The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-03-03
A GLORIOUS RABBIT HUNT.

One morning not long ago several
Plainville boys who had habit of stop
ping on their way to school to see the
morning train arrive from the city were
made very indignant, and not for the
first time either, by the appearance of
half a dozen city sportsmcn with guns,
who had come up to track rabbits over
the snow. Not that the boys cared for
rabbits, for they didn't; rabbit-skins did
not bring penny in the market, and
the boys mothers not only refused to
have rabbits cooked for the table, but
they did not even think them good
enough to give to the poor. But Plain
vile rabbits belonged to Plainville peo-
pie, and not to strangers in the city.
'Tll tell you how we can stop it,
boys" said Joe Grant, as he and three
other boys crept slowly along to the
school-house. Lets 90 rabbit hunting
ourselves every fair day until there isn't
a rabbit left in the township; then we
can laugh in our sleeves whenever we
see these city fellows coming into
town with their guns and game-bags."
'Goodr' exclaimed Frank Parks;
"but when can we do it except on Satur-
daysp"
'And what withp" asked Ned Whiflle.
eve haven't guns, you know
1--WE can 60 out for n couple of hours
before school every morning." replied
Joe. "As for something to shoot with,
can hit mark as big as rabbit at
thirty yards with my bow and arrow"
"And l." said Harry Deveranx, "have
glass tube TO blow steel-pointed darts
through, you know"
I'm good shot with a stone" said
Ned.
Father lets me fire his old brass pistol
on Fourth of July" said Frank, "and |
guess he'd let me fire shot out of it if he
were at home, if he knew it was to be
done in defenseof the rights of the town.
His grandfather fought at Lexington,
you know"
"All right, them" said Joe. LETS
start at six o'clock tomorrow morning;
the rabbits will be up and looking fol
breakfast before we are. We can meet
at Widger's big oak tree on the Rock
Ridge road, go half way around town,
through the fields in less than two
hours, and get home, take breakfast
and reach school by nine. Is it a bar.
gmnP"
yes" said all the other boys, and
they talked the matter over until they
reached school, and again AZ the morn.
ing recess, MS well as at noon, during
the afternoon recess, and otter school,
parting at last with an interchange Of
injunctions to be reused by their families
servants at half past five,
Joe Grant, with his bow an. three
best arrows, was at Widgers big oal
tree before six o'clock next morning
and Frank Parks, coming from another
part of the town, arrived on time; bu
both boys waited at least quarter o.
an hour for Ned Whiille, and even theI
Ned had TO confess that he had forgot
ten TO provide himself with stones
Some more precious moments wer
wasted in kicking the snow from TIN
edge Of themacadamized road and loose
ming stones that were not too small bu
Just small enough. BY this time Har
ry Deveraux arrived, and the boys leap
ed fencc aud followed its inner lin
at rapid rate in search Of rabbit
track.
They soon found one and trotted be
side it toward gully full of low shrubs
AS they reached the edge of the it'll
hill above the gully Frank exclaimed
There he is!''
And there he was sure enough.
fine buck-rabbit nibblng buds from
shrub as peacefully rs II there was no
boy within a thousand miles. "Whiz,
went Harry's dart, Joe's bowstrin,
twangcd, a stone flew rapidly across III
snow, Frank fathers brass pistol roare
gloriousIy, and away went that rabbi
across the gully and up the opposite hill
side, as IL be had suddenly heard tbs
\ some farmers cabbage hole was open
fh6t dir0ctlOn.