The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-31
A LOUISIANA CUNNING TRIP
~ WHIGH 4 BtBI, 4 IEU az All
AND wren RAIN FIGGRED.
Hunt MARKED ny DlSpIritlnG Conditions
hut Pheasant to Remembes 4 Gun
shy Pappy Critirhna That Siong
Content After Dinner In spite st An.

Content After Dinner In spite nc An.
why - Il tha, msp.ory makes some
occasions Of the past ia our search for
sport more vivid than othersP- Eaid the
gray haIred. red faced man " hose appear
AnCe bstoksned the Low" uf outdoor life.
lie was with n group 81 hiS friends in an
uptown club after dinner one evening
recently and the subject Of small game
shooting vas h"inc discussed There
Vas one hunt ono. had IN Louisiana
which though surrounded by the most
dispiritinK circumstances gave me a.
much satisfaction a. any that ! have
ever had III tell you about II. and you
can perhaps explain why I can recall
so plainly and always PRESUMABLY the
details Of that particular day.
My good friend at BATON Rouge with
whom | hunted whenever We could both
spare The time wired me late one afternoon
/ To meet him at Maringouin, a small station
on the Texas and Pacific Railroad about
/ 100 miles from New Orleans. where
was sojourning. | found that the only
/ train which would got me to my destina-
I ton before noon the ne1t day left ~
so'clock that evening and stopped at every
crossroads
1T was jus, after Nardi Oras. tho fes-
/ tivity which convulses louisiana and par
/ ticularly that section where the Creole
II king. and every outbound train was
crowded with country folk who had come
J To the Crescent City To gaze wide eyed
and op"n mouihed n the gorgeous street
! parades ard to pay boom town rates to
lodge for a few DAYS in one Of the myriad
Furnished room houses with which New
! Orleans Rbounds
4 crossed tho Mississippi NJ Jackson
avenue and Caugh, the train at GretnA.
| The train was jammed. hut finally got
a seat alongside planter from Gaydon.
who the moment he noticed my gun in
its leaihnrn case straightway asked me
- come to his rio" plantation and
help him kill some Of tho millions Of
ducks overrunning his place.
He was a typical Creole from the par
lshes and set no time limit for my stay
should find the opportunity 10 visit his
part Of the country Yes. he had been
to IN" carnival ard was going home TO
prepare his land for The crop Of nc" which
grew 50 hountifullv in the low lands Of
his parish
-Th"r" were many ~ his kind in the car
in which ". rode and there were tired
faced women too returning to the hum
drum life after a glimpse at tn-el para
disc Thera were two - thsse almost
across the car frum wher" Sat. evidently
mother and daughter The Younger
woman had q baby about a year old IN
her lap ami IA. tiny nc-'a~ - the infant
after ts few iavs rf unaccust nrn~i nois',
and excitement w"r" manifestrng them
selves m y M - p"tulancy that called for
much self rntrpl IN the part q the
mother and Ertndn 'ths-
The women w"r. tIrei ~ exhaustion
nnd they paSs"i m" CRYING child from one
To th" ,tr.r Will" thew sndeavorHi 60
snatch - f.W minutes rest The cries "
IN. infant were too much for nv new
found fri"ld and mutt.r.ng something
under h.s breath he startei for the
smukng car
One ~ ON" tho mon deserted the car
until was monarch ~ all surveyed A.
IN. train ratified onward the women pas
s.ngers d,st,, s.ai themselves tn the hest
advantag. IN an sndelvor 20 snatch some
rest that ~ all bur the mother and grand
mother. whose patience Was marvellous
From arm g. arm every few minutes the
baby pa-se!
FINALLY - began e. ram IN torrents and
the morse II the storm rose even above the
complaIningS - the child Tho grand
In,th"r's head droopad IN sleep and at
leng'h the Dung nothc-. utterly worn and
m Evaporation. piumpssi the younRster
down N tho aisle Of the car In n second
IA" mother was asle-p
The voUng-t"r. squallIng Justify,
looked NJ and caught nv eve | hap
v..n-i ~ have in NV p"ck-t one - those
cheap swiss Watches which chime IN"
hours and quarters, and dangling this
h..f. re- m" approached the child Al the
first sound II tho tiny bell the baby was
amused Tho tiny face. half contorted
~ cry was arrested Ilng-a ling,
tIng-a-lng tIng-a-lng' sang the bell and
the trace of smile lowered around the
little mouth
held ont my arms and two tiny arms
answered INV appeal for amIty. and in
arothsr moment ] had returned tn nv
SCAT a Couuueror That watch worked
overtirn" for few minutes until nature
AS. rtad it-.lf and tn. tiny hands wore
still and tho small head was pillowsd
on my arm Two hours later when |
tho brakeman Op"n"d IA" door and an |
rounc.d my station ! Lard the baby care !
fully in IN" lap IT IL sleeping mother /
and picking up my traps stole out II the
car
Tn. ram was coming down IN torrents. .
hiIt somehow | didu : mind n. and don't I
tfltlh ~fl.lk~ "a tlfisfI N'iFfl@ W IIe COZ 7
ur,d lad who met me at IN" depot and .
drove mo under tho oak To- IN" planta-
ton house whars my friend and ] wars /
t. ~. guests for the morrow
The whit" hous" with its bower IL
trees had hight blinking a welcome !
a "" drove up and Their" was bug log
iu IN" broad fireplace with old .Iark
stretched At fun length b"for" u The
splendid setter gave m" a royal welcome.
frolicking about my l-gS until hi4 master
APPEARED from an ed sing room rub
hing tn. sl.."p from hIs eyer 4 couple
e brace 81 wuodco"k shot LAT" that even
ing w"rn shown and admired before
turning IN ard III. wind and rain wore
AN unnecessary lullaby when the light
was out and IN. covers pulled up
IL was still raining ~ the morning
ard the rky wa 81 that ieadon gray
which showed that th.r- was u lot 81
moistuT" Htill on tap. Everything about
III. place was saturated and agreed
that u would 10 useless tn stir aheld
~ the birds would 10 hidden away in
brake and fen.
We br-RkfRst"d luSuriAntly and lei--
uTely. inspected puppy that was |
Of IA - nd 1