The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1895-02-14

lhen, BollngDrOke, as low as to thy heart,
Through the false passage ofthy throat. thou
liest.
We are no story writer, but since
"Uncle Allen" and Others have
written some very interesting ones,
we hope that our feeble effort NAV
SO inspire them that they will
again come to the front with one
of their favoritcs.
1t was December, 1894, the snow
had fallen to a depth of five or six
inches, and the length of time
which it had laid on the ground
afforded q nice time for hunting
and trapping.
| collected about me 4 number
of dogs, traps and other apparatus
preparatory for protractod hunt
of two weeks. Everything being
ready l started on or near the 10Th
for the headwaters of Red river.
1t had beQn rumored that there
could he occasionally found Il deer,
and all kinds of smaller game was
plentiful, After Il little more than
half days ride ! arrived ut my
destination, selected q suitable
place to strike camp in the center
of dense forest containing about
100 square miles. Ispont one day
building a shnnty and storing away
my provisions and other necCssa-
ries which ! had carried with me.
Two days having passed, and the
weather having moderated to a
great extent, | resolved to start
out early on the morning of the
third day and try my luck. l am
not one of those Old-time hunters,
accustomed to all the hardships
incidental to the chase, nor was |
in the least superstitious about my
gun and dogs, for l had, during my
pedagogical days, publicly de-
nounced the black art to both
young and old AZ being foolishness
and abominable in the sight of
God to entertain such thoughts.
So l thought my success as a MINI
rod of the latter days of the 10Th
century depended wholly upon my
own exertions, with all the pains
taking possible, when | fired my
trusty rifle. / could depend on this
gun to bring squirrel from tree
at a distance of 100 yards. | had
a pack of dogs that could not be
eoualed for their eXcellency in the
chase, they having picked up seve-
raj red foxes on previous occasions.
Ny entire hunting apparatus
which arranged 20 carry with me
were my gun, ammunition bag, a
small Ratchet, horn and Il butcher
knife. With these swung about
nv person, | gave several long and
bud sounds from my horn to IN
sire the confidence Of my dogs for
my purpose in view, put oil IN
the direction of the headwaters OF
the Geek on which had erected
my shaaty. After several hours OF
fruitless search, except squirrel
or rabbit, which would shoot only
for pastim., had grown very much
fatigued, a1d was harboring the
thought of returning home the
next day, when | heard my dogs
running in the distance.
Inspired by their unerring sound
| proceeded as rapidly as possible
in the direction of the sound, but
to my amazemcnt the sound grew
fainter end fainter. At times
BATTERED myself by the thought
that thny had turned and were
coming toward me, but that was
only when they would pass Over
the hlgh knobs, then the sount
would 10 out in the distance again
NOT b9Tn g accustomed to the range
o OF hiilA | thought it useless to al
.empvgo follow them any further
eNceHt to point whore they hat
i"ss& Bv I knew that II th'
sno .Rh,d not melted too much,
,ILouW ihc enabled to ascertain whaI
an. ere running. SO, on / went
nn, deep hollows and high knob
was almost breathlcss, bu'
hld not give up, except Il