The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1894-04-12
THE WHITE FOX

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era Nss Yaft DOT iar from The 81 Law
reres u,tr. Cat huemtlt ever ny boob
hsd 80 told oa ny hesIth thst the dOcio
ordered INT to stop studying and icr sev
trsi seeks u iesst 10 lead lie Of out
door sI,rgiss, uupscsed ny breecl
loatfr. sud 10 weeks time kuew ever
bsuat Of sroUse, bsre and squirrel witbIt
walking distance.
My companion 10 these ramt les We ID,
son Of utlehb rpg farmer. lad AbouI
nv age.uho Anew the counuy thoroughly
sni sss, norrovtr.s keeh sportsman Out
si,eruoon early 10 n Nuvem Der he came tc
the house where sss st. log, evidently
IL tlste q great eIcltemeut
What's happened, Jltn' ! asked, as !
,et him 10, II sc yon iound smother
daek Of srouse or has your iatber bought
tbs, uew quo Tor youi
No suoh luck as the guu, said jim. but
something much better than flock Of
grouse. Did ever tell you about the
wire foI3
No. il /
Htll. the reason never dil, ooLtlnued
| jim, sos b. cause never tske aay ,tock
! ia IT myself For several years nov stor
les bsve been told OF pure wuite fox tbs,
vas setn 10 this mel, hborhood. Bot ss
I ,la ..,r,ai uaE ,avar saau IV any uua bni
I Csuadiso lumbermen and people Of that
SOFT. Who are always seeing eXttsordlns.
~ thing, no one paid much attention 10
Il G matter But now | know the stories
sere true.
THIS morning, after it stopped showing,
! Veut ont to brlng back the brood OF tor
krys that have been running in onr back
~ .adow lot tracked them 10 the hight
snow to be edge OF the big cedar swamp.
A. reached the point where the tracks
d into the pushes some OF the turkey
tcme flying IL 10 the mesdOs, aud heard
d great oommotiou in .he swamp
The turkeys kept running into the op
,r. Last Of all came the cid eobbltr. /
Holding onto bis wing was lbe oddtst an
imal ever saw. 1t vac fox as white as
tie snow thst lay on the ground. He bsd
pulled outs good share Of tie turkeys
farb,rs, but the old bird was loo slroug
for him to Cd,
The fox was so busy try i1g TO top the
nrkey that be came some distance INTO
ii clearing be fore be saw me. Then be
let o bis hold, quick metre, aud darted
i1to the busLes. If had bad sgun
coul have shot bin easily.
Tie luch or two Of snow that fell last
NJ 1T is just the thing for huptIug ! have
borrowed two good hounds, aud want you
to ccme ont with me tomorrow morning,
C,uch fox Is worth working for.i
As can be imagined, was glad enough
20 sccept Jim : proposal reached my
III ud's house before sunrlse next day and
We st once started 10 tramp to the cedar
swamp where he had seen the fox.
Ore OF the bounds Jim had borrowed
vas 40 old fox hunter, known through
out that region as avlng most powerful
NJ se; that is. he could follow faint
scout. jim ,houeht this dog wouli be
II ls TO fhd the track made by the fox the I
day before and finally start him. Mean
' bile be and | would stati)n ourselves 10 /
small valley TO the north OF the swamp
le reasoned that if the fox was still 10 the /
wsmp be would be most likely to leave
t 10y ibis valley,
We soon found the track, and the old |
log went slowly of upon it, after first |
a'i-fying himself by many anxious suifls
bat there was queer tsint in the pure I
nov
The othe: dog seemed TO have perfect
Al h u the ability Of his senior to dnd the Q
game, and contentedly trotted fl after
i'm.
jim and | now made all haste TO reach O
,ur ststiCns. They were fully mile :
psv, and the rapid pace set by my com
.su,o1 was fast winding me, when we
,srj loud burst OF music from the two
ounds. They must have started the ioI, .
At Last fox. AS Jim left ma at my I
I ,iI3u he sslC:
liriss red iox aud we don't kill it, at
d Try to take ihe dogs of It's track.
AIa We want to day is the oh white
u tooI up his stsli. Il sbout forty rods
Wy fom me across the rsvi ue, and We
) cd eIpectsntly,
Fo me time The dogs circled about -,
d /. = swsmT; then they sounded as If .
tauiug ucartr. saw jim crouch down
% 1tmlue The caps OF bis mGzzle loidtr
krpt perie city quiet listening esetriy to
le mu,icsl baylug OF the hounds Who
,rs evidently coming directly towtrd
At lat at poiot 'rhaps "a usrter OF -
lie from vii rs stood. the two dogs
ur,t IRON he the thick cedsrs INTO the
Ieatios They kelt mp a con'ituous
osl, sLd we're ruunluR rapidly. :
Bat ahere rss the ioI'
! scstntd the space b,tseen me snd lbe II
, es, 10, 10 Reyusrd Agsin Looked 8. II
be dogt and 10 o doing ~ sde out white
jet BUDDING along pot bi,eeL iod'
cad Of The ounser bound Tue srimsl q
d. 81 a bttr thst could hardly distInl
isL sssiust tie b ckgiouud Of tue h
on n
The y. aus ~ h.d c.usLt J lht Of the
ne. sn Sas ttfHitibg every mufele TO
r-Ake { Nv lie vssted 40 bretth 10 =,
tkilg bot vented he excitement by -
~. sn.ra shue. Al every Jump be rs' r
uc,d tic lea ce bet~'en biustli s-d =,
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