The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-11-17

clear road, with hcrc and there set
tiers cabin, lis yard aglow with tht
marieold, the hoilyhock and the fra
grant honeysuckle. We got TO the tay
ern al Chateaugay about dusk ana pu
Pup for the night, as becomes a Chris
4 tian.
Next afternoon we came 10 rough
roads again, camping al shutdown alone
1 the shore OF noisy brook. The doe
began to bark fiercely while supper
was making and scurried off into 0
thiclet
D'Ii was STOPPING over, cooking the
meat He rose and listened.
Tibet air dogs u leetie selirt,' said
he. Guess we better 90 n see whu
s the matter
lie took his rife and | my sword
| never thought OF another weapon
making off through the brush. Thi
| dog came whining TO Dri and rushing
on, eager for us TO follow. We hur.
ried after him, and in a moment Dri
and the dog. who were ahead Of me
halted suddenly
Its a painter" said D'ri as | came
up, See i'm in tibet air tree-top. III
larrup i'm with or Beeswax, then jes
like es NOT he'll mex some music Bet
ter grab holt o The dog II won't dew
fer i'm to git tew rambunctious, er the
fust thing he knows he won't hey no
insides in i'm"
| could see the big cat clinging
high in the top boushs Of a birch and
looking calmly down at us The tree
top swayed, quivering, as it held the
great dun beast My heart was like
to smother me when D'ri raised his
rife and took aim. The dog broke
away at the crack of it, The painter
reeled and spat then he came crash
ing through the branches, striking
right and left with his fore paws to
save himself. He hit the ground heav
lily. and the dog was on him. The
painter lay as if dead. Before could
get near, Rover began shaking him
by the neck. He came to suddenly, and
struck the dog with front claw, drag
gng him down. A loud yelp followed
the blow. Quick as fash D'ri caught
the painter by the tail and one hind
leg With a quick surge of his great
slouching shoulders, he flung him at
arm s-length. The 1.-THE body doubled
on a tree trunk, quiyered. and sank
down, as the dog came free In
iiffy had run my sword through the
cats belly and made an end of him.
Knew + he got them hind hooks
on tibet air dog he'd rake his ribs right
off, said D'ri as he lifted his hat to
scratch his head would MT "a left
nothin' but the backbone-nut a
tbing-an' tibet would MT a been
real fust-class one, uuther."
When D'ri was very positive. his
words were we'll braced with negatives
We took the painter by the hind legs
and dragged him through the bushes
to our camp. The dog had great rip
across his shoulder, where the claws
had struck and made burrows; but he
felt mighty pride in our capture. and
never had a better appetite for meal
There We're six more days OF travel
in that journey-travel SO fraught
with hardships, wonder that some
lays we had the heart to press on.
More than all, wonder that the frail |
body OF my mother was equal TO II
But | am writing no vain record Of en-.
lurance. | have written enough To |
suggest what moving meant in the |
There is but one more |
'olor in the scenes of that journey |
The fourth day after we left Chateau |
lay my grandmother fell i'll and died |
there in the deep woods. We |
we're far from any village, and sorrow |
lowed our steps. We pushed on. COM |
NC soon to a sawmill and small set. |
lement. They told us there was |
leither minister nor undertaken with /,
n 40 miles. My father and D'ri made |
he coffin Of planed lumber. and lined !
with deerskin. and dug the grave on !
op Of a high hill. When all was !
eady, my father who had always beer |
much given to profanity. albeit know |
~ Nao q h4HhlN anu NuNFAl man Win ]
10 lrreyerence in his heart, called D'ri /
side.
"D'r." said he. "ye We alwus been
lore proper-spoken than hev. Say
word o prayer"
Don't much blieve could" said
e. thoughtfully. Il hey been { meet
n, but ! haint never been no great
and fer pray in"
"'T would MT sound right nohow fer
ne t pray said my father, Il got s.
ind o rough when I was In the army"
Fraid it'll come a leetle unhandy
sr me" said D'ri. with a look OF en-
arrassment, but I don't never shirk
tough job Of II hes { be done"
Then he stepped forward. took off
is faded hat. his brow wrinkling deep.
nd said in a drawing preacher tone
nat had no sound of Dri I'm IL: 20
cd. TEX care o. gran'ma. Help us .
D on careful an when we re riled.
clip us { keep er mouths shet. o God.
clip the oil cart. an the ex in Der-
c'lar An don't be noway hard on
3. Amen"