The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-01-18

oreast, ana as ne tumbled grasped
the shotgun from Caesar to get our
neighbor as he left the sree, but he
did not leave.
Fearing any longer TO take chances
1 made Caesar take the rife and 60
around the tree; he had not got half
round when the turkey flew and cut
him down. The noise of the gun
brought q hen out Of the pines, sail
ing by US 90 the oak ridges. I was
fortunate enough to get her too.
This was the last we saw of the
flock; there were more; we heard them
leaving the trees, but they all went the
other way. Now 1 told Pompey as we
left camp when he heard the shotgun
fire to let Ponto loose and in few
minutes he was leaping against n,y
bosom in the ecstasy Of dog bliss. He
found the turkey I had first shot
about two hundred yards off, dead as
Hector, shot through and through.
Caesar insisted that we look fur.
ther on the oak ridge for the turkey
| had shot at the night before and we
found him also, that is the remains Of
him-a wildcat had been there just
ahead of uy and regaled himself with
the breakfast we had provided. Our
firing had evidently disturbed him at
his meal; it was useless to utter re-
grets and we returned to camp with
the booty.
That morning by appointment Jack
came up the river in launch and 1
vent aboard for q nap.
I wondered, and still wonder, when
the delicious nap is over and Boston,
Jacks cook, ie fixing lunch and cof-
fee, bow many lives have been saved,
how many men made happy, how
many careers touched with CLEAN of
gold ss 9 resuit OF the association
with steam lauEehes. The travel
lisy 20 ikened TO an aerial voyage on
q cloud blown through the empyrean
SJ zephyrs tc .ae accompaniment Of
celestial harps, heard far of in ether,
as angel fingers stroked their delicate
strings.
The plan this time was novel and of
our cwn aevising. Two old gobblers
had been in the habit Of going to q
certain field every afternoon for q
month; they were probably there in
the morning also, but had only been
seen in the afternoon. We had ar
ranged for Pompey and Caesar to put
the dogs in the run from which they
came and to bring down the dogs as if
they were driving deey this we thought
would drive out tho turkeys and they
would, nine times out Of ten, PASS
close to us. Jack and went to our
stands; the negroes were mile above
with the dogs. In due time the dogs
opened and came toward us in full
cry, which at first cvanded family
down the wind and freshened into @
swelling chorus that meant business
and signified more than turkeys. a
hound broke cover above and oircled
with raised bristles; no hound raises
his bristles for q deer, but only for
dangerous animals, and was puzzled
to know what it meant, but thought
it probably wild cat and was strain:
ing my eye-sight on every bush; when
inst behind me the worm fence crack.
ed and the rails came down in heap.
Before | could think bear rose from
the dust, making straight by me-. 1
fred before I thought, right at his
stomach, but possibly, owing to the
excitement, he caught the load on one.
side and Twas knocked down and run
over with such force that it nearly
knocked the sense, out Of me. Bruin
escaped into the swamp just as the
hounds dashed through the broken
fence, the vhple pack yelping like
mad. At that instant jacks gun
cracked twice and Iwent hastily to
him, only to learn that he had not
seen the bear but had killed q turkey
with one barrel and had fred at anoth.
er, but With what result he could not
tell, as the bird was in the trees.
just then . young hound strayed from
the paok and stopped suddenly. I
made my way to him and found him
on on 9 turkey, an old gobbler. That ac-
counted for both jacks birds.
y We held short council Of war aud
determined 70 go after the bear, as we
both had plenty Of baokshot. The
hounds were baying; che game was,
run toi earth or to . tree. Through a
tangled canebrake We pushed, with
vines ard briara scratching the blood
OF every step. until just before we
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