The Conclusion Diana couldn’t win a shooting contest without her glasses. Before she could pose with her rifle on her shoulder she had to look high and low for her spectacles. Her difficulty in remembering where she had laid them was one of her few signs of old age. “I’ve got to have them,” said […]
PART 3 “Sixty-five years ago,” she continued, “I came up here with my husband. This was all bush then and he had to clear every inch of this farm.” “And did you help him?” “Oh, yes,” she laughed. “I’ve chopped down a tree.” “I suppose there were plenty of deer in those days?” “My husband,” […]
The Diana of mythology was an ancient Roman goddess of the hunt of both wild and domestic animals. Her Greek counterpart was Artemis. The following tale was penned by Robert C. Reade and published in the Toronto Star Weekly on Saturday, December 10, 1931. Reader Keith Jones sent this to me. With the aid of […]
