Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-03-04


prudence. Loyalty entered into between
the constable who tracks and the
thief who hides; a struggle like that
between the sportsman aud his game.
the constable being armed with the
law, as the sportsman is armed with |
his gun.
wnen Jacclard left the Court he
watched him removed:
'I'll ha' you yet, sir"
This was said in such a calm, clear, |
decided voice, with the information of
enc sure of his prey, that NJ. Bon
champs long remembered the threat.
He was on his guard for several
months; then, time having elapsed
wI,nout anything happening. he for.
got the matter.
On this particular morning when the
man greeted him 1t was with the same
confident. quiet sneer which the notary
bad perceived on the day Of the sen.
tencc.
The poacher was known to be fel
low who could, on occasion. play any
one n bad turn. He lived. no one ex
actly knew how, with his father and
mother both over 20. Old Jacclard
was paralyzed and could not bend his
back to sit down. He slept on a mat
tress on the floor and his wife helped
him up in the morning by planting his
feet against the wall. as a heavy lad.
der is raised. He went out. stiff as a
post, leaning on two sticks as unbend.
ing as his legs; and thus he climbed
the village hill with bent back as If he
were on stills.
II took him an hour. in good weather,
to accomplish the 100 yards between
his cottage and his destination. Mid.
way. he stopped to take breath. and
..e landlady of the Black Lion, in &C.
&C. -dnce with a charitable custom
which dated from the day of his in.
hrmity, brought him a Jacques" .
good mOuthful of gin. which he swal.
lowed, resting against the wall. a lit.
ne refreshed by this, the old man con-
tinued his climb until he came to the
rock He leant against the straight.
smooth wall. unable either to bend or
% sit down, and broke stones for mend
ing the roads with very long.handleh
hammer which he welded with both
hands. lie was paid by the cubic
ya,d. and on his best days earned
franc and a half at the work. He die
not beg but accepted aims from kndly
passcrsby.
While this was going on, Pierre JAG
clard, his son. poaChed in the river.
Few We're more deXterOus; he caught
barbel and pike, took in the deep lines
which he had dropped over night, eX
ploded water cartridges in the parts
where there We're most fish. and tick.
led trout in the streams. In the even
ing Pierre set traps for hares and rah
bits; he had even been known to catcE
a roe. He secretly supplied the hotels
at Liege and knew how to insure H."
discretion of the villagers, when II was
necessary, by couple of cartridges or
q broken backed hare. Should the boys
find him out, he gave them blow. cop.
pers or cigarettes, according to their
age. But, unlike his fellow. poachers,
I If by chance the constables came upon
him unexpectedly, he did not resist.
When he thought he had not been rec.
| ognized he threw himself fiat down at.
tempted snake.like to crawl through
the brushwOod and to disappear In the
meadow grass, with the cunning of the
Sioux; otherwise he allowed himself t.
be taken with a good grace--in fact,
him Golf Hn IL
guard against any at of mad anger, and
never threatened to raise his gun new,
er tried 20 intimidate authority" He
politely took off his cap; they had
caught him, so much the worse. 1t was
one of the trials of the profession. He
was resigned to IL as a practical man
who prefers a fine and Imprisonment to
the assizes and hard labor.
On Sundays, in summer time, he
would walk thirty or forty miles to
compete in games OF skittles at village
feasts, and he always returned with
money, converts" or hams.
He carried off all the prizes so easily
and with so little ceremony that loud
cries were raised when he arrived. 1t
was amusing then to see this goOdna.
tured fellow astonish and entertain
the company with jokes, funny tricks,
plat'cous and grimaces. He quite ap.
peased them at last. for he was so
bright and companionable, with his
cap on one side, his herculean shoul.
ders and arms, his red lips laughing in
his sandy beard. He took his part in
the games all the same, and at night.
fall was the last to leave, laden with
the spells, still bantering and chinking
his money. Strong as an OK, agile as a
squirrel, he was not afraid of brawls;
he enjoyed fighting, he loved IT, but
he fought without losing his temper,
with no spite. One day when he had
been holiday'making with poacher,
and was drunk, he said to him:
AS we are good comrades, let's
fight to see which is the stronger"
The other man accepted and immedi,
ately in the inn itself, they stripped off
their coats and went for one another.
The HOudimOnter, who was COnsid.