Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-23

smelled a fox, no matter at what hour o
the day or night felt bound to hunt hin
up and run him down. l had that feelin,
as far back as I can remember.
"One day when l was very young l wa
| playing at hunting with the little negroes
just to pass the time away. One would hol'
| me and another would go far out of sigh
and hide. l had to use my nose to find him
and l soon came to enjoy the fun Once
Old Grizzly himself saw us playing, and hi
seemed to be very much pleased with the wa.
l followed the trail of the little negroes
He took part in it himself, holding me while
one OF the children ran through the pas
ture and down the branch and around by
the gin screw back to the house. He die
this many times, and seemd to be very much
pleased with me. After while, when | grew
older. he made some Of the large negroes
run. but never failed to find and bay them
| soon found out why Old Grizzly was sc
we'll pleased. One morning one of the ne
groes was missing. He had run away some
time during the night having been prom
ised strapping for the next morning. Old
Grizzly called me, and we went to the negro's
hut where l was made to smell Of his
blanket and such of his belongings as he
had failed to take with him. l knew at once
what Old Grizzly wanted me to do, and
was more than willing to do 1t, for the negro
happened to be one that had given me more
kicks than scraps. / settled down to bust
ness at once. / ran from the hut, and cir
ced around It. The scent was plan to
me as a track in the mud Is to you. l fol-
lowed it with no trouble at all, and Old Griz-
ely, having his horse ready, went along with
me, keeping as close to me as he could. In
an hour we had overtaken the negro and
Old Grizzly carried him back, making him
walk before the horse all the way home.
after that / had to look out for myself
The negroes treated me worse than ever.
They were ready to kill me at any time
M haI 10 nf hatr hic
made it worse for the negroes. None Of
them could escape old GriZZly by going to
the woods. ! had help, too, for some of the
other hounds, seeing me made much of by
the master and the overseer. Joined me in
my expeditions. and in short while Old
Grizzly had pack Of niger dogs as he
called u.s. that seemed to fill him with pride.
This was going on when the Son of Ben
Ali came-when he came and touched me
and gave me the sign. And then l knew
more than / had known before. After he
came he was the first to 20 into the woods,
as have told you, and the next morning my
trouble began.
'Old Grizzly was very mad when at day
light he sent for the Son of Ben Ali and
found him gone. l slept under the house
in corner OF the chimney stack, and /
heard Old Grizzly when he came in frt m
the overseer's house. He bawled at the
cook for not having breakfast ready, though
ping and roaring, and sent the house boy
for the Son of Ben Ali. But the Son of Ben
Ali was rot TO be found. This made matters
worse Old Grizzly called up my companions
and myself. gave us a few bites of stale
bread. had his horse saddled, and then carried
us to the hut where the Son of Ben Ali had
lived.
Il knew then what was going to happen.
ought to have known before. but 1t had
never occurred to me. We were to run the
Son Of Ben Ali down, SO that Old Grizzly
could capture him. This didn't suit me at
all. but had to. go. There was no way to
get out of it,"
"oh. l don't see why" cried Sweet su-
san.
Me nuther." Drusilla chimed in.
1T is simple enough" said Rambler. plac-
Ing himself In more comfortable position
he had been sitting ON his launches. The
other dogs would have gone. whether ! went
Or not. So pretended | was very glad to
90. i circled around the house. and ran over
me scent twice, so as TO see what the other
logs would do. They ran over IL. too, but l
knew that one OF them had faint hint OF 1t.
He went back TO 1t. and them
Here a spark from the pine knot that
made light in the cabin flew out near Ram
1ler's head. and suddenly burst into a shower
II smaller sparks Rambler dodged and
Jumped out Of the way so quickly that the
children laughed.
you may think 1t is funny" said Ram