The age-herald., 1899-06-25

better than those nanny brought home. Then l wandered out of the swamp and went on the hill where the brambles are, hunting for birds and birds nests. l found two birds and one nest with tiny eggs in 1t, and the eggs tasted so nice that 1 wanted more, and l went rambling all over the hill ever so far. Suddenly l heard a dog bark. The sound of it made me shake and shiver, and 1 stood listening. Presently 1 heard the bark again, and it was so close at hand that it sounded like a dreadful roaring"
 "I boun' you had ter hump yo'se'f den," suggested Drusilla.
 MT. Coon, with his eyes half shut, for he was sleepy, kept right on the track of his narrative.
 "A dreadful roaring | went away from there as fast as my legs could carry me, and ran right to the swamp. 1 could hear the dog coming, too; and, far off l could hear some one crying out"
 That was the man cheering the dog,' Buster John explained.
 "The dog" said MT Coon, 'seemed to be coming closer and closer and l began to run harder than ever. I remember that my nanny had said something about wa ter and dogs, and I ran straight for the big pond in the swamp; the Son of Ben All knows where 1t is. l slipped into the water and swan to the middle, where there's stump of an old tree. l had hardly reached it when the dog came in sight on the bank lie ran around 10 see II nHu BOllt out oh the opposite side. and then he caught sight of me He jumped into the water with great splash, and when I saw him coming fear seemed to leave me climbed upon the stump and when he came near l Jumped on his held and bit him on the neck with all my might He went under, but l turned him loose, and came to the top and swam around and round. He came up trying to shake the water from his ears, and they Tapped on the pond like the kings of duck that is trying to rise in a hurry. Be- fore he got through Tapping l had jumped on his head again, and when he went down I clawed him with my hind feet He tried to cry out but all he could do was to make bubbles on the water. l jumped on his head twice after this and the third time he never came up any more. l went out on the bank, shook the wato" off my clothes, and cantered toward home. As l went along feeling very proud, l heard the man calling his dog. First he blew horn. He blew it a long time and then called and called; but the dog, being at the bottom of the mill pond could make no answer.
 When I reached home I found my man. my there. She had heard the dog bark and had made haste to get out of his way. Then, finding one of her children missing. she knew that something had happened or was going to happen. She was sure Of 1t.
 When I got home. you may know l was tired. Nanny dried my clothes while l told her what had happened, and she would hardly believe it. but she could plainly hear the man calling his dog, first with his voice and then with his horn. He kept that up for some time and, finally, on his way home, he passed right under our house, calling his dog and footing his horn-and l was the only one of the family that dared to look out as he went by.
 "Well, I had no more adventures until one night, having come home myself, l heard a crowd of dogs barking. The noise they made grew louder and louder, and presently I heard mammy climbing the tree as hard as she could She came up so fast that could hear pieces of bark fall to the ground She was scared nearly to death.
 They are after me- she cried, and l didn't have time to take to water!" Sure enough the dogs came charging through the bushes, bowling and panting like mad, and they gathered around the tree and and howled and parked until the men came up with torches. I was curious to see what was kong on though the others were too frightened to move. I came out and sat On the limb and looked down at them. They were all black men. except one The one that had the biggest torch held it behind him and moved it back and forth behind him.
 |" There he is,' he yelled, T see his eyesP The man with a cut thing began to hit the tree I never knew what was going to hap pen until the tree began to sway. Then could feel 1t falling. As it fell, I ran down