"Has someone been makin' a fool of you, Jim?" "Not at all." "Maybe not--but the woods is the place for us, Jim." "He's got a cut in his leg that'll keep him right here for a week or so," said Flora, smiling. Old Hercules Ducat chuckled. "When I was a young feller," he began--but at that moment the conversation became general and no one but Widow Wilson heard what he had to say.