Chapter I: Front Matter

EVERYDAY ADVENTURES

EVERYDAY ADVENTURES

By SAMUEL SCOVILLE, JR.

_With Illustrations from Photographs_

_The_ ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS BOSTON

_Copyright 1920, by_
_Samuel Scoville, Jr._

Of the chapters of this book, three have appeared as separate
articles in _The Atlantic Monthly_, three in _The Yale Review_,
two in _The Youth's Companion_, and the others, in whole or in
part, in _St. Nicholas_, _Good Housekeeping_, and _The Christian
Endeavor World_.

_This book is dedicated to that brave and loyal adventurer, who
has shared so many everyday adventures with me--my wife._

The illustrations for this book have been made from photographs
taken by Mr. Howard T. Middleton, Mr. J. Fletcher Street, Mr.
William L. Baily, and Mr. A. D. McGrew. The author wishes to
express his appreciation here of the skill, knowledge, and
patience which have made such photographs possible. In some of
those taken by Mr. Middleton, tamed, caged, or mounted specimens
have been used as models. In others he has persuaded wild
animals to photograph themselves by various ingenious devices.

CONTENTS

EVERYDAY ADVENTURES 1
ZERO BIRDS 18
SNOW STORIES 38
A RUNAWAY DAY 59
THE RAVEN'S NEST 73
HIDDEN TREASURE 86
BIRD'S-NESTING 100
THE TREASURE HUNT 120
ORCHID HUNTING 139
THE MARSH DWELLERS 161
THE SEVEN SLEEPERS 176
DRAGON'S BLOOD 216

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

_Two Adventurers--Gray Fox and Screech Owl_ Frontispiece
_Br'er Fox and Br'er Possum_ 4
_The Singer of the Night--The Screech Owl_ 16
_A Crow Chorus_ 25
_Just Out of the Nest--Young Red Squirrels_ 28
_The Dear Deer Mice_ 35
_Death-in-the-Dark--The Great Horned Owl_ 44
_Flyer, the Squirrel_ 52
_The Long-tailed Weasel_ 64
"_The Young Ravens shall neither lack nor suffer Hunger_" 82
_The Jewel-Box of the Wood Pewee_ 96
_The Red-Shouldered Hawk_ 104
_Mrs. Killdeer at Her Nest_ 108
_Mr. Flicker at Home_ 126
_The Mourning Dove in Her Nest_ 128
_Pink and White Lady Slippers_ 146
_The King of the Forest--The Banded Rattlesnake_ 154
_The Great Blue Heron at Breakfast_ 160
_The Marsh Hawk's Nest_ 164
_Lotor, the Coon_ 184
_The Seventh Sleeper--The Skunk_ 192
_The Whistlepig_ 196
_The Junco on His Watch Tower_ 219
_No Admittance--per order, Mr. Screech Owl_ 222

EVERYDAY ADVENTURES

_For the sick and the sorry and the weary at heart stands a
refuge at their very doors. There needs but sight to the
unseeing eyes and the unstopping of deafened ears, and the way
to the World where the sweet Wild-Folk dwell lies open. Therein
is happiness that time cannot tarnish, the stilling of sorrow
and rest from toil. Let him who hears the call heed it as he
values his soul's welfare._

EVERYDAY ADVENTURES