The sun., 1910-06-19

ciOns cFispneas. an omeletts souliS ana
a demi-taass Of an especial coffee pr.-
pared with great care By the Oldest ser.
want In the household.
There Was a quart Of ChAtean Lam.
from a cobVebby corner oS the CaIlar
and when the cigars were lighted and tbs
fruplaco had been reDlenished with ,os.
The auperintendsnt came for his orep,r
Would len messieurs 60 FOR tho auau
OF would there bs another foray Ef,sr
the cache cache. AZ the snips Is knovu
among the French,
NY partner was not especially keen On
gsttihg his feet wet again and besides hs
had heard something of the quality n ths
dow on the place and was anxious 20 sea
them IN action. We accordingly nro-
nounoed in favor of quail and said TIA.
O'Clock would be a capital hour FOR
4 breakfastinG.
'Nine O'Clock found both of W. dead 4.
the world and l know that heard nothing
I'm well after 9 the next morning Nv
companion scmplained over his coHea
I that somebody snored % profoundly tha,
his slumbers had been disturbed hut s,id
/ by such a variety of notes a. the unknown
had produced without apparent efort
1t was well on % o'clcek before The
mules were at the door. There was n
brace Of dogs In the crate and two NOR
on the ground ready for immediate ~
should We find birds on our way 70 tho
main road.
zone Of these was a pointer black al
midnight With speed IN every line oi his
wiFy frame. We didn't know Il then.
bus Il was soon apparent that he Was
4 marvellous performer, q held trial winner
In fact. Answering the slightest wave u
the superintendent hand, the black dog
cut and qnartered his field with amazing
speed and We hadn't gone a mile from tho
house before no found bovy Of dOzea
he looked like an sboay model of
dog a. he stood statnelike In the long
grass Of q dry ditch. His matches
style at the point made him move i'm
preasivs than any other nsld dog Il had
ever been my pleasure 20 shoot over
From noae 10 tail a line might have heep
drawn perfectly level and he could hold
Indefinitely.
Tom Devine waa his name, called aiter
an ardent hunter long since dead When
this dog found birds there Wns never anv
necessity for hurryiuR. Tor he would siand
for q week II necessary. | don't think
his trainer spoke a dozen words % him
that morning and We found more than a
dozen bsvies.
sThs black champion's work vas -
perfect that ws begged that no other
dog should be put down. and thouRh
the dog that was started with him was
smart the bulk Of hts work Was In the
nature of backing the black fellow anG
occasionally picking mp an odd scattered
bird here and there.
I'VE had some splendid shooting. The
country was very Open, the only ugly
spots being an occasional Cherokee rnas
hedRe. a natural hiding place for scat-
tered and well shot covey; and into these
Dointers were loath to penetTate. Thess
hedges were things of beauty in Feb
rtlary being covered with a bloom oi
pinkiah flowers Many Of them were
more than a mile in length and they were
Of uniform width Of dozen feet.
AS they grew close 20 the ground
you can understand that q crippled hird
which gained their cover was given N
~ lost There wers many bevies which
mede straight fo- these refugees on tha
initial ~. hut ~~-ya were many felds
10 ~ shot over where taers was no cover
morn Formidable than the broom and
sedge N dear 70 the hunters heart.
1T was in this sort ~ cover that most
of our work wRs done. and when ~ o'cl0ck
came and We bolted for luncheon fortv-
FIVE quail we're counted IN plump double
row. and the black dog had a perfect
score 50 he'd nv COMPANION, whose
chief aim during the morning had heen
20 coach me In timing nv shots.
Shoot that second barrel first hs
would cry ~ a kill with the second would
follow an absurd miss with the h-~f
and in the last half hour. when N'1
advice had prodnced better results he
pronounced himself proud of HE pupil
why IL u thPt the average shot IN no
field finds Il 70 hard - hold his fire whsn
the Rnme takes wing? With some II l.
the fear that the quarry will get hevond
gun range With others Il u perhsps
the nervous tension which impels the
pulling % the trigger ] know what Il
10 IN my own case.
i learned b shoot on partridge NJ
rulfed Rrouse in thick cover where your
bird gets up on thundering winks and
oftsntimse you only Ret q hrief glimrsa
Of him NJ he hastens 90 put a tree trunk
or some other obstacle bet Ween you ard
him. and va forced % snap or 70 wi'h-
out meat. NV next game was snlnN.
verv wild. and rising az forty-hve 2,
sixty yards, and Il was again a case #
being on the Job quickly Il has taka1
me a long time 20 realiEe that the avera-'
quail shot is within twenty yards a.
often closer. and In anything like open
country there 10 ABSOLUTELY no hurry
when we had stEaiRhtened the feathers
on our birds and with the knowled-a
that there were thirty-three snipe wait
ing 20 supplements the haR, W. Agreed that
we had enough anf b. spare for one ou'-
ing and that We would Kill no more
Tha luncheon had been arranged by our
escort. than whom ] never saw q morn
servant There were hroilad
snipe and quail. a hottie % caret. d.
licious French bread ard sWcat butter,
Oold artichOhes and coffee.
The dogs feet were examined fag
burns before they were bundled into the
wagon and the hOmeward journey began.
A quick change at the house followed, and
with fresh pair OF mulee the fOurteeu
mile drive 70 New Iberia was begun.
The sleepy little town on the Teche was
reached a few minutes before Z O'Clock,
and the clock on the court house marked
: a. my friend picked up the reins in his
dogcart and spoke % the good brown
mare between the shafts.
-Adeline. the home Of nv chum. vas
siRhteen miles away. but without slack
sning Of traces or a touch Of whip M
tistai % Was covered IN an hour and
half. A few minutes after We were IN
dinner jackets. with our legs under the
and the good brown msre
coulh b sesa IN The distance =slking m
Ter tho live oak nesr the stables 1one
ihe worse for her journey
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