The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1882-08-10


sometimes neighing ina manner
which would seem to indicate that
they loved the sport.
The sound Of the dogs grew faint
er 10 the distance, until I was left on
the tree to my own reflections uu-
disturbed. Here I was. "Forty
miles from homo and no friends" I
had been without sufficient sleep for
eight nights aud days, almost con-
tinually !drenched with rain.
My hip was badly swollen by
travelling my feet bleeding, stiff
aud sore from excessive fatigue, aud
my clothes, by constant intercourse
With brambles aud caue-brake Of tho
swamps, hung in picturesque tatters
around me.
Chilled, wet, aud almost starved,
I got down from the tree parslyged
by sitting with my leg over branch
Of the tree, I shook myself, hoped
around TO get up circulation, con-
grstulated myself warmly on being
rather smarter than tho rost Of my
comrades. aud then sat down, takiug
out my note book, in which 1 had
kept kind Of . synopsis Of my d.
ings, looked at my map, rockoned up
the distance 1 supposed VIC had
made per day, aud tho course We
had been travelling, / judged myself
from five to eight miles from tue
chattahoocheo River, near wost
point, below Atlanta. Taking my
course by the compass. msdo u
bee.line for the Chattahooches River
which determined should settle
forever the question botSeou the
dogs aud myself. Afterwards as
oertained that had not varied fvo
miles in my calculations. which wa4
quite feather, thought, 10 my
thinking cap.
Whom tho dogs csme upon us, 1t
was about nino o'clock, and when l
resumed my journey, it was about
three o clock 10 the afternoon, l had
not the slightest idoa bat that thoso
following the dogs had abandoned
further pursuit, aud thus 1 felt
easy.
| 1 had not gone moro then two
miles before heard the dogs on my
track, bello wing aud yelling like
wolves. l now know my doom was
sealed in this undertaking.
Iu vain looked for convenient
method to get out OF this scrape !,
but the trees were pitch pine, and
had no branches nearer than twenty
feet from tho ground In this ex
tremity I saw just below me a wire
|ginia fence, which reached, aud
wrenchiug q stake from the fence for
a club, drew my Goa, sleeve down
over my left hand, aud thrust it out
for tho first timo to the first dog
which came up 10 bite at. He gave
one jump at extended hand, aud just
OF that time I lot the stake come
down upon his ugly old patio in q
manner astonishing TO the dog, which
mado him give one prolonged yell,
and rub his head among tho leaves
Iof the forest, in way which seemed
to take his mind from the business
on hand.
The next blow imbodied o COM
pliment to the whole pack Of dogs
who had como yelling and swapping
around me and l laid one quivor-
lust at the time the man following
tho dogs hove in sight, and he sung
out at the top of his voice "L't go
them thar dogs. you yank, and get
off the fence"
/ saw was oornered, yet l did
not feel like being torn to peices
Just to oblige the man on horseback.
So / replied by laughing at him, at
the same time keeping the dogs off
by q circular motion Of my club, re-
marking that I should be happy TO
oblige him under the circumstances
but couldn't see the point Of letting
the dogs take bite apiece out Of
my body.
/ I bad noticed during this time
THAT he had been cooking and hol /.
ling towards me rusty old revolver,
which I mistrusted, by the way be
acted, was not loaded.
After some parleying, he called
the dogs of, remarking. SWELL. I
reckon yer are kind or tuckered eaut
and I'll gin yer q little spell at
breathin !" for which I politely
thanked him.