Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-06-30

AN SDOTISUldu tiA udyo "a
WX{yxX the week, but on Sun
Nv&2 day stops to rest and
AJY preach three or four
WNH sermons.
He is also the pro-
prietor Of a Jersey COW
and a gasoline goodwill. 1t was the
latter was aiming for. but, as 1t was
darker than a stack of negro coal
beavers at midnight. mingled with
the COW. AS soor as discovered her
proximity I made a grab for 1t. but
was thrown lightly across several
stalls into a far corner Of the barn.
At this point, however. the rank odor
of gasoline in terribly rundown con-
dition OF health smote upon me-
reached out my hand tenderly and
patted the goodwill on the brow.
At about this time of night Kidder's
back door opened. allowing food OF
light to pour forth. In the doorway
was silhouetted the figure OF a man
hurriedly getting outside OF huge
bowl OF breakfast food. He was ac-
countred In all the habiliments OF
war. Finally, with a last. despairing
glance into the bowl he cast 1t from
him and seized a steaming tea-kettle
from the stove.
With this he came forth and by the
fllciering light OF weakened Ian
tern he cautiously poured the hot wa
ter up and down the go-devirs spinal
column. Having done this. he seized
the persuader. gave It a villainous
twist and the thing commenced a VIC
lent. hacking cough that caused great
chunks Of sympathy TO well up under
my sweater.
After turning on the binacle lights.
Kidder grasped the handle-bars and
we backed out TIL we hit the chicken
park across the alley. BY some dex-
ferrous manoeuyring we got the thing
pointed right and cut her loose.
It was early. No one was abroad.
The family cats were all peacefully
curled up In the bread pan. Only a
few weary citizens were up taking a
look at the meter to see II It had slid
any in the night. We hummed along
merrily-rolled up in our big fur coats
getting quite wideawake by the time
we had covered couple OF miles.
Suddenly surprised rabbit sat up
in the glare Of the headlights. blinked
a couple of times and made brilliant
leap for the tall timber. | promptly
took my cue and got my artillery In
trim. Rabbit after rabbit appeared.
MY ammunition wavered and ran low.
No sankuinary results were noticed,
although am positive succeeded In
winging the left fender several times.
1t must be borne In mind. however.
that my poor shooting was the natural
result OF poor ammunition. cheap gun.
worry and insomnia, from which ] was
suffering so bad that 1t kept me awake
nights.
Daylight was just cracking in the
east when we pulled briskiy into a
farmyard and anchored in front OF a
badly irritated dog Of the hound va
riety. The farmer was out in the COW
barn husking the milk crop. He came
out and told US that between seven
and nine thousand ducks had gone
over the evening before and. judging
from their looks. they had date with
cornheld about two miles to the SOU
by-sou'west. He informed us that the
ducks exhibited marked Partially
for the cornfelds which had been op-
Grated on by husking machines in
stead Of the old-fashioned Armstrong
method used by our forefathers. He
said this fact, combined with the long
dry season and the Iowa habit OF
planting q game warden on every alter
nate section Of land. was working mir
acles for the ducks and chickens.
In a bashful maner he told us that
n we felt equal to shooting twenty OF
thirty prairie chickens as mere start
er we could find them down In the
cornfeld at the right OF the hoghouse
He said the chickens were getting &C
tame that some of them had the nerve
to sneak In and board with the family
poultry.
We looked at our. license from the
state and saw that the prairie her
could not be legally shot in such chill,
weather. With sigh. we thereupor
loaded our guns and started for the
cornfield.
We curried and cross-curried that fell
thorcughly and finally strolled out ont
q forty-acre field of fresh blowing r.
rest our legs. We had not gone fal
when something about the looks and
size Of clean white tsblecloth arose
In front Of Kidder and started south
at beautiful clip. It was jack rab
bit. Neither OF US shot. and Kiddel
mumbled something about thinking Il
was sheep.
BY this time daylight had become
entirely broken in the east. and W.
could see how nervous each other was
After crossing the blowing we stoppet