Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-08-18

Iney didn't play another tune un-
til they got into the woods near where
the fox den was. The old fox hedn't
been back long from a visit to Alb
LOOMS hen roost and was settled
down with his nose between his paws
for a good long snooze.
"But Lies bull-tiddle spoiled his nap
At first Mr.. Fox didn't think much
about 1t and went on with his dreams,
but as the noise, the like of which he
he'd never heard before, swum all
around him he hoped to his feet and
shot out of the bushes like the cork out
of bottle of elderberry wine
"Lije saw the RED whisk of his tail
through the trees and shouted, There
he goesr and him and the other fel-
low started after, yelling and scraping
on that bull-fiddle
'"They chased around in the woods
awhile and then come out into the
road leading towards Alb Loomis'.
Jimmy whizr said the fellow with
Lie, here comes old Alb Loomis with
three of his boys horseback a carry
ing guns and grabbing the bull-fiddle
he darted behind a tree, leaving Lie
to face the music alone. They expected
fuss was brewing on account of old
Mrs. Loomis and the milking.
Hear emmy strange noise around
here lately? asked old Alb of Lie.
We'll, no. said Lie, taking off his
hat and scratching his head, cant say
that hev.'
Funny said one of the boys, we
tracked th'anoise up this way
'WhaFwas it like? asked Life as
innocent as cat that feeds on cream.
Cant tell We what it was like,
said old Alb, never heard nawthin' of
tn kind before
Life was beginning to enjoy him.
self and said as he climbed to the top
rail of the fence:
What'd We think it might beY
"a tiger said one of the boys.
Tiger? said Lie, surprised.
Ye see,' said old Alb, Mariar's
brother come on a visit last week an
he said that Dan Rice's show passed
down through Olive Green on the way
to Tennessee and one Of the wagons
upset and let tii'4animuIs out. They
ketched 'em all butgne an it took to
tn woods. Marian ss&brother warn't
sure whether it was a lfQ or a tiger
1T went past the barn this mornin'
when Nav was milkin',' said. one of
the boys, am it jest erbout scared her
an tn critters to death
"'Ge-rundygut? said Lie, we don't
think it's around here, do ye?
Shouldn't wonder but what it was
said old Alb, 'they's a reward o. fifty
dollars offered for 1t an we thought
we'd see if we could track it down.
"'Pritty resky business / sh'd think
said Lie.
Eyes, but fifty dollars is a pile of
money an we thought we'd try fer it.
said old Alb as him and the boys rode
on.
Lille and the other fellow rolled on
the ground a while laughing fit to kill
themselves and then give another
scrape to that bull-fiddle. Old Alb and
his. sons turned back, but just then
Lie sighted the fox and he and the
other fellow took down over old Abs
pasture field and forgot all about the
tiger, being anxious to get the fox out
into the drive.
"There ware about forty men and
boys with drums and flies, old tin
pans and conch horns, pawpaw wbis-
ties and firecrackers, stretched out into
a five mile circle ready to close in on
any fox that happened around"
''Warn't there emmy guns an dawgs?'
asked Tobias, who, finding the excite
ment too much for his aim was now
standing directly over the ash-box.
NO" said McPeak, mo dogs mol
guns allowed on fox-drive. Some OF
the men ware horseback, but most OF
them ware a-foot. The ones that didn't
hev anything to play on were whoop
ing and yelling like all get out.
along in the afternoon they began
to close in on two foxes, one of them
being the one Lie and the other fellow
he'd chased out and the other one was
the one that he'd give them the slip the
year before.
"The meet happened to strike il
Widow Barker's apple orchard and the
foxes chased from one place to an
other trying to get away.
Life kept the bull-fiddle going ant
the circle kept getting smaller ant
smaller till there waren't ten yard.
between the men and the two foxes
The poor little brutes kept running
from one side to the other and thu
men kept saving away at the noise
till finally when they got up close TO
gether and Lie give an unusual out
landish scrape to that bull-fiddle tn,
fox that he and the other fellow hef
chased out of the woods laid down ant
painted little and then toppled owe
dead"
what allied it?" asked Tobias.
ut was just naturally scared t,
DEATH" said McPeak, sit he'd run al
| the forenoon from the sound of tina
bull-fiddle and when the tarnal nois,
come right on top of it that fox fel
over as dead as a door NALL"
AN tn other fox?'' asked Tobias.
1.-THE other fox" said McPeak, "go
away like it had the year before.
Slocum got SO excited over the deaf
| fox that he let the live one out be
| tween his legs. The men and boy
went, some mad and hungry, all blu
Lie, and If he'd known what wa
good for him he'd hev went with TIL
| rest"