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Updated: June 17, 2025
At two o'clock we sat down to a most capital dinner, a joint of roast-beef, fine fish, and Canvass-backs, that had been on the wing within a couple of hours, together with the Red-head, Teal, and two or three other specimens; all excellent in their way, but not comparable for delicacy, fat, or flavour with that inimitable work of nature the right Canvass-back duck of these waters, where the wild celery on which they love to feed abounds, and to which they owe the delicate aromatic flavour so prized by the gourmand.
"Drum, dum, dum!" The Fire-drum and all the other drums were beating, for war had come. The soldiers all set out, and the son of the drummer followed them. "Red-head. Golden treasure!" The mother wept; the father in fancy saw him "famous;" the town musician was of opinion that he ought not to go to war, but should stay at home and learn music.
Five young men toed the mark, crouching with fingertips to the ground and waiting the starter's revolver-shot. Three were in their stocking-feet, and the remaining two wore spiked running-shoes. "Young men's race," Bert read from the program. "An' only one prize twenty-five dollars. See the red-head with the spikes the one next to the outside. San Francisco's set on him winning.
It puzzled Na-tee-kah somewhat that anybody else should have won anything while her wonderful brother was near by, but Ha-ha-pah-no relieved her by remarking, "Ugh! The red-head kill deer. Two Arrows show him how. Good." One of the miners had ridden out from the line of march and returned with another deer, so that fresh venison was plentiful in the camp.
Somewhat impressed by this, I waited until eight bells, when the red-head came down his job was merely the passing of new ribbons in place of old and tackled him amidships, as he went forward. "'Well, I said. 'What do you think? The skipper says I didn't give you enough. Have you had enough, or do you want more?
“Hurrah for the red-head; touch her, and she goes off like a brimstone match!” said Marcus, triumphantly, for he was tired of having all the crossness on his own side. “Hatty’s hair isn’t red,” said Meg, angrily. “I heard a lady say, the other day, it was beautiful auburn hair; and she said Hatty was sweet-looking and good, and that is more than anybody will say of you.” “Bad boy! bad boy!
"You can bet he's mad clean through, and he'll let out the links he was holdin' in last time." Another quarter of an hour was spent in clearing the track of the excited crowd, and this time only Tim and Red-head toed the mark. The other three young men had abandoned the contest. The leap of Tim, at the report of the revolver, put him a clean yard in the lead.
Over by the wall a man on a raised dais began to tune an ancient fiddle. Two more women came in from somewhere at the back, a big blooming girl by the name of Sadie, and a small red-head, tragically faded, with soft brown eyes that should never have looked upon Bullard's.
NEW JERSEY: Ruffed grouse, teal, canvasback, red-head duck, widgeon, and all species of shore birds, the most noticeable being black-bellied plover, dowitcher, golden plover, killdeer, sickle-bill curlew, upland plover and English snipe; also the mourning dove. Upland plover, apparently killdeer, egret, wood-duck, woodcock, and probably others.
He showed also great interest in a party of goldfinches, who seemed to have gone mad that morning. Finally the thought of berries struck the young red-head. He began to consider going for them. One could fairly see the idea grow in his mind.
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