The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-21

ing at the home of Hr. J. D. Pleasant in Santiago canyon.
 One morning thaa started out bright eyed and eager, asI ide their pet ponies. anticipating a glori Is fox hunt, for there is just one thing all this world that these dainty maids# delight in more than playing with their Ills, and that is a fox chase. pack of eH eHperienced hounds ac- eompanied them I Icy had only been out q little while and he sun was not yet peeping at them 8ver the hills when something interesti1a happened. The dogs jumped up a wildcat.
 .tOh!" cried little Mss Vanderlip.
 ''Oh!' cried little Miss Edgar.
 A wildcat What great good luck.'
 Away dashed the inimal, and after it the hounds. And after the hounds came the girls, their eyes shining like twink ling stars. their hair flying over their shoulders.
 Up and down hill the horses jumping ravines here and there, went the girls in hot pursuit in order that they might be in" at the finish but the animal was not to be taken until it had made an at tempt to save itself by taking refuge in tree.
 The girls leaped from their mounts and hitching them to a nearby tree went forth to locate their game. To the average girl the bare thought of approaching tree in which a cruel wildcat was crouchng would have been sufficient cause for faint or least scream of terror. But, not so with "Tootsiee and Zoe. They not only went Up to the tree. but they climb ed it. Seeing the eat on the outer edge of a limb they deliberately worked their way over to it.
 Obeying common impulse. needless of danger, the girls pressed forward, with flushed faces and eyes fastened upon their quarry. "Tootsie' took the lead with Zoe close by her side. and erept along the limb until within three feet of the savage beast.
 Shake the treev' whispered one to the other. They shook with all their might. The limb swayed and jerlled. This was apparently too much for his eatship, for with a growl he bounded out of the tree and as far away from the dogs as possi- ble.
 1oh" cried the daring hunters again. Not stopping for an instant they seram- bled out of the tree with all possible haste, and again mounting their faithful nags they resumed the chase.
 After a short run they overlook the dogs. They were engaged in battle roy al with their prey The girls stood by and watched the course of the fight with keen interest Finally tirhg of the un- even struggle they picked heavy sticks and with these assisted the dogs in put ting an end to the life of the animal which had unexpectedly entered into their days sport. Then. together they picked up the dead bob and tied 1t to the mans saddle used by Zoe.
 This exciting scene with the cat only served to arouse their ambition for anoth CT chase, and they set off through the mountains in search of a fox. They had but short distance before they reaized their desire, for the dogs started up just what they were looking for.
 The girls again called upon their mounts foH burst of speed, and they responded noPly At breakneek pace they followed the dogs and fox over the hills. After overriding the fox the dogs made quick work of him.
 By this time the girls, deciding that they had had enough exciting sport for one day. secured the fox to the saddle and made their way back to the home of MT. Pleasant, where they recounted their ad- ventures and exhibited the eat and fox to prove their story.