The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-05-21

uloaer came the buck. and closer cam,
the Internal machine behind it, hIssins
. ana putting Ikea wild mustang with d
'aaso round his neck for the frat time
Nero trailing coon. pshawi
Wei, sirs wait. let me tell you I was
40 much taken up with what was CON
| ing behind that buck. forgot had n
gun anu lot him leap over the fence.
Then ! thought I'd better get out Of
tna way q what waa q coming. and
sort Kinder got behind n big
gum tree close by. | had inpt
done az. when out camo old Sal.
my old dogs mother. a dragging
behind her the bed-post to which she
AM PGsns s'si,ftiwp piaacaf.a. a.sf vjEAne
was hanging eighteen inches cut Of
her Jaws. her eyes starting out OF their
sockets In her vain attempts to give
tongue In full cry, just go She came
to tho fence. which she got over quicker
along with her for several hundred
yards, and away she went. clearing
everything before her.
No. aira, that dog of mtno will never
20 back on bis breed.
Gentlemcn-l was thunder struck at
what had seen. and wcll nigh rooted
To the spot whar stood. when up came
my old friend the Judge. his pants torn
| into shrods aud hanging loose from his
waist hia knees bare and bleeding from
tho hriars hc had gone through. and
down he sauatted painting and breath
less from excitement. II I had got hold
| OF Ned Booth then hut never mind
III bc even with him vet.
Tho first thing did when 7 came to
mysclf. was to pour down old Watts
throat three pints or 10 OF whisky.
which kinder soreer Strengthened him
up.. took 2 purity good pull at IL my
and that wasn't long. He looked at rr,o,
then at his bleeding knees, aud asked |
In husky voice. 'Den. did you hear
that yelp2" told him / did. and went |
on 70 tell him all had seen. Just M II
had happened. how old Sal was pre-
vented from giving tongue behind the
deer on account of the bed post che
was tied to. At this tho Judge stood
up, hristhing with rage, because L had
and swore IL didn't help him TO flnd
old Sal before the next eun rise. he or I
would bite the dust. Well. you see. /
knew what kind Of man my
old friend was. and that sorter
kinder made mo understand how
matters stood between us. And up
and told him would walk ovor all the
rattle snakes and cotton mouths i'm the
country and would not rest until old Sal
was found. He answered he expected
az much Of me, and after helping him :
to I'D up hia hrceohca az we'll IL W.
could. we struck the road made by Sally ,
and her bcdpoat. Thar was no difficult |,
~ in following II up. tho trail was
clear thar was not u aappling that hap
poncd 70 ho in tho way ~ Sally aud her !
bedpost that was not torn lp hy tho y
roots. and "a rrcttya road. ak feet wide. .
~ you ever seed in your life had been .
taked down clear for miles. On we
pushed all day. meeting many inuuisi :
i've people who asked ,is many questions !
about tho road we were lfollowing. y
whether IL was not the limo OF some u
narrow guage railroad. others said i, L
lad been made by n whirlwind. These
asst were pretty near right. We never >
'topped to answer. but kept right !
traight on. our sole object being to \
'ome up with old Sal. II was getting :
ate; the .sun had gone down finally u
light set In just rs we reached the edge
he search till morning We knew that
lid Sal couldn't get along very far in
his swamp without getting TANNED
so we squatted right thar
or the night. after partaking Of what
title whisky we had for our supper.
Thar we were looking at each other
'ithout saying word, but thinking n
eep. Suddenly the Judge remarked II
Ben. this wont do; we must make a G.
re and FIX ourselves rs best we can and u
lanagc to keep clear Of ticks. this u
lace Is full OF en-" We got up and W
egan to stir ourselves. and after n h!
tile while We had gathered up few m
ords OF wood and pine knots, struck n T.
ght, and had started as nice u fire rs In
yer you seed in your life. we raked III "
>mc moss to lie on, slowed away our bi
uns out of the damp. and were soon h,
,und asleep. How long we had III
cen lying down, ] cant say but | sa
lould Judge il was about midnight. at
hen | was startled out OF my sleep by fr
a internal racket. don't suppose more Ce
ian couple OF hundred yards off from ed
here we were. ! sot up and listened, III,
al the noise had heard was getting pu
linter and fainter. but | could easily &c
III II was pack Of dogs In full cry, be
sitting away after something 1t puz- GO
ed me nightly to hear such thing bu
len, but worried; finally all became tn
ill. and l stretched myself out once III,
ore, but could not, for the life OF me, ce
, toSsleep again. th
could hear old Watts muttering in tn
$ sleep something that sounded to me wi
Ne ''darned old fool: let the deer get an
way: had a gun ana afraid to shoot, arl
'causc he heard a noise behind the w
'er-had buck fever, sure" and other no
oxen sentences could not make out. be-
1t thought were intended for me- of
id nothing and remained quiet. tit,
A long while after, the Judge he woke ior
ana asked what time it was. an aft
Tered thought it was nigh on to day COZ
eak.. So he got up and flung couple
cords OF pine knots on the fire, which Of
IS gong out, and returned TO his pile a
moss and sat down upon it. an,
The wind had yeered round to the {
nth and the smoke was coming right pur
us, so we got up TO change positions. lin
lad already moved over to the other ski
le or the fire with my bed. When just shi
old Judge Watts stopped to pick up the
s'n, we heard yelp, then long EN-
wi. Old Watts never moved. That of I
was bent in two, his face close to his the