Catoctin clarion., 1918-08-08

dog my cats IL thele he ain
From his low shanty across the
road emerged Dog in all the CASUAL
ness of small errand. He was pick
ing his teeth with fish-bone.
Halfway across the road he threw
away the bone, Strengthened Httie'
and made an answering line LOT
Kinston, on the porch.
Breathless is no word for the stare
of our suspense.
At first Kinston eyed him casually
ss was his won't Then, Hankly's dl-
re.Jon DETECTING by not hair he
took cn quickened interest ana
toyed casually with the pistol-grlp.
Dog strod, on forward with no
waver.
Up jumped Kinston.
Ear enough, you!" he cried. 'Whlri
your circle, or I'll let in daylight
He brandished that pet Of his.
On came Dog.
"Br-r-rh!" growled the pistol.
On came Dog.
"Whangv tipped the next shot.
On came Dog.
Six times that iron coughed, with no
swerving on Dogs part.
Then Wild fear crept into NH,
ston's face. He threw the discharged
weapon at Hankly's head; Hahkiy
ducked, and past him sped kinstoh IN
pretty dodge,
He gained bis horse, mounted an"
cattered ont Of town.
We were nll too paraIyzed to speak
Even Dog Hankly did not see Ill 10
break the silence. Instead, he strol'eo
on back to his cabin.
We saw him pass on out To ms
shed, and fifteen minutes later ne
once more hit the road. This time he
was mounted. and by Il long rope iensh
he led the last hound which he han
been training for my uncle. Colonel
Caldwell.
The next afternoon, at about tlree
o'clock, q small boy brought startling
intelligence.
Two men, a horse, and dog were
coming up the road.
We filed out to witness events. Dog
Hankly sat astrlde his cayuse; from
the saddle pommel stretched n rope
and at the other end strobe kinston,
the mighty fallen, securely bound.
Well, did they make that lank DOG
Hankly sheriff? Did they apologize
In a superabundance OF profuseness?
l should smile.
And Dog and grew old together,
for business and health kept me long
in that region.
Men came from miles around to see
and meet the man who had stood the
fire and made the capture of kinston,
the outlaw.
Late one autumn afternoon, as Dog
and | sat chatting on his back porch,
the topic turned to that "opportun'
ity" which is supposed to knock once
at every mans door.
"Somethin' in IT." grunted Dog
musingly, "if yer couple 1t with luck
and ingenuity"
II don't exactly catch your drift" ]
answered.
He looked sharply around to see II
any one was by, and then, leaning
over, said:
"Tll list bust If l don't tell some
one how l got this here reputation OF
mine"
your reputation about that kinston
affair-about your being the bravest
@hn To
Exactly" he answered,
well sure won't tell" pledged.
"Yer see," said Dog. when Kinston
sprang by me and got away l got
plumb disgusted. and made up my
mind to take that hound I'd been
training over to your uncle to change
my spirits.
"Now, | got along by the spring
down there at Does Crossing, and
thought I'd take drink. According,
approached the bushes around the
water and what should hear but
voice come out Of that shrubbery.
Don't shoot. Hankly;' it said; I'll
come peaceable.' Then, sir out
crawled Kinston. scratched with briers
and clean out Of heart. played the
card which had fallen right in my
hand-bound him up some secure. and
brought him along. Yer see, I'd kind
of got his goat by walking up to
that there bloody gun of his
That's just It," said l. Surely,
facing that fire was brave"
"Well, not exactly as might be sup.
posed" exclaimed Dog. "Yer see.
the day of the election l had seen
Kinston buy two quarts O booze. So,
that night, the night before the gun
play, l slips off to his cabin In the
woods, rolls him over in his dead
drunk, and takes the bullets out of
that old muzzle-loading revolver of
his.
"Phew!" sighed Dog, in relief. "I'm
glad to get that out of my system after
all these years!"