Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-07-25


Arkansas hills. making remarkably
good time. and doing all their com
planning inwardly. Baron ZOllern and
the epithets most appropriate to that
noble German could wait. but the sher-
IN OF Little Rock was hardly likely
20 do much Agaiting After hustlinE
alone through the underbrush for per
haps twenty minutes. the sounds OF
pursuit died away 20 a fRr-on muir
muir. and the fugitives took breathing
space. though stil pushing doggedly /
ahead.
Clear OF Little Rocks outskirts. the
boys made sharp detours around sew
eral farm houses. and even lodged /
sundry negro cabins. Coming up 20 /
a white, rather attractive house a 1T /
tie farther on. they we're about 20 |
skulk by under cover OF hedge. when |
Solano suddenly halted
We need sOmething-at least, I
think Wen need II awfully soon." Ell
claimed the Cuban. and I think we
can get Il az this house. Come right
elong-no time 20 lose. but this Is
something we've really got 20 have"
Solano's knock. and the Cuban. with
the utmost pOllteness. apolOgiEed FOR
the intrusion. we would not have
disturbed YOU" he continued, but for
the fact that We are quite a ways from
a store. and we really must have
some pepper. Could you favor us with
q little pepper-red. n possible7 We
are camping ott on the river-bsnk.
and pepper is one OF the things you
simply can't do without when you are
cooking in the woods
The old lady. bear1ing upoa the
good-lOoking. gentlemRnly youngsters.
FASTENED 20 present them with a lib
eral quantity Of nsFy cayenne. and
then urged them 20 SIT down and resi-
awhile. With polite excuses SolAno
explained the necessity OF a quioS re-
turn 20 the imaginary camp. and thsz
trotted OF. SolRno eKultAnt. BrockSf4
deeply mystihed.
What on earth Is tho pepper for.
Ramon7- be demanded
Dogs" replied solano. II know
anything about these people they'll
have hounds on our track at any no
ment. Long ago. when Cuban slaves
hid IN the canebrske. they used 20
stop the hounds with a little pepper.
used az the right time and place, and
the stories I had heard came back 20
me"
And even as the Cuban spoke the
howl or a hound came down the wind
then another. and then the chorus
OF a pack
The events OF the next few hours
seemed like some sort OF q weird
wildly mingled dream. Brockstt and
Solsno found a stretch OF rocky ground
near the river bank, and ran briskly
on this for several minutes. Then
descending &c the waters edge, thsy
skirted the river a little ways. Will,
the noise OF the pack grew mOmeR
/ tsrily nearer and stronger. The,
came 20 little creek, running at RICH
angles TO the river. and crossed II
wading knee-deep IN the brown water
Then they struck OF into the wood 4
A the very edge OF the Jungle was
? big boulder. q relic OF some glac1a
3 slide or centuries ago. They climbe,
! this rock. and took q long Jump from
"
3 pepper al over the nat top OF IN
: stone. The deep footprints made a
+ they landed from their leap Wer
. sprinkled with cayenne. Cayenne COY
+ cred their tracks into tho woods 10
y the next half mile, and when the
s leaped a slender stream they peppere
l. the spoor on each side OF the wAtei
s Then they raced on, tired almost {
/. the dropping point. staggering stun
y bling now and then, but keeping thel
. nerve and spirit undiminished A
d last a railroad cut appeared befor
II them. They crossed II. climbed "a
k bank on the farther side and burrowe
70 IN a taDgle OF long. dry grass an
weeds. There they lay. saspinE an
r pufnns. while their lungs SCENE
O. bursting through their ribs. And fro
{. the dim distance. borne upon II
1t breeze. came family the howls
70 hounds in bitter agony. and the shou
y OF bafied men In fruitless rage.
lt That seems TO have worked rreti
A we'll" grimly commented SolSn
Oh THAT particular pack OF dogs Won
10 be in shape TO trail anybody for
Ia week to come. II they want TO Il
IS low US with hounds. they'll have
O. send back for another batch, and
at the time they arrive We can 20 son
IN distance on our way. II they try
ID track US without dogs. We have
a.
IT.
splendid ehanos to get through the
II woods TO some spot where wo G,
~ board train. The chances are I