The Lakeland evening telegram., 1919-12-29
HOW PUNTA GORDA
HUNTER CALLS
HIS DOG.
(By Wallace Chadman, in Tampa
Tribune.)

over month ago, Charlie Macklin
and Col. Jacob Gribling formed a linn
tied partnership for the purpose of
bagging birds and to continue until
the close of the term allowed by
statute.
Colonel Gribling Is from that Sec
ton of the country where, just now,
the people are wearing Etah fashions
and chilblains, but Charley is ma
tive, his ancestors having been
among the first white folks to settle
South Florida when that delectable
section was being made up Of sand,
rich black muck, and mixture of
Gulf and Atlantic water.
Under the partnership arrange
ment Charlie was to furnish the dogs
and woods acumen, or the ability to
point out which direction was home
when the days sport was over, and
the colonel supplied the ammunition,
motor car, and never-failing cheer
full disposition.
Every morning thereafter the roar
Of musketry and pyrtoechnic concus-
sion could be heard over in the direc-
ton of the old Meadow still-turpen-
tine, not moonshine- every eve-
ming, after the return Of the part
ners, the housewives along Cross
street and Retta Esplanade were put
ting the finishing touches on hot
birds by the score-but no cold bot.
ties.
Last Monday morning Charlie dis.
covered that his black pointer had
gone lame and halt, and upon clap
ping the olfactometer over the dogs
nose the instrument indicated that
he had a bad cold and couldn't sniff
an ostrich in a. circuscar.
1 But we'll not be beaten out Of the
days hunting" said Charlie. q
know where there is dog we car
borrow, and they say he's swift
strong, and got nose on him like
Cyrano."
So they drove out to the home o.
Mrs. Major Jackson on Pineapple
creek. Mrs. Jackson is the widow O
, the late Maj Horace jackson, wht
for many years lived on a magnificent
stock farm just outside of Mead
vile, Pa.
; Mrs. Jackson informed the part
ners, limited, that she had nothing
to do with the dogs, but she though
that her man, John, had one or two
laying around, and that 1t was "tot
bad they couldn't eat their heads off
as all they we're good for was to ruI
up and down the bay and bay thu
moon and sich'
John appeared presently and will
him was a species Of digitigrade car
niverous mammal that appeared t.
be afflicted with criminal insanity
But at sight of the two nimrods, ant
. guns without ramrods, the dog looked
up cheerfully and even enthusiastic
ally. Colonel Gribling patted him OF
the head and intervied him in choice
dog language, and all started for the
woods. But the dog stopped at thu
ledge of the woodpile and looked bacl
at his storebox quarters, where there
was a warm mat of straw and thu
thigh bone of beef,
Here! Here! Come here!" coaxet
and commanded Colonel Gribling, pat
ting his leg and whistling in mos
pleasant way. "Yer! Yer! Com,
along what's the matter with you
what's the dogs manner"
Il swan! | forgot to ask what hi
name was" replied Charlie.
Well, we'll call him Jack. That
a common name for dog and he'll
answer to. it, likely. Hhere Jack
Jack jack jack Jack! Come on
Jack Come on We're going 70
birds, and my partner and can hi
'em if you make EN- take the azur
blue"
But Jack stood as still and unmind
full as the pyramid Of Cheops, and al
the calling, coaxing, entreating, prom
Using and threatening both Charli
and the colonel could bring to bea
failed to move him an inch. Charli
went back and took him by the ca
and tried to pull him along, but b
broke away and trotted back to hi
box.
IT'S funny" said the colonel. q
hunting dog will usually answer t
any old name, and hunt for anybod
that's got gun. l don't believe thi
dog is much of hunter. May be h
isn't feeling we'll Better yell owe
to John that his dogs no good"
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