Sun River sun. [volume] (Sun River, Mont.) 1884-1885, 1884-09-18

doubted his courage. and asked Warn
or il he could kill the animals. NV
friend smiled scornfully and refused
to answer the absurd question. The
next badger Nose artfully cut of from
his hole was unfortunate. The dog
was having great fun in making pre-
lenses of furious oEslaughts on the
vile-smclling animal, when Warner
said, lowly. "Kill him, Mose." In
stantly Nose closed with his antagon-
ist. There was Il crunching of bones
between powerful jaws, and tho dead
animal WIS .osscd aside Kill bady-
ers, indeed! rs terrier docs rats. To
ward evening We crossed Il divide, on
the northern slope Of which small
herd Of antelope ver, feeding. Warn
er's rifle flow u bis shoulder and
cracked sharply. Instantly the ami
mails were in fight. The shot was
long, and 1 feared my companion hat;
missed. When thc gun cracked Nose
bounded toward and seated himself
on his launches by Warmers side, ant.
looked atientively at the running an
te,ope. Suddenly nc leaped and was
running at full speed in pursuit. Fol
low the dog" Warner cried. as ! rode
after Nose. "lIe would not course if
the antelope was not wounded
Weeks of experience proved the truth
OF my friends assertion. When one
of our rifles cracked Nose was eno.-
mously Interested in the result Of Tie
shot. iic won,d study The fleeing a,li-
mails until hc saw which one was
wounded, and that one he would run
down; but il he was satisfied that the
/ shot was unsuccessful Lc would not
course. He would look ut ,ls, l used
10 think, sympatheticaily, rs much as
to say: That's all right. You must
not expect to kill every time. Wc'il
find another one pretty soon, and |
know We'll capture that one" and the
genticmanly creature would wag his
tail and fcign joy he dill not feel,
and promptly distract your thoughts
and relieve his own feelings by worry
ing the ncxt badger he found.
When Nose was Il young dog, just
cut Of his puppyhood, he caught II
wounded antelope after Il long chase.
Warner lost sight Of iha chase in the
intricacics of the bills An hour pass
ed before he found the game. Wbcn
he arrived ut The spot where the dead
animal lay he was Mortified at the ro-
tund appearance OF his dog and The
disappearance Of large portion OF
The antelope. Nose had eaten the
priced briskct. This crime Warner
punished severely. After that Nose
would never eat in the field. Often J.
have stood over dead gene and offer
ed him bits Of meat. Invariably his
high-curvcd tail became pendent, his
head sank, his ears d4oopcd, and The
light and joy faded from hi, face. He
would lie dowa ut Il li..le distance
from lis and look reproachfully, sor-
rowfully, even, at us, us though say
ing: Il am disappointed in you. 1
think it un3entlemanly in you two 10
laugh at me aad recall my shamc and
Disgrace" And lie would sigh deeply.
But whom camp was made Nose was
always hungry, and il not promptly
fed would carry stick TO tho fire and
there lie and pretend 10 cat it.
In tho morning, after breakfast had
been eacn, the horses saddled, aud
the burden placed ON the pack ami
nal, Nose would beat the camping
ground for overlooked articles, Us Il
setter dog does patch Of grass for
scent-w:thhold;ny quail. An over
looked knife, or spoon, or spur, OF
pipe, or even twig that had been
used as II whip tho previous day, he
would pick up and deliver to Warner.
When he was satisfied that nothing
had been left, he would capcr and
twist himself and bGrl; for Joy. One
evening, as we descended into the
Mill, River valley, Warner discovered
that his knife and sheath had fallen
from bis bolt. lie called Nose. The
dog reared and placed his forcpaws
on Warmers thighs as he sat in the
saddle, and looked earnestly in his
masters face. My friend talked to
him as he would to a man, telling Of
his loss. Then with outstretchcd arm,
pointing back over the wind-swept
divide We had just crossed, he said,
$50 find it." Nose dropped TO his
feet and started back. We went on
to the river and made olle camp. In
about two hours AIoso loapcd into
camp with the leutharn sheath OF the
knife in his mouth, and gave ii into
Warmers hand, With inelrable scorn
he looked at Nose as though he ex-