The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-28
THEY HEARD ONE SCREAM OF AGONY AND FIGHT

Face disappeared in the tunnel like a
shadow, and presently those who were
listening heard the poor little hare
and then all was still.
What hurt the rabbit" asked
Sweetest Susan. 1 think it's a
shame" she cried, when Aaron mo-
toned with his hand to indicate the
fox. As she spoke, old Scar-Face ap-
peared at the door of the tunnel. At
his feet lay the rabbit.
Sweetest Susan looked appealingly
at Aaron; but appealing looks couldn't
bring the hare back to life.
I feel better" remarked old Scar
Face. licking his chops. 'I haven't
had good dinner in two suns. They
are hard to catch"
You are getting DID," suggested
Aaron.
Yes, old; but I gave this little crea-
ture a fair chance
1T was q. quick CATCH" Aaron de-
clared.
Neat. if not quick" said old Scar
Face, with an air of pride I'm old.
but not too old for this-not too old
to lead into the middle winds this great
dog you tell Of
What are the middle winds p"
Buster John asked, in a whisper
Where there is no scent" Aaron
explained.
There is scent enough" remarked
old Scar-Face, but it is lifted from
ground and grass by the winds. Yes. 1
Will lead this wonderful dog into the
middle winds. and leave him there: or
l will carry him to the barren places,
where the ground is red and dry, or
where the sand has drifted. 1t is now
three years since ] have done more
than trot before the DOES they bring.
What / need, Son of Ben Ali is some
thing to stir the blood and make me
thirsty
This dog they will bring will give
you what you want" said Aaron. He
is called Hodo."
What is that, Son of Ben ALP"
1T is his name
We'll, my name is Woodranger.
What do your kind call me, Son of
Ben Alp
PART VIII
''Scar-Face." replied Aaron bluntly.
''It is as good as any said the fox.
Yes, one name is as good as another
when you have three meals a day."
Aaron assented.
There was a time" suggested old
Scar-Face, when the Son of Ben Ali
killed and brought me birds; but that
time is past"
You are no longer weak and young.
But l came today to do you d better
turn than that. / came To warn you
of this dog from Il strange settlement
whose nose is so keen that he never
puts it to the ground, and whose legs
are so strong that he but touches the
top of a ten-rail fence as he goes
over. Take my word for it; let not
another sun rise on you here till the
grass is green again. Go to the river;
hide in the big swamp; stay anywhere
but here. Let the dog with the queer
name run down and kill one of your
brthren. Do you move away for a
time, and go where the hunters may
not follow"
Old Scar-Face tried to reach with
his hind foot a flea that was tickling
him on the top of his back near his
shoulder. and in making the effort he
stertched out his neck, closed his eye
and grinned so comically that the chill
dren laughed.
Come and I'll scratch you" said
Aaron.
Old Scar-Face took a step forward.
but hesitated. NO. Son of Ben Ali. :"
he said. 1t makes me cold to be too
near the new ones.
Whereupon Aaron himself took a step
forward and scratched old Scar-Face
on the back with a pine cone and this
operation seemed to be so pleasing that
the fox kept time to the scratching by
patting the ground with one of his
hind feet, as though he were trying i'm
this way to aid Aaron. When old
Scar Face had been thoroughly
stratched along the spine. where his
hind foot could not reach, he shook
himself. licked his chops, and seemed
to feel very much better.
And so you think I should move
away from my home. Son of Ben Ali. :"
old Scar Face remarked. well. if
you had come saying, My friend. you
are i'll danger; fly and remain away
many suns tomorrow's dawn would
have found me miles away. But when
you say. Beware of the dogs; there is
one called Hodo coming to run you
down, that is different | want to
hear this strange dog yelping behind
me, not too close. but far enough away
TO make him weary. l want 10 hear
the noise of his yelp, or know that he
is running wildly hither and yonder.
sick to know where the Woodranger
has gone"
'.As you please, old friend,' said
Aaron. This Hodo has made great
talk among the hunters. 1 have
warned you; it is all / can do"
There have been swift dogs after me.
Son of Ben Ali; but they have always
been behind me. Not one of them has
ever untangled the loops of my tangle;