The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-06


Earth-An Exciting Chase TOR
Pair of stolen Leghorn Cocl1erels
Led to some strange Adventures.
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"Its a coyotel"
NO coyote made that mark-iCs
greaserr And lowering his lantern Fritz
Krantz pointed to the broad print made
by bare foot In the sand.
II guess you're right" said WIN. the
younger brother, while MILDLY, the setter,
who had been barking furiously, added,
I'm sure of itr' with sniff aud IA wag
and an eye-nash.
The boys had been called out of bed by
! Middy's noisy alarm and the loud commo-
ton among the fowls in the corral They
owned a chicken ranch in Southern Cal
| ifornia, near the beautiful bay of san
Diego. Their Invalid father had come
with his family from the Eastern states
few years before and started this little
industry. He did not live TO see it pay
dividends, but he tod his boys that II
they would stay with Ill.," it would sup
port them and their mother; and always
remember" said he, that the Lord helps
those who help themselves"
The young fellows knew how to work
and how 20 think. They mastered the hen
problem They bred those famous mort
gage-Hfters," while leehorns. fowls that
sive good weight for the corn they eat
and produce lots of large fair eggs. The
boys broilers were the first in the mar
ket, their layers had scientific care aud
did business when others didn't ana their
income from their enterprise was growing
every year.
Swinging their lanterns, with MILDLY a
their heels they scanned the scurrying
people of the pens and all the corral
fences on this midsummer night
He got nothing" said Will at last
with an expression of relief.
Good dog, MILDLY, good leowr ex-
claimed Fritz fondly, patting the setter.
we can go to bed all right with you Oh
guard"
But before going in they could not help
| giving another look at the roost where
perched drowsly their pair of pet cock
| erels. the pride of the co0ps ana the hope
of the young ranchers.
do YOU think they are winners. Win?"
asked Fritz, as he cast a lantern glow over
the plump, contented birds.
I'm sure of it," said Will There isn't
a pair in the country that can begin with
them. Everybody says So"
The country fair was near at hand,
and these young ROSTERS were candidates
for the special prize of $50 offered by an
| enthusiastic fancier for the best pair OF
hra,,gbt ,,n A., obt,l,s az ~ n'"
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| the keenest satisfaction. The birds. too,
| seemed to realize how much depended
on them, and 10 practice the virtues and
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he ana soiid reG peautltgl wat
or "a nanv broa,il'rs s,l,I wy despair
tehir ee1I-6I1ed ho4iss ga nan an
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SN'07S'
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One afternoon the boys had gone back on
the desert to hunt couontan rabbits which
their mother knew how to fry so tempting
ly. and they were returning with full hags.
MILDLY trotting along a few rods IN nd
vance,
AS they neared their home In the little
settlement by the sea- where only a few
cottages stood and those far apart, MILDLY
came rushing ba ok as fast &c he oa,,ta -
lop, barking like mad and beside himself
with excitement
Wonder what's up2" said Will
He wants US TO come anyway" said
Fritz, and the brothers broke into a run
They soon ascertaned what had excited
the dog. There was great hue and cry in
the poultry yards and one of the pens had
been broken
That thieving greaser again. and in
broad daylight this time!"