Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1900-01-11


warm. They approached the camp
again. ''1t seems all quiet inside"
said Bendix. perhaps the critters
gone away
He approached the door and list
ened. All was still within. He shout
ed, "Shoo there! Git out Of this''
but no sound came from within. He |
peered into the camp, Two eyes of !
fire stared into his; there was a quick !
rustic, q warning growl rising to a
snarl, and Bendix retired from the ,
doorway.
: The hunters went round to the back |
pf the camp. thumped the(sides and
koof and shouted, in hopes that the |
| creature would go out of the door; but
he refused to take the hint.
II They went back to the shore. Shiv-
|eringly they gazed down the lake at
the point of land round which the
hound had followed the lynx, but no
sign Of Spo: was to be seen.
'.Likely's not he's got the critter
treed. Ii he has, he'll stay by him all
night and Tomorrow" said Trundy,
! gloomilv. "Ah-h-h, thank goodness,
here he comesv'
With his black shadow plainly to
be seer on the snow-covered ice long
before his white form came into view,
the hound trotted round the point It
seemed long time to the hunters be-
fore he arrived. When he did, his
Redeemed jaws and his silky skin torn
in more than one place showed that
he had overtaken the lynx and fought
him.
With the hound following, the two
men walked back to the camp. Tige,
gaining courage in the presence Of his
hunting companion, followed, cringing
and keeping we'll to the rear. Near
the camp door the hunters paused.
Cold as he was, Trundy had not the
heart to send the hound into another
hard fight, so close on the heels of one
just ended.
"Dang it, I'll go in myself and rout
the c,itter outn' he said, resolutely,
and with his pocket knife began to
shape q maple sapling into club.
But Spot settled the question for
himself Shutting inquisitively, he
advanced to the door; then, instantly,
WALL u 0CTp S1o"I iAC I1tShCt llito tI1S
camp. There was the noise Of sharp
fight within, great snaring, splitting,
screaming, q tearing about and upset
ting of camp furniture. Then out of
the camp, with the hound close be-
hind him, shot the lynx.
As chance would have it, the lynx.
thinging only OF getting away, was
hca3ol .s!.ai5I.t tor Tire. Wa 2
whine Of tear, the dog turned tail to
run, but be was not quick enough.
The lynx, finding the yellow dog in
his way, landed, teeth and claws fore
: most, on his back, knocked him over,
and then continued his flight
1 But Tige's cowardly carcass had
$ served to stop the brute's headway
!; long enough to enable Spot to come
i up. There was short tussle, and
; then the good dog had the lynx by the
). back of the neck, with a grip it could
Q not break. Trundy settled the fgh,
by blow with club.
Taking no thought of Tige. who lay
> on the ground, his four feet in the al,
9 rs if he had given up all hopes of life
T. the hunters went into the camp, founC
u q match, and starting blaze Will
u birch bark IN the fireplace, took &C
q count OF damages. About everything
that WAS movable had been upset, an(
u their couch Of Lemlock boughs lookel
o less like bed than q brush heap.
: Spot had plenty of bites and claw
I. marks about the head and shoulder.
I as tokens OF his two combats, but non,
OF his hurts were serious. As foI
u Tige, when atlast Bendix went to th
<. door to look for him, he was nowher
IS to be seen, and calls and whistle
). failed to bring HIM.
l. Bendix went down on The shore
o and from there saw. far ont on tn
g lake, dark. bounding figure disap
Il pearing in the distance. Tige had re
a. yived only to desert the camp.
u Warmed BIZ blazing fire and ho
IA tea, the hunters c9Te to no harm
le from their exposure As crunlb 0
10 comfort for what they had undergone
10 they had two lynx skins, for the mex
morning they found tie lynx Spot ha
e. first attacked, and which he ha
le killed before it could reach the shore
T. They remained at the camp hunting
.P adventures.
y 1t was on their way home about th
a. middle Of March that the hunters &C
their first news OF Ti9e The mornin
- after the fight with the lvnxes he ha
We visited a lumber camp forty miles t
n the southwark, where the cook ha
L fed him. II the afternoon he ha
Disappeared
ii Bentilx foand hin al home. wher
he had arrived two days after he la
left the hunting camp, havipg irav e
u over 4 hundred miles in tlet tim,
Y. He could never be induce, 70 accom-
= paay bis mas.~r again ;;p % the gre:
WOODS
: III I ever as much as said 'lucivc,
II that dogs hearing after ,ha. time,
- Bsndiy used to say, II telling his a.
: venture with tie lynxes. he'd whin