Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

 him. He does not give an inch. I come quite close & stand watch¬ing him. A step closer & he disappears only to come forth again. I stand directly over him and put my hand down & he disappears evidently for good.The tree under whose roots is his home is a tall elm with a huge weatherbeaten base trunk. On opposite side of trunk is another hole under the roots not so well concealed, being betrayed by a pile of freshly dug earth. About a yard up from the ground in a huge knotty growth is a hole about six