News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1905-05-17


by breaking off the trail. If they came
to break, they'd hunt here and there
and get utterly logged at last"
Lets do it and start the trail again
on the other side of the road. Some of
them will strike it,"
"All right Don't throw any more
paper" Harvey observed
They stopped casting away paper
and pressed on. 1t seemed as if they
would never come to the extremity of
the wood. An hour or more had passed
since they entered it. The shouts Of
boys calling loudly to one another
showed that the hounds had entered
the wood and had lost their way, as
Jack and Harvey anticipated they
would.
By ceasing to cast down paper the
hounds had become puzzled. While
the leaders did so, the followers could
always keep the main track. Now
they were all at sea.
Here's a pretty how dye dov'
laughed Harvey, standing still in a
small open glade, which had some bun
dies of straw in it, put there for the
pheasants by the keepers.
CLARK! What's that?" said Jack.
glide, hide! It's Maple and funston
senior"
funston senior and Maple were quar-
reling.
Il don't believe word you say" ex-
claimed Maple.
Its true. When l first got lost IN
this Internal wood, l stumbled across
some fellows with fires, burning char
COAL" said Harry Hunston.
"It is very odd didn't see them"
"You were not in that direction
They are on the eastern side, and this
is the western end, as l take it."
"And they robbed you? What did
they steal from you?" growled Maple.
"Why, all had-your two pounds
ten, mean"
Jack squeezed Harvey's arm con.
vulsively.
"Do you hear that?" he whispered.
Listen" returned Harvey.
"What shall l doY said Maple.
"That tin was to have lasted me the
half, and now shan't be able to buy
a walnut or q pear or an apple. l
shan't have any tarts or sweet stuff.
What a nuisance! Are you sure it is
all gone|
"Quite sure. Just as you took the
money out Of your locker l put it into
my pocket. The charcoal burners rush
ed at me. One held me while the 9th
er turned my pockets inside out"
There was an air of sincerity about
Hunston seniors narrative which con-
WINGED Maple that the prospect of see
ing his money back again was very
slight indeed.
81 wish those charcoal burners had
been I know where before they had
my money" he said.
Don't stand jawing there, you
young donkeyw cried Harry Hunston.
IT want to get home before it's quite
dark"
"Come on then. 1 can't help being
Wild" Maple said.
They moved in the direction Of a
path in the brushwood, which was
just what Harvey had been looking
for. 1t was the footway used by the
charcoal burners, which funston had
hit upon accidentally. Jack sprang
forward before they had gone more
than few steps.
"Stop a bit Hunston," he said, put
ting himself before him. II have some
thing to say to you before you go any
farther"
Hunston senior turned pale, visible
even in the dim light. Maple tried to
get away, but Harvey caught him by
the neck and nearly throttled him.
ooh, don't! Don't hurt me, Harveyw
he whined. 'I'll do anything you ask
me. / will indeed"
"Shut up" was Harvey's reply.
For a moment there was dead 81
lence.
"What do you want?" asked Harry
Hunston, standing at bay.
II have overheard your conversation
with Maple" Jack answered.
Listeners never hear any good of
themselves thought you were mean
enough for anything, and now know
it," sneered Hunston.
"I'm not so mean as to get up a plot
to take away a fellows character be-
cause 1 hate him."
you've got to prove it, and my
word is as good as yours" Hunston re-
piled.
"You will come with me to the char
coal burners and 1 will ask them what
money they took from you"
81 shall do nothing of the sort"
'I'll thrash you within an inch of
your life if you don't walk before me to
those men. 1 am determined to sift
this matter to the bottom"
"Oh, you are? Come on, then. 1 can
stand little Furnishing, and perhaps
you won't have it all your own way"
Jack knew the value Of the first
blow, and, seeing that his enemy
meant business, he dashed out his right
and rolled Funston over like an OK.
He was standing over him in an in
slant and as soon as he got on his
knees hit him again.
"You coward!' said Hunston, lying
on the grass. "It isn't fair to hit a
man when he's down."