking, perhaps, at every kind of prey in wilful wanton flight, down-wind towards the sea.

The stone floor was strewed with clean rushes, and lying about on tables were trashes, collars, and whips for hounds, as well as hoods, perches, jesses, and bells for hawks; whilst a variety of odds and ends, such as crossbows and jumping-poles, were scattered about the apartment.

by Jesse Stuart.

By Jane Mathison & Jesse Spicer.

By Jesse LeRoy Conel.

By Jesse B. Oldendorf as told to Hawthorne Daniel.

By Jesse B. Oldendorf as told to Hawthorne Daniel.

By Jesse B. Oldendorf as told to Hawthorne Daniel.

By Jesse B. Oldendorf as told to Hawthorne Daniel.

R80337, 13Jul51, Jesse Feiring Williams (A) WILLIAMS, JESSE LYNCH.

R80337, 13Jul51, Jesse Feiring Williams (A) WILLIAMS, JESSE LYNCH.

In the rear of those on horseback walked the falconers, in liveries of green cloth, with bugles hanging from the shoulder; each man having a hawk upon his fist, completely 'tired in its hood, bells, varvels, and jesses.