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

=, In ten minutes the tree was feled, Abe
Green standing by to dispatch the game as
soon as it should be brought to the ground;
and almost before True and Bent were aware
OF what had happened Abe was holding
large coon high beyond the reach of the dogs.
Almost Immediately afterward another one
was freed and made an end of after short
but gamey fight.
Without being obliged to walk more than
half mile from the place where the first ami
NAL was killed, the hunters bagged six more,
and then 1T was decided that they had had
hunting enough for one evening.
=, The game was divided by Jethro's taking
three and the Green boys four 'coons, and
the wood pile the next morning, the hunt
ers separated at the door of Mr.. Green's
house.
1t was yet quite early in the evening. That
those who had been left on board the River
Queen had not retired could be told from the
lights that were seen from the windows and
the strains from Pete's violin.
Lets give them just one cheer, SO they'll
know we've come back" suggested Bent.
Jethro agreed to the proposition by setting
up such shout as even startled his COM
panions, and an instant afterward those on
board the boat came out on the deck aft to see
what the matter was.
1--WE got seven," said Bent, as grasping the
'coons Jethro had been carrying, he ran on
ahead to display them.
A plank had been put out forward so that
the coon hunters might step from the bank to
the boat without difficulty, but the eager boy
was n in too great null hurry "p to he use cried to jim
throwing the game on deck and extending his
hand at the same time.
Jim did as he requested, and Bent Chamber
ed on board quickly, striking his toe against
one of the hawsers just as he rose to his
feet on deck and stumbling directly across
in such manner as to hit Nellie with his
head.
Whether she started back in the hope of
avoiding the blow, or whether Bent struck
her with sufficient force to throw her over,
no one knew, but there was scream, sud
den splash and the girl was overheard.
Jim's first impulse, when he realized that
Nellie had fallen into the river, was to leap
in after her, and already had he thrown off
his coat preparatory to doing So when the
thought flashed across him that in the water
he could do but little toward saving, her.
The current was SO strong that 1t would re-
numbered, and if he should succeed in reach-
ing Nellie, the chances were that they might
both drown.
All this passed through his mind with the
rapidity of the lightning flash, and, instead
of plunging into the water. Jim sprang into
the skiff calling out as he did SO:
"Come with me, Pete! Jethro, you and
True come in the other boat! Bent. run back
to Mr. Green's and tell them to follow down
the river bank"
Almost before he had finished delivering
these short, quick orders Pete was in the skif,
with the oars in his hands, and it was only
necessary for Jim to give the little boat yig-
orous push from the larger one to send her
spinning out into the current.
Pete piled the oars for a minute. or two, so
that they might be carried well into the
sweep of the waters, and then he turned the
skiff's bow first in one direction and then in
another, in the hope OF seeing the girl whose
life was in danger.
,Jim's orders to the Others ON the fat boat
had been faithfully carried out. Jethro and
True, in the other skifff, were but short dis
forms. carrying lanterns, could be seen run
ming with ali speed toward the river bank.
TO BE CONTINUED NEXT SUNDAY