The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-08-02
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The Fox Drive at =.
=. Pleasant Ridge

BY EMMA SEWERS JONES.

old powder keg. When they passed Alb
Looms' barnyard old Mrs. Loomis was
out doing the mornings milking. When
the old red COW heard the noise made
by Lie and the other fellow she give
one jump with her tail in the air and
upset old Mrs. Loomls with the milk
ing stool and three buckets of milk.
The rest of the cattle stood around
and snorted, while old Mrs. Loomis
got up and began to yell bloody murder.
"Old Abe and his five sons sprung up
from the breakfast table and Lie and
the other fellow saw them making
towards the barn and they thought it
was time for them to skeedaddle
They 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 visit TO Alb
LOOMS hen roost and was settled
down with his nose between his paws
for a good long snooze.
But Lies bull-fddle spoiled his nap.
At first Mr.. Fox didn't think much
about it 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 clderberry wine.
Life saw tile red whisk of his tail
through the trees and shouted, There
he goes' and him and the other fell
low started after. yelling and scraping
on that bull-ilddle.
'1They chased around in the woods
awhile and then come out into the
road Leading towards Alb Loomis'.
Jimmy whlz" said the fellow with
Lie, here comes old Alb Loomis with
three of his boys a horseback carry
ing guns, and grabbing the bull.hddle
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 latelyF 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 tn noise up this way
What was it like? asked Lie as
Innocent as a cat that feeds on cream.
Can't tell ye what it was like,
said old Alb. never heard nawthln' of
th' kind before
Lie was beginning to enjoy him
self and said as he climbed to the top
rail Of the fence:
Whatd ye think it might be?
\ tiger said one OF the boys.
Tiger said Lie, surprised.
He see, said old Alb, 'Mariar's
brother come on a visit last week an
he said that Dan Rlce's show passed
down through Olive Green on the way
10 Tennessee and one Of the wagons
upset and let tn anlmus out. They
ketched 'em all but one an II took TO
tn woods Mariar's brother warn't
sure whether it was lion OF a tiger.
1t went past the barn this mornln'
when Nav was milkin',' said one Of
the boys. an it Jest erbout scared her
an tn critters to death
"' 'Ge-rundygut? said Lie, 'ye dom
think it's around here, do yeT
shouldn't wonder but what 1t was,
said old Alb, 'theys a reward o. fifty
dollars offered for 1t an we thought
we'd see IL we could track it down
'Pritty resky business sh'd think,
| said Lie.
Yes, but fifty dollars is a pile OF
money an we thought we'd try fer II.
said old Alb as him and the boys rode
on.
Lille and the other fellow rolled Oh
the ground while laughing tit 10 XII
themselves and then give another
scrape 10 that bull-hddle. Old Alb and
his sons turned back, but Just ther
Lie sighted the fox and he and th,
other fellow took down over old Alb,
pasture field and forgot all about tn,
tiger, being anxious TO get the fox ou
into the drive.
There ware about forty men an,
boys with drums and hfes, old iii
pans and conch horns, pawpaw whls
Ties and trecrackers, stretched out int
I'VE mile circle ready TO close In oI
any fox that happened around"
warn there emmy guns an dawgs !?
asked Tobias, who, finding the excite
ment too much for his aim was nov
standing directly over the ash-box.
NO said McPeak, mo dogs no
guns allowed on a fox-drive. Some o
the men ware horseback, but most o
them ware a-foot. The ones that dldn'
hey anything to play on were whoou
Ing and yelling like all get out.
Along In the afternoon they begai
to close In on two foxes, one OF theI
being the one Lie and the other feIlo,
he'd chased out and the other one wa
the one that he'd give them the slip tn
year before.
The meet happened to strike i
Widow Barker's apple orchard and til