experiences we have had. Q. & T. & D. of fairyland saw many thrilling scenes but fairyland is not the only country where thrilling things take place. During our school day period (during which none of us ever distinguished ourselves as scholars although by regular attendance and a reasonable share of brains we never failed many examinations but were eager to leave after a year or two at High School) the difference in our natures developed and became more manifest. I know I always held that I would be a farmer and my feeling was at a high pitch when Dad. bought Flossie. Ester Moon's Jersey cow for my benefit, and I used to rush home after four to clean out her stable and carry her off, or in the Spring I remember my back used to ache from digging my garden and of course the horses were always a great source of pleasure to me. Nothing in the form of sport could compare in my estimation to a ride on Josie although in those days I was quite incapable of managing her properly and she used to tear around town at a gay speed absolutely uncontrolled, with me on her back, but no harm ever came of it. I never played on a team game in my life never killed any thing with a gun except a {illegible} and never had a steady boy chum although I loved to skate & tramp through the woods, and swim and was on good terms with all the boys. Quint was more like me in his love for outdoors & the creek & woods but besides was a keen hunter & trapper. He was at one time one of the best if not the best shot in town, and his traps & night lines were the undoing of many a small inhabitant of the creek and marsh. Neither was he ever very proficient at organized play and enjoyed his own company as well as anyone else's. I used to love to tramp the countryside with him although never had any desire to use his gun and in spite of the fact that my excitement would grow tense when a rabbit or squirrel would present a good shot, I never had the hunter's joy or satisfaction at bagging it but would be filled with remorse at the sight of the little thing lying limp and bloody when a second before it was so full of activity and the joy of life. Quint was much more clever with tools than Dick or I and had an inventive and mechanical turn of mind. He used to like I did start a garden in the Spring but would stop tending to it before I got tired of mine, and I never remember him cutting the lawn of his own accord while I one time worked