The Meeker herald., 1918-06-01
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sSHE WENT HUNTING.
BY MARY GRAY.
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today" was the announcement mAuo
across the breakfast table BY Nan
Lenox to her widowed mother at their
home in the city.
.Down," meant a few miles out in
the country; Sarah" was . married
sister living on farm.
"But the summer has gone" protest
cd the mother. 1.-THE folks are back
from the country long ago."
"All the better. Last summer You
couldn't stir outdoors without bump.
Ing into somebody"
And 20 she did. She found the ripe
apples being gathered; the hired man
getting In the pumpkins: the haxel-
nuts ripe; glorious sunrises, and tho
days tonic and not an insect to an
uoy, and the quails as fat as butter.
When Nan had fed the hens, tanned
the colt, talked with the pigs and
warned the gander that II he bit her
she would go right home-when she
had picked and eaten q peck Of hazel.
nuts, made a pumpkin jack-o'-lantern
and tried her hardest to milk, the
"hired man, said to her:
ats a pity you don't know how to
handle gun"
"Why7" .....
because you could 90 rabbit hunt.
Ing"
"But l never shousht Of rabbitsi"
was the exclamation. II shall 30 hunt.
Ing right away"
"But YOU can't shoot q gum
"But you must teach me. Hurry upf
The shotgun was struggled out Of
the house and behind the barn, and the
lessons began with:
"Now put the gun up to your face,
like this, and aim at that old stump.
You must squint along the sights and
have both In line"
ayes"
"YOu won't fire now. because your
sister would hear 1t; but when you do
want to. Just curl your finger around
this trigger and pull"
allow many cartridges have I got1'
was asked.
.seven. You can pile the seven
dead rabbits up somewhere and will
come and get 'emi"
1t wasn't at all singular that Burt
Robbins. Of the big Ore insurance com.
pany In the city. should be stopping at
q country inn q mile away.
Young Mr.. Robbins had been at the
Inn for three or four days, when the
landlord said:
'There are more rabbits around this
fall than have seen for years before.
Did you bring gun alongr
II had none to bring"
''Then l can lend you one. It's q
rife. where you ought to have shot.
gun; but you can have some fun with
it."
Miss Nan reached the hunting
grounds and looked about her. Not .
bunny.
Mr.. Robbins had been out almost an
hour and had not caught sight Of q
rabbit. The red squirrels chartered At
him, and the chIpmunks Knocked him,
but he let them 20. 1t was when he
was scouting up the leaves and his mind
far away that rabbit ran out Of q
brush heap and scurried away. In his
confusion. the hunter ran after II, for
few steps. and a. 1t crossed open
ground he fired.
At the same instant his cap was
dashed from his head. When be had
advanced twenty steps he saw q girl
holding up a dead rabbit BY the leg and
heard her exclamation:
"Oh. I've killed hint I've killed
him!"
IL beg pardon" said Robbins.
"What7 Whatr'
II killed that rabbit, II you please"
The young man walked back and re-
covered his cap and brought 1t to her
and said:
"You have shotgun. You fred
high. Some Of your shot knocked the
cap from my head"
"Sir, you are no gentleman to claim
the rabbit shotw
Mr.. Robbins saluted and turned 90
his heel and walked away, and aftsf
watching him out Of sight the girl
picked up the game and walked to the
house.
"Jewhittaker. but you have killed
one!" exclaimed the hired man,
AT the nrst IRE, and q long shot,
too. hnd quite time over It, too. A
young man who was hunting claimed
that he shot him."
what sort Of gun did he haver
"A rifle"
SAY" said the man, after he had
carefully examined the rabbit: syou
never killed this"
"Why didn't r.
Because 1t was killed By q buliet
instead Of shot,
The rabbit was given to the dog and
nothing was said to he sister. Mans
conscience began to trouble her, It
WINS settled thing that she had not
Killed that rabbit.
In the middle Of the next morning
she walked to the spot where poor
bunny Ind mot HE s.d >nA A.. A>-