The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-05-05

dogs baying off some distance. They
depended on the leaders and when
halfway across the cotton field they
lost the track or trail, and some of
the dogs went into camp, but the
Sergeant blew his horn and made them
come back. They went back on the
trail some distance and took it up
again and after working hard forsev-
eral minutes, they started, and strung
out across the alfalfa pasture, their
heads i'll the air, baying, taking the
same route the convicts did, making
a beautiful picture.
The hounds finally found the men
sitting up on high shed; they were
just out of reach of the dogs but they
were SO frantic they almost climbed
the fence to reach them. The Ser
geant rode up and tried to make the
dogs catch the convicts. They teach
them to be as savage as possible. 1t
was great music to hear them baying.
The dogs were finally taken to the
kennels.
We drove to the banks of the Bra
zos river. We were to be rowe d
down to the Falls of the Brazos which
was five miles distant. The boat and
oarsman we were to have was on the
opposite side of the river. A hunt
ing horn was blown to call the man
and the woods rang with the echo.
Directly we heard an answer and he
came across in the boat. We had
baskets of lunch with us, and while
the darkey oarsman took charge of
the boat all we had to do was to en-
joy the scenery. We had an hour
and quarter of talking, singing and
storytelling before we reached the
Falls.
At one point on the bank we heard
disturbance and soon we could see
a red fox running through the leaves
and brush. The owner of the land
would often buy number Of foxes
and turn them loose, so when he came
to visit the farm he might enjoy a
fox chase. The Brazos is a remark
ably crooked stream. In an hours
time one will travel toward every
point of the compass. The b a n k s
are steep in places and high upon
them the woods came to the very
edge. The number of great pecan
trees on the farm were unlimited.
There were large fields with dozens
of the enormous trees girdled pur-
posely, in order to clear the land for
cultivation. To a person from the
North it seemed like great waste of
the delicious nuts, but here pecans
were everywhere. w made the
trip safely to within short distance
of the Falls. We could hear the
roar of the water where we landed.
| We scrambled up the hillside to get
good view and find pleasant place
). to enjoy our lunch. The sun was
quite warm, so the shade was pleas
ant. We started exploring at once
and wentdownnear the Falls. Rocks
and boulders dotted the water, so we
could step and jump from one to the
other. In one place in the river was
very large level tract of sand as
smooth as floor, and some one sug-
gested it would make a lovely tennis
) ground. In many of the rocks neal
: shore were cut tnamesa and dates, which
were old, and | thought it possible
l. many romance was woven into tha
spot for it was near to nature's hear
: and just an ideal place for lovers
|. The Falls were not cataract, bu
: rapids, where the waters bubbled an
0 boiled over rocks and made seeth
e ing white foam. We watched
e sometime as it ran with it's deafenin
;. roar. We could see on the opposit
Il shore wild ducksfiying here and there
d We climbed up and down, over an
: across the rocks and cliffs until W
1t were ewellexhausted and our appetite
g. were sharpened SO we would do jul
,e tice to the sumptuous lunch we ha
Ie brought with us. Under the tree
o above the rapids we ate, and the pei
l. feet delight will never be forgotten
e We decended steep cliff to reac
at the boat and had not gone far on th
le water when we ran into sand ba
,e The boys pushed and worked an
Sc soon had us in deeper water. III
10 time went so pleasantly we could n.
al realize we had returned the five mile
ID At the landing we found trust
IS, with the conveyance. A soft brees
xe from the south made balmy ever
us ing. The setting sun, the green fielt
e, of alfalfa, the soft grey moss hant