The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-10-06

side My heart jumped, my blood
surged and roared in my ears. It
was a moment of boundless joy and
elation. / stood and gazed. My quiet
gradually returned and my carbine
went slowly to my shoulder. / was
deliberate, stopped to feel my joy.
| to prolong my moment of delight;
then 1 put my whole nerve and feel
ing and soul into the touch of the
| trigger for SO fine a game. 1t was
an easy shot. He fell, then half ris-
| ing, but with pain and death in his
eye and face, turned freely upon
me. A coup de grace ended it.
Good! gned!" cried the young
dato, running up; and in his enthu-
siasm, out of sight of his father, he
| forgot his Mohammedanism, and to-
gether we soon had the great boar
| Quilted and cinched fast across the
withers of General Baldwin" who
conducted himself most commend
ably under his unusual load.
My shots had doubtless search
away the game near by, SO remount
| ed. We moved on past the little field
with its lone Moro Waterman, along
a trail winding about the forest of
/ cogon that reached to the horses
withers.
Swish! swish! swish! swish!"
My neighbor's horse SHE'D violent
| ly and General Baldwin" plunged
and snorted. There was great COM
motion in the grass en- both sides Of
| us.
"Peegs, pegs, senor," cried my
! Filipino companion. 2.
l was of General Baldwin" in an
/ instant and abandoned him to chance
We had surprised them and were in
| the very midst of herd of wild hogs
| that were flying wildly in all direc-
tions, plunging and fioundering in the
| thick, tangled grass. One startled
me on my right another in front, an
other on my left. could hear them
everywhere, but one does not shoot
| rifle by ear. Would every one OF
| them escape? I was badly ratified
when at last foolish young SOW did
| for an instant show herself, dashing
in wild flight across a little opening
fired wildly, desperately, with the
feeling that something must be done.
| She tumbled headlong, dead as door
| nail, her brains blown out.
| Knocked me down with feather!
Easily. Never was there such luck,
never such chance kill; but with
supreme effort I hid my surprise, re-
covered my composure and walked
up in the most matter of fact way,
as if such kills were everyday affairs
| with me. From my Moro friends
from behind / heard the "Cluck!
cluck! clnck!' of the tongue in the
roof of the mouth, with them the
sign of wonder and admiration.
| !, NY Filipino had caught General
Baldwin" and now led him forward to
| the dead SOW, but another mounted
member of the party kindly took her
| and saved my good mount from the
| triple load with which he was threat
ened.
It was near nightfall LET us go"
said one, "to the dump; they will
be coming there for supper"
| The dump was the depository OF
the swill and other refuse of the lit
| tie army camps. 1t was at the foot
| of a mesa-like hill; on all sides cogon,
beloved resort of the wild bog; be-
yond and below broad fringe OF for
est, brush and vines on the broken
slopes OF volcanic lake. Here were
safe refuge and cover. A stub OF
tree on the mesa slope gave good
view. / slipped into it and confident
| ly waited for the pig-appetite to fetch
me game; for that appetite, while
the saving, was, knew, also the I'M
doing of all pig-kind. It's omnivor-
BUSINESS enables them to live well
where others starve; but it's sharp in
satiable greed drives them remorsely
to danger and death that others risk
| not
The scavenger had deposited his
swiII; its scent pervaded the evening
air; covering darkness was nign
My wait was long.
The sun had set, which in the
tropics means quick darkness. Soon
my eyes could no longer discern any
thing; but after perhaps half an hour
of quiet and darkness. ! heard from
the direction Of the dump rustling
in the grass, followed by numerous
little grunts of quiet satisfaction
pigs in friendly converse and con-
graduation. The herd had come.
They had found swill for their stom-
achs. They never missed their dead
companions nor long remembered the
shots that had lately rung out over
the slopes and breaks.
stealthily slipped from my bush
and crept down through the tall
| hid