Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-08-11
FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO THE
RISING GENERATION.
A FOX Story--A Little Sunbeam-,
Lemonade BY Rule--Cargo
OF Elephants--Dis-
armed.
"A Fox Story,

We are accustomed to lavishing a
great deal OF sympathy on the fox
that is chased over hill and dale,
through wood and meadow, by packs
of hounds and relocated huntsmen,
and men have been known to state
their opinion that this is very hard
world because the fox gets chased all
about, but never has much sport in
the hunting line himself, which is a
very mistaken notion. Ii any Great
ure gets sport out OF life, it is no
less a being than Master Reynard
himself, who terrorizes Brer Rabbit
is an inveterate wild and tame goose
chaser, and who as a hunter OF mice
is unsurpassed. One fox that was
reading about a short time since re-
tired early from the hunt in which it
was intended he should be victim,
and to escape the hounds took refuge
in a magpie's nest, while he 'whied
away the hours of the afternoon eat
ing up the magpies as they returned
home in very finished style.
Another story it said to have been
told by gentleman OF the strictest
veracity," who got the tale in France.
A friend OF his was in the habit OF
shooting in very wild and rocky
section OF the country. Part of the
rocky ground was on the side OF a
very high hill, not accessibleto sports
men, and from this hill the hares and
foxes, which were the chiefgame of the
region, would at night betake them
selves to the plains below. Leading
from these rocks to the lower ground
were two gullies made by the rains,
near one OF which the veracious gen.
tleman who tells the story stationed
himself and his attendant one night
in the hope OF basging some hares.
Hardly had they taken up their
position when they perceived fox
creeping stealthily down through the
gully, followed closely by another.
After they had played together for a
few minutes, one OF the foxes went
into hiding under one OF the larger
rocks at the end OF the gully, and the
other having apparently hidden him
good night, sneaked back to the hill
again. In moment he was back;
but before him; racing down through
the gully-being chased. in fact
was hare fleeing for her life; and as
the intended victim was passing the
rock where the first fox lay concealed,
hehe tried to seize her by suddenly
springing upon her, but his sim was
bad and he missed. The purusing fox
came up at this moment, and finding
that the lack OF skill OF his Cocoon
spIrator had resulted in the loss Of
his supper, he began to snap and
snarl at the other in such a fashion
that the spirit OF the offending fox
was aroused, and rough
fight resulted. They fought fiercely
for several minutes, but as neither
seemed to be getting the better OF the
other, the huntsman himself took the
matter in hand. and shot them.
1t is true that this little story ended
in a tragedy for the foxes, but there
can be no doubt that they had all the
sport out OF the hare that they were
entitled to, norris there any reason to
believe that had they caught her they
would have treated her any more
gently than the fox-hunter is &C
customed to treat his prey, so that
after all the cunning creatures are not
entitled to very much OF our SYM
pathy.-Harper's Young People.