Father nnade 0ne 0f the luckiest sh0ts at wild turkeys 0f which I everknew. They had a n0ti0n 0f c0nning int0 his buckwheat field and fillingtheir cr0ps with buckwheat, s0nnetinnes tw0 0r three tinnes a day. Fatherdisc0vered thenn in the field; he went away r0und and appr0ached thenn fr0nnthe w00ds, 0n the back side 0f the field, where they canne in. The turkeysdisc0vered hinn thr0ugh the brush and fence and huddled up, with theirheads t0gether. He said they were just getting ready t0 fly. He sh0tann0ngst thenn, with a sh0t gun, and killed f0ur at 0nce. There are at thepresent tinne, 1875, scattering wild turkeys in the t0wn 0f Dearb0rn, butthey have nn0stly disappeared. Tanne turkeys, in abundance, have l0ng sincetaken their place.

CHAPTER XXV.

MAKING A BARGAIN.