{"product_id":"2940013232167","title":"Away In The Wilderness","description":"THE HUNTER.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn a beautiful summer evening, not many years ago, a man was seen to\u003cbr\u003eascend the side of a little mound or hillock, on the top of which he\u003cbr\u003elingered to gaze upon the wild scenery that lay stretched out before\u003cbr\u003ehim.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe man wore the leathern coat and leggings of a North American hunter,\u003cbr\u003eor trapper, or backwoodsman; and well did he deserve all these titles,\u003cbr\u003efor Jasper Derry was known to his friends as the best hunter, the most\u003cbr\u003esuccessful trapper, and the boldest man in the backwoods.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJasper was big and strong as well as bold, but he was not a bully.  Men\u003cbr\u003eof true courage are in general peacefully disposed.  Jasper could fight\u003cbr\u003elike a lion when there was occasion to do so; but he was gentle and\u003cbr\u003egrave, and quiet by nature.  He was also extremely good-humoured; had a\u003cbr\u003elow soft voice, and, both in mind and body, seemed to delight in a state\u003cbr\u003eof repose.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe have said that his coat was made of leather; the moccasins or Indian\u003cbr\u003eshoes on his feet were made of the same material.  When Jasper first put\u003cbr\u003ethem on they were soft like a glove of chamois leather, and bright\u003cbr\u003eyellow; but hard service had turned them into a dirty brown, which\u003cbr\u003elooked more business like.  The sun had burned his face and hands to as\u003cbr\u003edeep a brown as his coat.  On his head he wore a little round cap, which\u003cbr\u003ehe had made with his own hands, after having caught the black fox that\u003cbr\u003esupplied the fur, in one of his own traps.  A coloured worsted belt\u003cbr\u003ebound his coat round his waist, and beneath the coat he wore a scarlet\u003cbr\u003eflannel shirt.  A long knife and a small hatchet were stuck in the belt\u003cbr\u003eat his back, and in front hung a small cloth bag, which was so thickly\u003cbr\u003eornamented with beads of many colours, that little of the cloth could be\u003cbr\u003eseen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis last was a fire-bag--so called because it contained the flint,\u003cbr\u003esteel, and tinder required for making a fire.  It also contained\u003cbr\u003eJasper's pipe and tobacco--for he smoked, as a matter of course.  Men\u003cbr\u003esmoke everywhere--more's the pity--and Jasper followed the example of\u003cbr\u003ethose around him.  Smoking was almost his only fault.  He was a\u003cbr\u003etremendous smoker.  Often, when out of tobacco, he had smoked tea.\u003cbr\u003eFrequently he had tried bark and dried leaves; and once, when hard\u003cbr\u003epressed, he had smoked oakum.  He would rather have gone without his\u003cbr\u003esupper than without his pipe!  A powder-horn and shot pouch were slung\u003cbr\u003eover his shoulders by two cross belts, and he carried a long\u003cbr\u003esingle-barrelled gun.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI have been thus particular in describing Jasper Derry, because he is\u003cbr\u003eour hero, and he is worth describing, being a fine, hearty, handsome\u003cbr\u003efellow, who cared as little for a wild Indian or a grizzly bear as he\u003cbr\u003edid for a butterfly, and who was one of the best of companions, as he\u003cbr\u003ewas one of the best of hunters, in the wilderness.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47145609265392,"sku":"2940013232167","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013232167_p0.jpg?v=1763578499","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013232167","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}