The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-08-18

From whitehead's Wild Sports OF the seuth"1
"The pa IS was steep and rugged,
The wolves they howled and Whlned;
Rnt he ran like a whirlwind up the pass
t.. And he left the wolves behInd-4Hacan'y'
mike, what kind of night would this be
for Gre shooting 2" said the Doctor to that
,heditative NimFod, who was busy sewing
II a moccasin by the light OF the camp
We, after week of travel.
so, so,' replied Mike, without looking
up.
Il am going, think"
. No answer; Mike put on the mended moe
casin, and drew off The other.
..Do you think we can kill anything
"S'pose." replied Mike.
Come Charles, let US try it for little
while.
| This was all a ruse On the part OF foke'
in order to make Mike think our great hunt
was an unprecedented affair, and thereby
increase the glory of killing so much game
1t had been arranged between us during the
dav. that we would try fre-hunting that
nisht. 1t promised to be cloudy night
which was of great advantage, as 1t pre-
vented the game from seeing anything OF
the hunters, and at the same time rendered
/ their ewes more reflective when exposed tc
the torchlig We had even gore so ta'
as to make our pitch pine torches, and th'
I whole preparation was complete. 1t was
i Marty of two-the Doctor and myself
4 There would be rather more interest IN get
i limo the came alone; and besides that
N,Ia,s opinion on shooting was wei
known. and we knew he would not 90 Wit
, us--so constant a hunter scorned 50 print
tive snare as the one we proposed. h
2 NEGROES we did not want, for the fewer IN
Dartv the better. So, one of US taxing
1un. and the other carrying torch, we lei
! the camp.
The boys were chuckling together as the
/, watched us go, the dogs howled becaus
j ,bev could not 90 with US. and Mike CAV
one of his expressive coughs, that Saiu
: plainly as words, Now tor it.
a We were soon outside of the glare OF tn
# camn-6re. the little creek was crossed, an
V our torch flashed brightly on the tap'
a trunks of the pin trees, the clinbing-vine
n and The broad -leafed plants that grew
The pools of water. There was no wine
r. and, the walking in the pine woods the
70 was no sound. Once in long while san'
nj hill crane, disturbed in his wandering
y would be seen stalking away, with his re
n head high in the air, like sentry on duty
Il or The sudden motion Of the under bru:
,e would tell US that some one of the many i
i tie harleouins of tie wood, that gamb
e. most when men do sleep, had fled from III
= nnusual spectacIe of moving light. b
=. no deer rewarded our search; no Dear sho"
" US his heavy coat.
Faith" said the Doctor, ''this roma
i tic promenade is getting somewhat long"
e Think of the deer, one buck VIII :"
he pay u.s. ,h
MS. would have turned back long ago.
ed Give me the gun, and you take the light
/ Accordingly we changed positions
7 mo ahead, carving the torch before me,
a such manner thai it would throw the liz
. ahead as much as possible. and meme on
4 nersous. and the Doctor received the 81
Ike and took my place directly behind and 81
,st ded by my person. The night had beeo
M still darker. and misty ram comment
en- faIliag. We had left the pine WOODS al
mo- walking a couple of miles, and had come
as 10 a grove of lower timber. The long m
re dropped in curtains, the oder OF maSDo
ace burdeneI the air, and every minute den
vie copse would force rs to turn aside nom
m route.
yes Hush !" whispered the Doctor. sud-
- ". with a spasmodic pull at my coat
to there's deer"
full was just wondering at this absence
ire. deer, and could not account for 1t. as u
ich a rare, thing to go mile in Florida with
DOR seeing one.
for Where % whispered: Il don't ses
h s.Hush it has gone now; but we viii
ling it in a moment again. -
Ian We advanced on tiptoe. both in body
Of a expectation.
.sed There there :" said the Doctor. Pc
use. ing with his finger little distance TO
i as left; but the luminous spot was gone o.
/ hardly got my eyes on It.
tbist We were In the very place for deer.
art heavy wind fall lay ahead of Us. aad
and min gIed trunks and TWISTED branches loi
less like The ehevaux de frise TO some grea'
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