Just before lunchtime, the cabin door swung open. A blast of warm air hit the Old Timer in the face. It felt good after leaving the truck and walking across the snowy yard and smelling the wood smoke that hung close to the ground.
Walking through the door, the Old Timer saw the table strewn with bucktails and tinsel, streamer hackle and jungle cock.
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