Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-10-05

leaf, tho brilliancy Of the polishe'
diamond.
! But our team has stopped; tn
field Of labor as well rs sport lie
before us--n stubblc of somc half ;
milo IN icnsth, studded with shocks
of grain, arranged with almos
mathematical precision from Tho
road far back To the waving corn
And now the guns are withdrawn
from their covers, cartridges prop
erly arranged in belts and pockets
and the gallant dogs, freed from
their confinement in the wagons
are all anxiety and impatiencc tc
be off, Not long are thoy restrain.
ed, for not less eager arc their mas
tors for tho sport. The word is Civ.
en-; some jump through and some
over the fence, and away they 60
quartcring the ground in splendid
style. What sight moro pleasing
to the sportsman's eye than two
thoroughbred, well.trained settlers,
with storns down and heads held
piously up, and their long, silkon
hair waving in the breeze, gallant
ly going at full speed; first down,
then across, passing and repassing
each other with tho regularity OF
clockwork, instinct with life and
energy, and full of delight in the
grand sport they so much enjoy
But look one has suddenly stop.
ped in his headlong career, and
stands as rigidly fixed as if hewn
from marble, and, save the slight
trembling of tho under jaw, ap'
pears immovably rooted in stiffness
to tho spot. His head is we'll up,
and pointing towards yonder shock
of wheat, whilo from the neck the
body slopes slightly downward to
whore the gontlo breeze is waving
the long gatherings on his flank.
What of the other? With head
erect, and tail waving like a ban
nor in tho wind, he is galloping
away to the other side of tho field.
Wait till he turns. We'll done, old
fellow Nobly backed-a full hun.
dred yards at least-a pretticr pic.
tnro than Langdon Ger gave to
canvass.
Oh, ye dwellers in cities yo who
have never witnessed Gods handi-
work in the wilds and solitudes Of
Nature, but spend the precious boon
of life, given for nobler purposes,
in the sordid acquisition of wealth,
and gaze out your existence on pay
cd streets and buildings of brick
and stone, how can you appreciate.
how can you understand tho cnthu-
siasm of the moment, the quicken
ing pulsations of the heart, the
blood tingling the very finger-tips,
as we approached our game. Whir!
whir! Bang! bang! bang! bang !
and four fine chickens are lying on
the grass, while three others, sail
ing off, are soon lost TO sight over
tho corn, q quarter ola mile in
front. Our dog lies crouching at
our feet. His companion had not
changed his position, save to drop
close to earth at tho report of our
guns. They await the signal to
retrieve. "Dcad bird Go, fetch y
signal of the hand, and in u min
ute he come trotting back with en-
old cock in his mouth. We pick
up the others ourselves and hasten
on, to save as much Of the precious
morning as possible, for soon the
heat of the sun will force us to de-
sist from the sport.
More chickens were found, with
varied success, until about ten
o'clock, when VIC returned TO din
ncr and n nap. In the afternoon
we took another direction, and shot
until the fast approaching night
forced us to leave the fields.
Before closing, however, we can
not refrain from telling the joke
perpetrated on the Judge by one
of the party. He (the Judge) had
put on pair of fitting, new
shoes, and walking had terribly
rubbed his heels; so about halfpast
four, when the sun was shining
with all his fierce brightness, the
Judge had retired to the wagon, at
the far end of a large stubblc,
while W., whose humor, by the by,
knows no bounds, had just emcrg
ed at the other end from the corn,
where he had followed a scattered
covey. Almost exhausted by the
heat, and bursting with perspira-
tion at every pore, he had stopped
for short breathing spell, while
his dog, equally fatigucd, had lain
down some twenty steps distant
Espying the wagon at the other
end of the field, and dreading the
long walks, he raised bis hand, and
motioned for them to come to him.
Now the Judge, like Achilles, IN
vulnerable on this shoot in all but
his heel, and chagrined at the blow
given to his pedestrian powers,
whereby his sport had been so
much cut short, seeing VS. dog at
some distance off, and misconstru-
ing the signal, resolved to be "in
at the death, cost what it may"
lcaped hastily from the wagon, and
disregarding, with Spartan stoi-
cism, tho twinges of pain at every
stop, hobbled hurricdly across the
fields. The sun was pouring down
his hottest rays, and q perfect
steam seem rising from the ground
below. w. saw the mistake, and
attempted TO prevent il; he waved
his hand for the wagon to come on;
this the Judge again applied 10
himself. and accelerated his speed
w. now gave up his good inten-
tions in despair, and complaccntly
resigned himself 10 the ludierous.
n, oonna tna Judro rnffiurr and