The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-28

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way Size was The only setter ! ever saw
who. Rasn she found a eoVsy ln q dense
cOvrt. WOULD back oui, ind ih sports
man. and by her creeping sleslfhy step
let him know thai The game was found
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the right spot In retrieving she was per-
feet and q winged bird was her qeilgh-
She never let up until she had u % ner
mouth. ] have seen rabbit dart beneaIn
her nose while she was trailing a crippled
quail. bur she never turned her eyes upon
him
one evening I started out for brief
hunt. IL mad been raining heavily TOT IWo
DAYS and a half The ground was sDongy'
and grass and yerdure surcharged Win
moisture. ! was walking along the cage
of a corn-held which al this Christmas
time was nothing but lines OF pare stalks
with deep guilies between the rows. Jes-
sic started through the corn-heid and
suddenly came 10 a dead stand was
so astonished that / could only stare al
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Vestige of cover in the c0rn-field. 1t
was as bare as a billiard-table- As / look
ed I saw her sink, lower and lower, 10
the ground, and hatten herself until she
looked like a spread-out skin. Not con-
tent with this effort to make herself
small, she crawled along to where there
was d puddle of water, and crouched down
until only her nose and eyes were visible.
Looking up the ridge, / saw large convey
of quail running down the furrOw right
into Jessie's mouth. She was trembling
with excitement, but did not move
stood about ten yards behind her, as mo-
tionless as a statue. On came the birds
until the foremost one seemed TO me 10
step on her head; TIM with a loud whirr
they flushed and made off to the woods,
leaving two of their number. which l
shot, as q tribute TO the wisdom or III
stinct of this matchless dog.
Another time was hunting on the same
plantation, and was within fifty yards of
the Nottaway river, which at this point
had a steep bluff about sixty feet high.
Jessie was trotting along few steps N
front, when she stumbled over an old
red fox who was lying low in the heath
er. In a second the fox was flying 10
the bluff. and at my shout of Catch him,
Jessiei" she bounded after him and
crowded him so closely that ne could not
double, but took a flying leap over the
cliff, and straight into the air Jessie fol-
lowed him.
There was a simultaneous splash, and
when reached the bank and looked over
1 beheld as pretty combat as I ever wit
messed. The fox fought for his life, but
water was not his element, and he was
soon killed and Jessie dragged him ashore.
I examined her carefully, but, beyond a
split lip she was none the worse, while
the fox was badly torn in several places
Another time put her TO a severe test
I took her with me to hunt in NOrthamp-
tor county, North Carolina, where I had
never been before. On the first day a
friend and myself left home after an
early breakfast and rode five miles, most
of the distance through bypaths in a great
swamp. After reaching the hunting
grounds, I wished to light my pipe and
to my disgust found that 1 had left my
tobacco-bag at home. At first 1 determ
ined to ride back after it; then a happy
thought struck me. and I wrote a note
asking for the pouch, and that 1t be sent
back by Jessie. Wrapping the note up,
I gave it TO Jessie, and told her to carry
a,
stand. but at last, by leading her back
a hundred yards or so and waving her
in the direction, she caught the cue and
went off on a headlong run.
you don't expect to see he again, do
you?" inquired my companion.
Il most certainly do" 1 answered.
We hunted along the field slowly. About
an hour after, Jessie, covered with mud,
dashed up, and in her mouth was small
bundle, which proved to be the tobacco
pouch and a note from Miss L., saying:
Il received your note brought by your
wonderful dog, and send the bag by the
same route"
well" said my friend, d-awing a long
breath, 81 never would have believed il
if 1 had not seen it with my own eyes.
Jessie may not be as fast as the tele-
graph but she can beat the railroad out
Of sight
Last fall I went to North Carolina to
shoot, taking Jessie and two other dogs
After the first day out, which proved 10
he a very exhausting days work, both
for myself and the settlers, Jessie showed
signs Of dizziness. and seemed to lose, all
at once. her dash and spirit. The next
day 1 chained her in the stable. On my
return, 1 hurried to let her loose and ex-
anime into her condition. 1 found TO my
dismay that she was a very sick dog; her
eyes were way back into her head, her
breathink quick. and she would eat moth
ing, though I forced some extract Of beef
down her throat
When I mounted my horse the next
morning, Jessie staggered down the steps.
and I got down. petted her. and told her