The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-03-03

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and dashed after the rabbit followed by
the other boys. Gaining the opposite
hill and turning his ankle on the way,
Joe saw the rabbit in another field
about quarter of mile away and still
running; looking backward he saw Frank
and Ned at his heels, but Harry whowas
fat and rather clumsy was on the ground
and in difficulties with a running briar
vine; when finally he arose he display
ed u bloody nose and two eyes full of
tears.
"Come on, cry-babyn' shouted Joe
in the most heartless way in the world.
Harry came and explained that he was
not crying about his nose, but because in
falling he had broken his darling glass
dart blower square in two, but Frank
cheered him by explaining that now he
had two dart-blowers instead of one.
1t was hurriedly determined that it
would not pay to follow the fleeing rab-
bit who now was out of sight, 50 search
at once began for another track
Fortune favored them within five min
utes, for they came upon two tracks al
most parallel Joe and Frank followed
one and Ned and Harry the other, Har-
ry hopping his nose and eyes with his
handkerchief until soon his face looked
like that of an appallingly savage
Apache Indian. The tracks soon diverg-
ed, descending along the two shies of q
small barren spur that jutted out toward
n swampy nat. Pretty soon Harry and
Ned heard Franks pistol and hoped he
had missed fire.. because they wanted To
kill the first rabbit. Their track led
them beyond the spur and to a swampy
thicket as large as city square; from
the centre Of ii rose dead tree or two
Ned peered in as far as he could see the
track but he saw no rabbit; Harry Gag
erly stumbled farther around the thick.
ct, heard noise, looked in, saw some
thing that looked like rabbit, put his
tube to his lips and blew mighty blast.
In an instant he heard strange sound,
half scream, half groan,
"Tve hit himn' exclaimed Harry to
Ned, who joined him just then, "but |
never knew before that rabbits could
make such noise.n
Give him another shot-put the poor
creature out of his misery" suggested
Ned but then both boys heard joel
voice exclaiming
stop that, will youP You've shot me
in the foot"
"Oh, dear" groaned Harry, as Joe
came plunging out of the thicket, and
yet Harry hoped that Joe had been hurt
badly enough to cry. so that he could be
called "cry-baby.h But he hadn't; his
! eyes were full of fire instead OF tears,
and it was not until Joe had explained
that he had been crawling through
the bushes on his hands and knees,
IN search of an arrow that he had
| fired at II rabbit that ran IL on the
other side, and Harry had explained by
lifting his own foot, that the upturIcd
sole of shoe does not look unlike n
rabbit, that good feeling was restored.
wen then, Joe wanted it distinctly I'M
derstood that he was badly hurt, SO the
boys sympathized with him, and he sat
down in the snow and took off his shoe
and stocking. When he found that the
leather of the shoe had protected his
foot so that the wound was only about
as big as a pin-prick, and on the outer
edge of the foot where the skin is very
thick and arteries and nerves quite
scarce, he looked very sheepish and re-
placed his stocking so quickly that he
neglected to knock the snow from it.
Harry, who thought that hehad never
been so tired before in all his life, pro-
posed that the party should surround
the thicket and wait until the rabbits
came out again, but Joe and Ned voted
him down. AS for Frank, Joe did not
know what he had shot or where he
was, so one after another the boys
whistled and shouted the various sig
nails peculiar to boys, but heard no re-
Spouse.
"As likely as not e'sfolowing u rab-
bit that he thinks he's hit" said Joe;
'you never know what Frank Parks
will do when he's excited Don't let's
waste any more time; here goes for an
other track and better luck" So say
ing, Joe dashed off with Ned and Harry
close behind him.
1t really seemed as if all the rabbits in
the country were out for walk that
morning, for soon the boys came to a
place where several tracks crossed.
Each boy selected track for himself.
and started off in tremendous earnest,
for Joe suggested that they must al
ready have consumed more than hall
their time.
Joe soon came within view of his rab
bit, and fortunately the animal was sit
ting in contemplative attitude as i
wondering where he should go in searcl
of breakfast. Joe thought the sho
rather long one to venture, but he die
not dare risk his chances by trying {,
get closer. so he drew his arrow bacl
to the very head, when suddenly tn,
string snapped. Joe said somethin,
that his father would not have approve,
of, but the rabbit did not hear him
then Joe, who was cautious fellow an,
always prepared for accidents, took
fresh string from his pocket, restrun,
his bow, and again drew his arrow bacl
for long shot; but this time it was tn
bow itself that broke, splitting from tn
notch at one end in such way as TO b
forever worthless.
While Joe had been coming to grief
Harry was plodding along in his so,
but comfortable way, thinking of notl