The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-01-31

! eyes scanning the woods ahead OF MIN
7 end his gun ready for instant use
Only a hunter knows the thrill of
such moment
! I'll" a:iae may he uncovered ~ any
/ iuSta r. or The Swapping Of twi@ may
seml Z bounding away in wild alarm.
/ ~ '-lr"fHlIy IS u pJwncn o1 tie
! trail of q scalp MIR. Howspr iaovrf for
/ war After lie Ea. 60 d ..--.....-.. OF
n mile hp saw that tIr track; row
/ frcshcr, aa' in "., ~ ;--..., O., III ..nly
| observed the iu;s.ii; ~ /. L. p"
/ -. r,orio,t', t'lr-'-'- r.. '-7a,v
! that these stood Tor -'keep your eye
/ peeled" and he reGp-:l ,od lis Wig
/ lance. 1t was rewarded rs l.c turned
{ the next thicket. Something anllowcd
/ ana bounded away from him J rev
/ up his gun and fired ~ ,~rr- the
/ smoke blew away he saw ci'f St9nd-
/ ing AMI facing him fifty feat n,yay. In
| his arIoi to get that w;.";H l1al of
/ rabbits Mr. Bowser had net topped to
/ be critical about tracks. VIII Il heart
| full of thankfulncss that Mrs B0wsar
was not there and would newer know
| about ii, he passed on. Five minutes
/ later he found other tracks.
| lie couldn't be fooled again
! Here was real game afoot
Every print of the foot had the letter
! ''R' branded in it. and II" stands for
| rabbit, even in the new way of spell
| ing.
| Mr.. BowSer took up the trail with
| fresh ardor. He followed it through
| thickcts and over logs and across
! frozen ponds, and directly he found
! that it led across a meadow straight for
a farmers barn. lie had only to recall
| his boyhood days to realize that rabbits
! and barns are inseparably connected.
! The barn was the lair Of the beast. and
! he should be dragged forth and slaugh-
/ tered without mercy
| Clingng 10 the trail like savage
/ wolf to the footprints Of wounded
| buffalo. Mr.. Bowser eventually reached
( the barn. In the open door in the win
! ter'S sunshine a cat sat licking her
1 paws. Had Mr. Bowser been given
| five minutes in which TO think it over.
/ he Womb hive connected thc cat AMI
! the tracks ana de barn together. but
while bn WA. i,1,..n,. rron, ana +, FL,
osn.. and .r,.,t,.,,;uo. ~. ,.o.l - f.,,,'.
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! "You are - pirc SORT or man to l.oa,,
! such q ,.ur orn,,ndr., stor,nod ar pn,.
! ser with MI hi. io,faIftv vapisbod
"What in the day;I 10 van srnnoe, :
/ keep a dog for ev,npt to hito tram. y
| retortrd the rgrmnr
/ Il am no tramp ns van worry 3. II
| know. sir tlcra Is q law AGAINST l,a,,.
! ing savage dogs ana want domoga.
| or will aupe2l In if Who is to say
| that this bite won't give mo hvd,onri
| bia:"
Ordered Oh the Fnru.
! And who is to cnre whether If dnn.
| or not? What right have Won got tres
| passing on my landf What are van
/ doing here. dressed M like soma dino
museum freak: BY John. if Won are
not over the fence in two minutes mo
| and the bows will throw Won Overt
There could he bur one ending to In.
| situation.
.Ir. Bowscv had tracked - calf
| He had tracked a cat.
! He had been bitten by a dog without
excuse
His face got red, and his gorge rose
| His eyes snapped. and his ears worked
| He would have taken il out ON Mrs
| Bawser if he could. but she was far
away, and the farmers were near b,-
He drew long breath and told IN,
three of them and the dog 70 20 T.,
that place where Won don't have to Inv
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