The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-06-01
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morning after the trap was completed
We wcrc TO take turns watching. day
BY day. benton undertook. 70 watch
tho trap tho first day. and / went home.
We hoped TO capture At least one hog
every day.
Before eleven o'clock that forenoon
Benton appeared AZ our house, very
hot and much ont Of breath from run
ming. he could hardly speak. and
wasted no words.
Pulled the string on fivelr he gasptA
Get knife and mule and gun, and come
quiclsi They arc foamin' rodnd awful
lyi Guess we shall have 10 shoot 'omi
Ilurryl hurryr'
In five minutes WINS, on tho way.
urging my mnlc 70 the top Of hla speed.
Benton got his own mulo and gun and
overlook mo.
Wc approached the corral from tho
opposite side Of tho creek, and securing
the mules on that side. waied across
-aHaspcepcd into tho trap
sure enough, there were Eve p0fIterai
Evidently they had eaisnod down lit
Tie, for they Fruntcd softly ~ they do
voured tho remains Of the leap Of
acorns but scenting us, or ninhting
us through chinlts IN the fence, they
began 70 dash around. springinR up tho
sides Of the corral so fierccly that We
saw plainly II would be altogether nm
safe toentcr the Enclosure before shoot
Ing them. There was al old boar In
the gronp. They were yenrlinga and
two-ycar-olda. apparently. Weighing
from q hundred 10 two hundred pounds
each. From running Ia the swamp
they were ali nearly ia black a. beara
We loaded our gums with ball, md.
taking aim between tho posts. shot tho
pigs one by ono. All Ave came down.
sqnealing territlcally.
Ind never drrsscd d hog before, but
we both knew that IL was necessary
70 bleed them Immediately. Laying
down our guns, We climbed into the
pen, got out our knives and proceeded
70 this least pleasant portion 81 tho
business.
The eqncaling was frightful. We hnd
got 10 the third Victim only whom we
became suddenly aware Of commotion
IN the woods outside.
s.lliiii'' cried Benton, strengthening
up 70 listen, there's whole drove
a-ceming, old boars and all They're
coming 10 the rescue, inst as they do
when q bear tackles q hog In Tho
swnmpr'
Above the outcry which the suffering
porlxcrs inside the pen wcre raising wa
could NOV plainly hear the barking and
roaring of the approaching drove. II
was q terrible noise; the nnderbt IN
cracked aa u a forest FIRE were running
through II.
'Whewi You don't annf,f,sa tber gan
break IN here. do your exclaimed Hem
ton. turning pale
That's moro than know said /.
"Bnt II they do brch.s IN. I shall break
out pretty quiclsl''
We had acnrcety moro than uttered
the words when tho drove came foam
ing mp the creek to the very gate Of che
trap They stopped an instant, an
old boar barking like a bulldog. uand
then oil Hcurried around the fence on
tho creek side. through mud md water.
Hero they suddenly stopped abort
ngiiin, IA II TO locate their distressed
brethren, then dashed around the north
end Of the corral and up tho high bank
little way above.
Agnin finding themselves wrong, they
turned and camc dashiug along the top
81 the bank, on the land side Of tho
pen; and then they all charged head
long down over the bank Into the cor.
raj.
Before the first hog Ind struck the
ground inside tho pen | was well on
my way 70 the top Of the corral fence,
and benton had climbed small oak
tree that stood within the inclosnre
Great jingol'' cried benton from tho
tree. Isn't that old tuslxer q big one9
Sec the foam nyl BILL. there's more
than twenty Of thcmi win the fence
stop emp.
II think II will. said. "Are you
all suffer-
~ reckon am. he answered. Then
he looked down at tho Wild hogs foam
ing around the base Of his small tree,
snapping their jaws; md my sense Of
humor made me laugh IN spite OF myself.
However. presently did better for
benton thnn laugh at him. I slipped
down on the outer side Of the pen. and
getting strong pole. pushed if over
the top Of tho corral into the oak where
he was roosting, and BY the Md Of this
pole he was able 70 get 70 the fence.
Now was our time. We loaded our
guns and opened fire on tho drove in
side, disabling the old boar FIRST 81 hll.
For half an hour the unearthly din Of
shooting and squealing kept up. In
Guiding the 1--WE which Benton had
shared at first. there were now twenty
four hogs in tho trap Several Of them
were old settlers. and quite fat and
heavy.
We worked fast and hard during the
rest Of the day and most Of the night TO
secure the pork. 1t made fine lot Of
bacon, and although we never met with
any success afterwards. we went to the
centennial mainly on tho product Of
our hog trap. A. J. Towic, ia Youth'a
Companion.
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