Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-04-07

fully DendulOuS ears, as bne anu rs soit
as silk, were indeed a study. This pack,
| was told, was not only celebrated for
lis appearance. but also for its work.
They were trained to follow a trail, OF
biped as well as quadruped, with the
most undertaking certainty; and their
presence in the Squirc's kennels did,
more to check poaching than an army
of gamekeepers. While we We're ad-
miring the hounds. the kennelnan told
us seyera! tales in illustration of this
fact.
A few morning after our visit to the
kennels Fred told me, as we sat ut
breakfast. that he had some estate bust
ness to transact ut a town some miles
Oft, which would require him to he
from home nearly the whole day. |
could come with him, he said, if |
chose; but once at the town, he must
leave me to nv own devices; and he
opined that | should find ii rather dull.
With thanks for his offer. | assured
him that would much prefer an ento-
biological expedition by myself on the
heath to hanging about the town; but
at the same time | suggested that. II
my services would render him any help.
| would gladly sacrifice my own com
fort TO his With laugh. he said that
| would only be in the way If | came
with. him: and we settled the matter
there and then.
After breakfast, Fred's horse was
brought round TO the door; and, with
parting injunctions to me to go where l
liked, lie rode of.
Shortly after his departure, armed
with my butterlly-net, and with good
ly store of collecting boxes Tor the re-
ception of my spoils, l, too, started for
a long and solitary ramble across the
heath. l had been gone. suppose.
rather more than a couple of
hours, and had been wandering
about here and there in an APP
parentlv aimless fashion in pursuit
OF specimens, visiting two or three old
pits. and the various hollows in the
heath as l came to them, when. on
mounting some vising ground. the deep
notes of bloodhound were borne
family to me by the gentle breeze that
was blowing from the direction Of the
kennels. AS listened, the sound APP
peared to grow a tribe more distinct.
and then entirely died away. Think
ing that the pack was out after an es-
capped deer, l did not pay much atten-
ton to what heard. but proceeded on
my way to the next bit of high ground.
which, from its elevation. would give
me an opportunity of observing in the
distance the movements of the dogs.
A brisk walk sufficed to bring me to
the top of this spot, and here the deep
mellow voices of the hounds were
heard more distinctly. and. as it
seemed TO me, sounded much nearer
than on the previous occasion. They
are coming this way, thought to my
self; and straining my eyes in the d.
rection from which the sounds came,
tried to distinguish the pack. This
was no easy matter, for the hounds
were of color not readily visible in
the distance and on the burnt grass of
the heath. However. l at last sue
ceedcd in making them out. and per-
ceived that they were alone. This sur
prised me, for Fred had mentioned that
the kennelman always accompanied
them when they were out for exercise.
or when they were being used to drive
back any deer that had succeeded in
getting over the high ratings that sur
rounded this part OF the park.
As watched them. they appeared to
be slowly approaching in my direction,
and to my astonishment, they seemed.
as nearly as l could tell to be taking
exactly the same course. which was
very erratic one, as had done. SPELL
bound. 1 watched them disappear in one
of the pits had visited; and as they
vanished from my sight, the music of
their voices ceased. the sound-waves
being intercepted by the intervening
ground. In very short time they
emerged from the pit, scrambling up
the side just where 1 had come. and