Maxwell
said, "This is just the night for a story. Tell us something out of your
experience, won't you, Mr. Wood?"
"What shall I tell you?" he said, good-humoredly. He was sitting between
his wife and Mr. Harry, and had his hand on Mr. Harry's knee.
"Something about animals," said Mr. Maxwell. "We seem to be on that
subject to-day."
"Well," said Mr. Wood, "I'll talk about something that has been running
in my head for many a day. There is a good deal of talk nowadays about
kindness to domestic animals; but I do not hear much about kindness to
wild ones. The same Creator formed them both. I do not see why you
should not protect one as well as the other. I have no more right to
torture a bear than a cow. Our wild animals around here are getting
pretty well killed off, but there are lots in other places. I used to be
fond of hunting when I was a boy; but I have got rather disgusted with
killing these late years, and unless the wild creatures ran in our
streets, I would lift no hand to them. Shall I tell you some of the
sport we had when I was a youngster?"
"Yes, yes!" they all exclaimed.
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CHAPTER XXIII
TRAPPING WILD ANIMALS
"Well," Mr.
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