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were running beautifully and Joe Maxwell,

between this hIll, and tho point of woods the
why. he's running away from here" cried
'of course" said Joe Maxwell. and betor,
many minutes have passed. ELL discover that
Ta ne p 65 6 6s G HSs ss% . or Ts e G
presently. and we have 70 see il there's " any
h hal, between their teeth II It + the cid FOX,
hand and then hen get scared and try to
In the sunlight.
go goe y0nS Rof nSy m
more OF the race than we have sean. even il
Ts n aS P1sat y h6. Sm l.sSy S
their Inspection by the time they get back. But
and be ready to put hodo right at his heels
when he comes back"
ing at the BIT Joe Maxwell let. him have his
head on the srm Bermuda turf; and he went
satisfy BntternY's am billion for avhiie. aid he
vas was willing TO- stand quietly when his rider
:, The dogs could be heard running far away.
like the echoes Of melodious CON plalnings.
Joe Maxwell looked at his watch again. The
Thats then the rSR ssd the Ronns fol.
low and t he's pretty t,s game or he would have
Finally the dogs went out OF hearing alto,
that fact to follow with his. finger on Maxwelfs
means Of which Old Scar.Faee had been IE In the
habit Of throwing his pursuers of,
apcs but he's had his work cut ont for him
his looms beyond the point OF woods Wonder.
Yes: sir That's Just what he was up tot The
yards from where they went in," "'''s' NV
Suppose the dogs have caught hlm?"" aug
f%st on eS all s s1Re
Son & SfaF 9f% FED BH CS BS Se
And sure enough the thin and sensitive ears
OF 6e . It grew grew louder by degrees. and
as tins said Jes Sa swell IN n' low ' Soisc
y,ou to see how Hodo manages this sort Of
As II. dogs topped a dstan. hlll their voices
brass band accom- paniment, They seemed to
' hs ames sa said John
DC: BIS Sea nna IL /: had h hand JGS
The old fox was running bravely. He
showed none Of the usual symptoms Of defea:
he was going very nimby and rapidly He
s s3o1 dsapoea ,E and the music Of the pack
precision below the hill Then came the sharp.
eager cry Of Hodo. close ct hand: The watch:
10 and tall " ESdenV Ii. 6oo T' was ss ap
lie swept by some distance from the point
clared that he was not OF, the track at all joe
b made o tbs but to hodo the
far away; Again. as before. the dog increased
his speed ICED bearing closer Loser 70 the drag and this
him. rode rapidly in a parallel direction
Il give him, Ave more minutes" said Hodo's
Faster and faster went Butterfly for several X
hundred h Yards. and then suddenly drew rein.
except for ditch when ran through the mid mid:
de The d d15ap R,o there had attracted
ana saeey RrY Were the susn MsGds
wet. On either side of this ditch there was a
clear SPACE Of bermuda turf dotted here and
side Of this ditch Hodo was running. Sud
denly he turned, crossed the dtch,and came
crossed the ditch and as he did so Old Scar,
wild yes Joe Maxwell gave ave. Hodo the s'S View
been across the ditch again and had Old Scar
Face In plain view.
life viii Buster john ever experience &c g such ma
eensations as he then had or behold such an
bis eyes, He could only yaene g'i reme en,6
ha he heard The dogs and
continuous murmur. Within tAs;icourse OF
and caughthim before Old Scar Face could
get himself under way again.
And the funny part OF 1t was that: all the
other dogs were up in time to give the dead fox
worth pretended TO believe that Music had
Hodo; Mr. Denis Insisted that Rowan or Ruth
that seE wes M crime
he wouldn't give thrip for Whalebons's life.
old a as the men that made them. But Bus,er
John Ohm didn't know that.
Hodo and the fox came Into tha field. AID they
killed" Buster John asserted.
boy tell you to- night how much Maxwell gave
him to talk that way" remarked Mr.. Ceilings
Seeing that Buster Johns feelings were hurt.
only okine. he eSpoined They know Re v. rS
well tina; their dogs would never have caught
Why. Hodo9 was running him all around
% tea 5 il sight
That Ufsys ours Safs N
Rsy: dogs that Catch red ox.
here can do IT any day IN the week. but wen
your dees GOT Why VIZ he's w. venomous n'm BaeE
yonder he crashed through brar patch Just
like he'd been shot out OF a cannon. and his
nose-wel. he don't have to run on the drag at
all: much less Put h IL. head to the ground. I
amt a fox in tho world that can stand up be-
fore him fifty minutes. Look at him! Tho
around as fresh as daisy. No. sir! Well
never sac his like again"
w hats your, opinion. Fountain asked the
White Haired Master.
Fountain shook his head and dlsmounted
from his mule. under pretence OF fixing a
buckle or strap.
We'll. sah," he said with fervor. Il has seed
dogs in my time: has seed dem what dey said
could run. an has seed dem what biieved
could run, but not befo' dis day has deze eyes
seed a dog what could RELY run. OnleBs, sub,
twuz dem greyhoun g, what blonR ter Marse
Billv:Ross, Dem dogs has got de body an de
legs. but dey amt got do head an do win err
dish yer Hodo Give um a nie dash IN omen
YER dog but when it comes ter brush an briar
an canebrake ley wouldn't show UP nowhar
"a seed what l seed you'd "a rubbed yo' eyes
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