Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-04-11


''Listeni" suddenly erc,atrad
Wasn't chat the old gobbler?a
heard something" replied Georoa
resting his gun on the ground. "but
dont know what 1t was"
Ihere 1T goes again. wbisnsraa
James.
~ must be turkey. Blow ON vonr
nua'e'
no,ripie grating noise soon echoed
49, no Aolos. siiencing the song OF the
o'ius around. II had the harsh, waver-
Ing anu uheveniY modulated gobble Of
eno via turkey. The two young hunt
o'S oroncheo down behind q clump OF
pai"'1.'oes as James made the noise.
go Snore 'i'ne there was responsive
800 from distant part Of the hon.
.vr,
10 pa sopbier Is getting mad"
-, po'eu george. "He thinks another
sooD'e, - Trying TO call his flock away
.i1'n nun.
oanes KEPT up the nois., answering
m o,a sVopier IN DEFIANT outbursts
inc nnara n",e oiru was apparently draw
or and Ionaa ~, nls soopie sounded plain
o'oiy minute.
IN snort time there was cracking
- A ,. Gnu ueao leaves, and then out
"n au!aoeno ciump OF palmettoes the
~ ~ no"u Vi 'he Dig turkey gobbler sud
4onis appeared. HALF dozen turkeys
..s, "iel, ",,h
VOW hre. whispered James, sudden
y soa.lns ms ain with the fiddle.
i, oourso ,alseo the old lowing piece to
~, 'noui"cr, LOOK quick al m and fired.
.na go soopioi gave . sudden spring
onno,noa - -, o"iiA' anu enen dls-
Witho,t .n W.. ou'noS
b;s erat 49, "'lsing 70 see the result OF
hare, % t ~ 'eo'se aimed tne second
Low 1a S one iocK oi astohlshed tur-
startod ~ opp.ns nis Piece' ne
Ono tnr,~au ,..i n.' s"no
another ono wourdad ~ anu
this one. wbile Coorra st.n.oJ - 70.
pursuit after tho old aohhlor ~, ~ - ~. NV
also severelv woundad - 90
Tho nohh,ou ho
,snobt Go a.s;l, A,.,. 70 NV w 70
the WING and s;do .h. It, 10 -, "a
get tbron,,h r. h,.L.
the bows.
1t was evidently ooino To bo ,oro
chase: but the bovs wera co exo;t.d ~ =
did not mind that. Thew ware hound
to have that old turkey.
Suddenly the gobbler broke tbro,rb
the dense plades and ran ont On str; :
of land that projected thirty or forty
feet out ito a deem lagoon The old
bird seemed to be cornered then.
But. no. with sudden snr,n, and ,
heavy flutter of the WINGS he manaoed
to get across the water to a small island
of cypress trees about FORTY feet distant.
"Oh, dear, he. got away from usp
shouted George.
Look. lookr' screamed James. in his
excitement; "a 'patorr'
Sure enoupb a hig ALLEGATION had beer
summing itself near the is,and and az
soon nc tho robh,er sorrb+ rafrra ~
the island its wicked ewes winked and
blinked knowingly.
Tho woundad h;rd MN. rroo,so;o,e -,
the nresence Of another LIVING creatnre
on its island of refuge.
The ALLIGATOR was close to the turkey
and after raising its head stealtbilv +
took a sudden dive toward II and seizec
the pobbler in it's huge laws.
The bovs felt about ,s had &c the ooh
,ler did as the big ..,gator" onietl,
mazda a meal off their gaee
.If wo onlu bod tho rrn bero ia how.
,,4 - t;ao,,, Ell. 49,
Conrna M, bnt isn.t ho a bir fol1owr
don't want him TO pet hold of mes
"Rr+wba+,o +hot roisa hebind ne 9~ end
aon1,, ;na,'iuoa Ian,oa 1ool,inn faarf,1,
49, S ,''4 ANNOY
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o,airoa - - h.o..h
H. fol,an.;n, tha +nr,,ou -. hors bod
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, 49,. r. ~ lo;,, .ha+ ~ Nd 10, laori
the on,inans ,at+Ia
M aa1.o mos ,o,, ooi,.d mn aho,
tbirtv fee, ayyav swinging his hear
, fron, sida 70 side in n tbreaianino man
nor
J Client be a vbonnerp, said George
faorrn11,, AVID be,s rirbt in orr nafh
too We can't oct back to the main
, land without running across him.
, .Uvo a,t e,,i, arorrd him oitber
We can -; $50 n,t;Snana,
. ~ my ,,yna.,,I 20 a. INV 49,"
Indaoa +ha+ w,s i. serions ouestio,
J with Tho hovs now They were actual,
, nenned in bv a rattlesnake on one sid,
and big alligator on the other'
Neither reptile would attack them l