The National tribune., 1893-08-03

even the planter opened his eyes and re
marked that he had some doubts of th
tale at first, but after seein' him eat he wa
satisfied that he'd told the truth.
\ "Then, in the confusion of startin', Davy
managed TO hook whole loaf of bread be
a sides the remainders of the one he'd beer
a-chawin'.
"The planter called his dogs, just like
Cox said he would, and him and Duttor
started across the country for the camp
We three, who had been a-hidin' in fence
corner, waited till we thought they was
clean out of range, an then made an on
slaught on the buildin.
1--WE groped around and soon discovered
a hen-house made of poles about the size
of your leg, an locked tight and fast. We
got long stake and pried up one corner oi
the buildin'. and Cox crawled inside Then
he began to pass ont the chickens to us as
fast as he could get holt of them. But
he'd hardly begun when, in straightenin' up
TO relieve his back, he knocked down a
roostin' pole with a dozen hens on it, an
every one of 'em started up such flutterin'
an a squawkin' asd wake an ordinary dead
man-,hat is if he wasn't very dead.
"Dutton said that the minute the noise
commenced those
DOGS SET UP A HOWL
that Just seemed to say, We've been fooled =
and then they turned tail an put for the
house like a streak of thought The planter
cried:
"' There! by the ghost of Andrew jack
son, somebody's in my ben-house! an away
he went after the dogs 'thout ever pausin' to
say good-by. / heard 'em a comm, so put
my mouth to the tilted-up corner, ana said:
"fCome out quick, P. D., the degs are
after rs; never mind the chickens, but -
] couldn't say any more, for Cox stuffed
fowl right into my mouth, so just grabbed
the animal an run. The dogs were on the
pint of breakin' into the yard as cleared it
and Cox was still fast in his prison.
Suddenly, great snakes! l saw the hen
house move. Then Cox appeared, buttin'
his head agin' the poles and churnin' out
o. there like snow-plOw in drift, sendia'
the saplin's right and left and careenin' the
frail buildin' all of one side. He had grab
bed and grabbed till he got a chicken in
each hand, then just walked right through
the wall and let the house drop as it would,
while the chickens squawked and cackled.
"Giyin' the nearest dog furious kick he
Lit out after me like meteor after a comet,
am he caught US, too. We wasn't afraid of
the dogs bit, but we would "a hated like
the nation to be caught and popped in the
guard-house, so we just naturally put In our
best licks gettin' away from there.
"The planter soon called his dogs back,
an busted himself a-fxin' up the henbouse.
We were awful sorry it was rimracked SO,
but We didn't dare offer to help rebuild it;
an, then, if he hadn't been so blamed ready
TO set the dogs on US, it wouldn't a-got so
terribly jammed up as it did.
"'Ceurse, Cox wouldn't We dared to put
his head down to the opening with the dogs
there ready to snap it Of. We hunted up
Landrus au' Dalton hunted Us up, an then
we set out for camp, coneludin' we'd got
enough for one night.
We hadn't game very far till we heard
somebody a-whistiin' kind O. cautious like.
We listened for little bit, and the next
time they whislIed we answered 'em. They
were terrible s'picious of us, an KEEP a-run-
MIN away a little piece then stoppin' an
whistlin' agin. We whistIei back in as cute
way as we knew how, an finally prevailed
on 'em to let as come up within
wHIsPERIN' DISTANCE
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same business Il we were, an had heard that |
identical old rooster whose crow had tarned |
rs tiwaFds the mansion; but We must have |
missed the old fellow, for they found him off |
in the direction the planter had taken Dat |
ton. He was roostin' on the limb of tree |
juspaboye some bee-gums, the same, by the |
way that jim Perry had found the week |
befoTe an thai we came so near going after |
stead Of the melons. and the tree was with |
In 10 steTs Of The owners house.
They sent two men over the fence to get |
the chicken. One Of them mounted a bee |
hive ard was just a-reachin' for his honor's |
legsswhtIf we give the alarm al the planters |
henh0use- When the dogs set up their yell, |
an they an, their master deserted Dutton |
an started cross country for home, it so |
happened that they passed just to the oppo-
site side Of the house where these fellows |
were stealin' the rooster. 1t liked to scared |
the fellow on the beehive into fits, and he |
started away from there.
But both he and the other man had pres |
enee Of mind enough 10 grab gum apiece |
before they run. Both hives were foil of |
honey, an the boxes being kind of unhandy |
to carry, they sent some of the number |
away 10 get kettles and pans to put the |
sweet stuff in. The crowd with the honey
had mistOok us for their pardners, an they |
were disgus;ed when they found out we
wasn't the crowd they were a-looking for
1t was awful lucky for us that we had sense
enough TO answer their whistle 1t wasn't
long before the right men came in, am when
the honey was transferred to the kettles we
took the back track together.
When We reached camp we built fire
and cooked our fowls. That honey was
simply immense on the bread Dutton had
borrowed, an tine chickens to fill up on an
the melons 10 wash it down with-oh. 90
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