The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1902-07-17

Tkiskins that ell we're by isis uns
ready enough TO kssp 10 TIE fese. call
cd 10 The doss 10 drive fton osA'as.
While Tsry and tsck their plcs %
the h.rhs Ths doss By nirriss d ears
OF h.E,, hep, the hogs moving mach
better than % ceala.
We bad iast reached The psosa valley
and vsrs simost 10 sistt Of NJ pofsso.
vh,n . ssrss yonns hoss sudasrly dssh
ID 10 the right passing bsisssn ne sni
the ere,h. Sosis would have hssdse
them sH easily, bg, Tell isls . eorhsrs
hole, md tetrly brois my LEG. Az 1
scr.n blsd 10 my feet. as the funsssys
backs gts,sn in the mcoplisht Is They
dsh.d iuio . clamp ei uedsrsrsih 3
husdred rode svsy
Juu then ss heard . veies csllipe
from ibs bridge. !, ~N John Toein,
the shipping agent Of the aru ss the
slstiou. who bad ridden out on chsnss
OF meeting rs.
Lssvipe him TO help Tsuy get the diovs
into the shipping yMds. l borrossd hs
pony, shi,,Isd for Slicksr 10 follow, and
ssilopsd after the runaway piss.
Without the borrowed pony ! cculd
never have ossr taken then, Tor they die
played opisrinl speed snd sudnfsncs,
aud continued TO prsss On at sharp
trol Tor miles, over ~ exceedingly rough
souutry. Aud the deg v0 iast % neses
sary 10 ne in the pursuit - the horse.
lie followed by scent while in The semi
darkness l vould hsvs found It impossible
TO track the hogs by eight.
We ksp. on Ter nearly an hour, fol
loving the creek bottom. Bat at the end
Of tbs. time the iusitivss turned toward
The lev bluffs. Slicksr YES an eighth OF
q mile ahead. l Vas snAblsd 10 follow
bessuse 1t intervals be bsrked. probably
whenever tho scent was kscnsst.
Suddenly he began to bay loudly, ssd
riding up l found the pigs sornsrsd 10 >
sort Of pocket 10 the blufls sppsrsntly
formed By . wsshoat. A. tbs back there
wss almost . Gave. and 10 this the hogs
wsrs huddlsd, and rushed savsgely at
siioksr when be endeavorsd to drive them
ont,
| Ny patience was st an end. Slipping
of the pony. which left st the down.
river side OF tbs pocket, l ran toward the
cave. encouraging the dog In his attack,
and st the same time IAN bling for stones
along the side Of the bltf.
l gathered dozsn or mere. dropping
into the pockets Of my canvas jacket oil ]
could not hold ia my hands. Then i
went for tbs pigs, hutlips stones at them
and shouting wildly.
The onslaught had the desired sfsct.
Ttoy broke away and ran in . compsct
body up the eresk valley.
Scrsubling on the pony, i followed
them vigorously. They we're pretty tired
when We got back TO the road. where !
found Toay sad Mr.. Tobn awaiting rs.
Just st suntiss We turned tho last hog 10
to the stook yard snslosure
There we're jast I've missing. bat We
conc udsd they must have bsen Lost back
in the Oocbrsas sorn-feld. Everything
considered, I, hsd been . fairly suesess
fol drive.
After delivering the drove to Tobip. ]
recolleslsd that / had no. thrown st the
hogs oil the rocks l had collected. The
two thst remsinsd l drew from my psskst
Intending to throw them away. Then !
saw that one Of the stones was frssmsn
Of marble. identical with that 80 long
sought for BY the quarry. Issid nothin {
bat put the fragment back 10 my pocket.
Tspy and ! thsn started to drive home,
We hsd the luck 10 hod The five missios
hogs BY tbs way, Driving then before
us, " reached Tossnds shortly after
noon. McG.llsspis chesifally paid me
the tvsDty.n dollars. Of which l gave
Tony ten.
Then set OF to nnd my older brother
Bob. After shosios him the fragment Of
marble, 1 Issggssted that | bad stumbled
BY ohssos upon tho missing quarry. Al
Two o'clock thst sitsrsoon ws mouoted
our ponies and rode rapidly on my trail
ei the night before to the pocket whsrs
the last hogs had turned at bsy.
That l bsd taken for blpf vas . msss
Of debris piled ially fo1r hundred feet 10
advance Of The tras blon,, wbich vsrs
only ten feet 10 height Ut that point.
The Lost quarry bad been buried bensslb
,hi, dsbris, bat its shoulder nov was 81
posed below the cave where ths pigs hsd
been cofne,ed.
| With pieces Of crooked stick We dog
away the earth, and 10 two minutes 81
posed the long lost mMble ledge. TAX
lug number Of specimens With us. We
retained TO Tovsnds, aud the CON psny
chssriully paid me tbs three haudrsd dol
lars within q ior.nisbt -Youtbs Con
psniop.