The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-12-11

who harried the Sacred bird was fast
becoming extinct
Then a. last b. came % the impoE.
tnut matter 81 the wiles Of the
poacher: and the thirsty ears ~ the
Terror drank In bis golden words. He
discussed the methods Of the gang 81
p1achers and the single poacher with
Intelligent relish and more sympathy
than was perhaps wise q display IN
the presence 81 the young The Ter
ror came from that talk with q frm
belief IN the efficacy q raislns
The next morning six kittens
washed, brushed. and beautiful, were
carried to the faithful Ellen and In
the afternoon the Twins again rode
into ROwington and returned With an
other SIX shillinEs. They did not come
straight home. In the bicycle-basket
y the Terror was a pound ~ raisins /:
three miles out Of R0wingtnn was a
small clump 81 trees on a bin AZ the
foot Of the hill a hundred yards below
the clump lay Great Deeplng Wood.
acre upon acre. It had lately passed,
along win the rest Of the Great Deep
ing estate. into the hands ~ Mr
darcy R0sonhelmer, a pudding-fared.
Pomerauian strain. lie was not loved
IN the county, even by landed proprie-
tors OF less modern stocks. Cor though
be- cherished the laudahle ambition Of
having the finest pheasant shoot in
England, and was ca the way % real
ize 30. be- dld not invite BIS nolghhorp
% help shoot them. Ills friends came
wholly from the Polite World which
- ad0rus the illustrated weekliea M
was in the deep December dusk that
the Twins came % the ciump On TIE
hlll The Terror lifted their hlcvciea
hedge Leaving Encbus % keep watch.
he stole down the hedge % the clump.
crawled through 3 SAP into ~ and
walked through H. one pheasant
scuttled out 81 %. down he hedge. row
20 the wood below. The Occurrence
pleased him. he crawled out OF the
ciump on the farther eide, and pro
cesded % lay q train 81 ralsins down
the ditch ~ the hedge 20 the wood. re
did not lay a right down q the wood
leat some inqulsiuve Ramekeeper might
espy % Then DE- returned with the
red-Tndlan caution. O. Erebua They
rode bone wei content Next evening
sought the clump again. Again The
Terror laid q tran 81 raisins along The
ditch from The weed % tie elump. But
thls evening ~ 81 q snare In the
hedge 81 the clump Just about the rna
n the ditch Tke nert evening ~
took from that snare a piumn but "a.
cred bird Halt en- hour later he ed
it 60 the cook Of Mra Blenkinsop Cor
halfa-crown.
The next dav b. made y careful On.
plnration - the ciump 20 the hour
when Eame-keepers eat their dinner
and art two suarcs lu manifest nheaa.
ant runa The next evening he sald
pheasant e. the cook o. M Blankin-
aon and another - the COOK ~ Mr..
Darlington. lie saw no ped - tell
either 81 them not o. tell snvons that
he was the vcndor. Pheasants az half.
a-croHu each arc not - easily come b.
that one talks about them.
EncouraEe4 by success and seven ara
slxpence. the Terror found ether likely
PLACES in which 90 set snarna. "a
found none - good - the clunn "a
fhe BIN; but they served. pheasants
Howed I'm and Fur stole came nearpr
and nearer.
Then came trouble. and n came
from a snare Gu the corner ~ Great
Deep.1z Wood. The Twins ana their
young friend WirvIns we're ridiue
along the road which cuts ths wood An
hall early ca the afternoon: and ft o.
eufrel 90 che Terror that Instead ~
waiting Tor t1e faFuriur dusk ha
mi Ehf a. wei examine the snare then
and save himself another iaurnev. m
uas g rlsk no eEuerieneeH roarhar
would have taken hut old heads. aiae
ho Euf grow on Young shoulders Ern.
bias rode ga Hn the read 80 keen q ioaL
cut alsaI Tle Terror SLIPPED ~ hiu