Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-04-12

o you boys want to help us to a
good dinner tomorrow" Jethro asked,
- as he lounged into the store just be-
fore the River Queen was moored for
the night, and spoke to True and Bent, who
were deeply engaged in a game of checkers
having sat down there to be out Of the way
while the table in the sitting room was being
laid for supper.
Yes, if we can have any fun out of it,
replled. True, paying far NOR attention to the
game than he did to the cooks words.
"Wa'al, if you don't have fun out of it,
you Ii be the first boys / ever seen who could
MT have all tie fun they wanted out of
coon hunt"
at the. same time, and, leaping to their feet,
regardless of the fact that the board fell one
way and the checkers the other. "Are you
going out to hunt for 'coons?"
IF we stop down here at old man Green's
place. that's jest what / shall do. There's a
likely bit of timber for coons not more'n
mile from his house, an the Green boys have
got some dogs that can smell possum or
a, coon more'n a mile away. If we tie up
there, | can give you a dinner tomorrow that
I'VE must stop there!" cried True, forcibly.
"Ill tell Jim what we want to do"
Il reckon he'll stop there anyway" said
Jethro, calmly. I'VE shall git there about
for were most out, an the old man owns
wood yard"
True was not willing to run any risk, so
far as stopping at this one particular place
was concerned, and he Immediately went aft
to make sure that Jim would "tie up" at
Green's wood yard.
True might have spared himself any trouble,
however; for Jethro, undoubtedly having the
coon hunt in mind, had told Jim that wood
was needed, and also given him full informa-
ton of where he could get it with the least
labor.
Therefore it was that supper was served
that night before they arrived at their moor
ing place, and, when the River Queen was
made fast to the bapk, three of the crew were
ready for the anticipated hunt.
Jim would have been only too glad to go;
but he was not willing to leave the boat alone,
more especially now, since the ladies were on
board SO he decided to stay.
Pete, who preferred to play on his violin
rather than anything else, also concluded to
remain on the boat
When Jethro followed by True and Bent,
arrived at the house, he was welcomed as an
old friend and the bare suggestion that he
and his companions wanted tc go after 'coons
was sufficient to start the two Green boys
into activity.
The dogs were mustered, plenty of pine
knots prepared, and armed only with two
axes, which were carried by Jethro and Elias
Green, the party set out.
Neither True nor Bent had ever seen any
of this kind of hunting; they hoped for plenty
of sport.
Alter walking LnrouBn the WoouS LOT mile,
the dogs gave tongue for the first time, and
Elias declared that they had freed coon,
and, in few moments more, having arrived
near the tree at the foot of which the dogs
were barking, bunch that looked more like
protuberance on one of the limbs than any
thing else, was pointed out as the game of
which they were in search
Elias Green and Jethro went to work in a
busness-like manner to chop the tree down,
the Others holding the flaring torches, while
the dogs stood around yelping