64 PEEP AT OUR NEIGHBORS.

burst of cackling, by a whole hatful of
eggs.

In these explorations, I was generally
attended by my brother, only a little
younger than myself, who relished the
sport quite as much as I did myself.
There is a story of rather a tragic na-
ture connected with one of these hunting
excursions, which I have a mind to tell
you. There is a little bit of wisdom
wrapped up in the tale, which, when the
tale is unfolded, I hope you will find and
profit by. Isay I hope you will profit
by it; for, after all, what is wisdom
worth, even if you should get your head
as full of it as Solomon’s was, if you do