Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-08-09

bi4' te nh2ted the Keen scent % M
sdS rnSuni with the intelligence OF TIL
SshS heF' Dog. and the teHae!ty 81 TN
.bil, log with the stealth Of the pm
4 theI With less accomplishment tlkst
these he pught have: besn s;oo.i - :
. FIR 5r d5s,4 reail; s4sslk 5s4ne Il i
wonid probably have been safe in hi
keeping he might have been able tC
EO.i his 8wn III fight. OF have stood
- excellent chance Of succeedIng a:
: sLeep-stea!er. but lie couldn have
bsen 4 coon dog. For your coon i d
cute and tricky customer. and cram
ued with. patience Moreover, ne
leaves behind him the eoldest, most
scen,less tEail Of any animal that runs.
lie leads you through tangled sw amps
and ieeu, stony hol!2ws. lie crosses
and recTosses swift running streams.
He tr:sks along the top OF rough stone
walls as silent and swift as shadow
He steps within a dozen feet OF some
convenient we'll clears the iu,erven-
irs space at a bound strikes a tree,
ana gl.des up 70 the longest limb. runs
70 - extremity, and leaps dozen
i-et beyond It 70 the ground again,
breaking his trai. abruptly on one side
AM beginning t As coafuslngly abrupt
On the other
lie lnyents .tacticr Tor emergencies,
and brings TO every consideration OF
bic welfare and that OF hI- family
large and uniformly lev! head He
PLAYS his cards well, and the dog that
would beat him must need both bow
ers and the ace, with strong cards TO
back them. These the coon dog OF
our fathers always had
There were, as remember twenty.
hve years ago, the still.hunting coon
dog and the coon dog who let you
know at every step that he was get
ting there. There was mixed up with
the methods of the still hunter an ell.
emont OF greater certainty that you
would get your coon than there was
with the more melodious system of the
dog that mouthed his presence in the
shadowy chase. but tne style of the
latter put more tingle in your blood
aud huoycd you W with sweeter ex-
pectancy. There was something weird
and nncanny IN following the still
dog u al! the 'urnings and windings
o: the gloomy woods at night. lie
cyept among the tangled brush and
deep ravines, climbed abrupt knobs
and worked his serpentine way down
into he deep hpiIows, turning, donb-
..n- shifting, crossing and recrossing
his :rack ike the iaby!inthian ;rac
:rs u. 4 -niP's caPrioious course, silent
IS IT., night around him, stealthily as
TIE twilight shadow
Ill. vrrv silence brought him 70 the
rrl-, A. he ,ra,, cf The aususpect-
IN. -aon hosame warmer, the noiseless
!..r.Ger grew stll, more cautious m
ii he game was N sIgh; then he
-u-h>d apon 1t Ike al avalanche. and
Il. pert-uT music u hls -oui went
forth in one fearful how! Of triumph
AMI The srrprlsed aud frightened coon
knew ;hat his nights were'numhered
-UE LOT! -NovTHEp poe
But g, vas different with the dog
that -,v, tongue dis lie hunted. He
maize music in the night-not the sill
yrrv treble Of the foxhound, floating
down from the hill on the frosty air,
and drawn out IL sweet cadenza by
every willing echo, nor yet the mellow
hass of the ieerhound, swelling over
the ridges clear and FAR sounding as a
hus.e note, but pleasant, though a
staccato. song Of his own. hal: bark,
half Oay-s cheerful mingilng CT mel.
a3y with business
The bsY;ng coon dog always had a
better nose than his noiseless brother,
4u3 ne needed to have. The coon
never knew when the silent dog was
on a.s track, and consequently lid
not bring TO h!s protection the many
wlicS and stratsgems that he al once
EcsorteI 70 when the cry of the other
ios rang out on the trail. 1t va,
then that be manpuvred to throw
false scents, and the brook and the
bramb!e, the hill and the hollow, wer,
all impressed in his service in his rae,
for life. and it was then that the bay
ing coon dog OF our fathers came on
strong Step By step he unravelle'
the tangled and well-hidden seen;
constantly sounding his wild chal
lenge to the coon to do his best, unit
, the hunted animals repertory of vile
vas exhausted, and, accepting the In
f.,.saakha ha ,rs-akl WI.