Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-02-16
We Go Hunting.

light was diffusing itself over the land
scape.
Two lonely figures were traversing the
silent prairie.
The aforesaid landscape was in the
wilds OF Jersey, noted for its thick for
ests and limitless sweep of prairies, and
the lonely figures casually mentioned
were Ike Hawkins and myself.
We were on q hunting expedition.
Having once conceived the idea Of
camping out and living the life of q
hunter, nothing could have persuaded
Ike that Nimrod. Buffalo Bill and other
noted sportsmen were but mere barn.
yard despoilers in comparison to him,
and that before his unerring rifle the
bounding buffalo and the screeching
eagle alike would fall.
/ throw in these fancy touches about
natural history in order to impress the
resder with deep sense of my extensive
knowledge on the subject.
As to Ike's shooting abilities, let us say
nothing about them.
An hour before we had been in full
retreat from an Infatuated farmer, whose
wrath had been rousedby the inadvertent
shooting of q ysarling calf, which Ike's
exuberant imagination had mistaken for
o turkey buzZard.
''Ike," said 1, when we found our
selves safe from pursuit, IF such thing
happens again, we shall have to make
tracks for the shores of Gotham, for the
wrath of jersey agriculturist is thing
to dread"
81 done it on purpose said Ike, with
his usual strict adherence to grammatical
regulations, ''and would have licked
the farmer, too, if you hadn't run, like
gol-darned coward
Considering that Ike had fled with the
speed of an antelope, and that it had
taken me full half hour to overtake
him, the latter insinuation was rather
aggravating.
/" Isaac" said, in voice trembling
with rage and fatigue. " thou art a good
runner, but ere yon sun shall sink to rest
behind the distant hills, thy race shall
be run, failing an instant apology"
"Well, said the hero, sulkily, "don't
you make no more funny remarks, and
Wen let the fight 60 over till 1 get back
home again."
Being of peaceful disposition 1 &C.
accepted the apology,
we CruQgeO on In silence.
Suddenly Ike stopped,
What is itp" said 1.
1.-The correct thing to do now," said
Ike, wisely, sis to build fire, have sup
per and good Sleep"
Correct" said /. "Where are YOU
going to get your wood fromP'
Ike pointed to distant fence and said
There it is, plenty of it,
"Ike," said, "your intelligence is
of the highest order, and if there is any.
thing in which am proficient, it is the
art of building a fire when l have the
materials, so do you procure the where.
withal and will tend to the rest of the
business"
Ike rather sulkily complied, for he had
intended something entirely different
from my plan.
Which was, to send me to break the
pickets out of the fence.
But, as / carried both the matches and
the provisions thought would't run
those chances.
Luckily, no one perceived him, and he
brought back a huge armful, which he
threw down with crash.
In short time had good fire blaz.
ing. and we fried couple of steaks,
purchased. at noon in a village some
miles distant, and then lay down to have
a quiet smoke and talk over things.
Ike had risen to rep.enish the fire, but
instead of doing so, he gave a wild veil
of terror, and stood shaking as if in fit
of ague.
Whats upP' 1 shouted, graspine
my gun. '.Injuns?''
s.Nyorsof ~, L = eL;xo,oI
"Dogs?"
what they are. Let's bolt,''' chatteredI Ike.
BY this time 1 obtained sight OF
the cause of his terror. A swarm OF
gigantic creatures had approached, and
deep, buzzing sound proceeded from
them that was frightful to hear. ]
threw away the gun and fed. Ike was
ahead, however, but, not being weighted
as before, l managed to keep pace with
him.
"They are after usr' he.
1t was fact. They were racing in
pursuit, some running. and some seem
ing to fly.
We had a good start, however, and
managed to distance them for time.
The lights of a group of buildings
soon broke upon us.
"Iron-worksr' gasped Ike. 1--WE
can't get there in time to escape"
''At this moment we both ran against
boiler with large hole in the end.
Ike ran to the end and disappeared
inside.
Twas after him in q moment,
Where are you, KEEP i inquired.
"sI am herei Ouick-close that hole
or they'll be in after u.s.
picked up what seemed to be a
round iron plate, and it fitted perfectly
into the aperture, thus securing us from
attack.
Saved" said Ike, joyfully.
81. wonder what they areP' / ques-
toned.
Don't know and don't want to.
Halo, what's that sound?'
We listened.
1t sounded like an augur boring
through metal.
Great Scottr' he yelled. They're
boring for u.s.
And so they were.
"Ike," l said, ''here are two hammers
that 1 just found. When their bills come
through just clinch them; one good blow
will suffice, and then we can Jump out
and run"
Pretty soon the sound grew palmer
and the long, sharp bill of one appeared
through the solid metal.
With one good blow clinched it and
soon another blow told me that Ike had
done the same.
After about dozen more had been