The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1922-10-06
Some Dogs and
Some Folks
By c. B. WHITFORD

II had the name of being the most
cunning hound In our pack until to-
day. I've lost my reputation, Doc,
and got the worst licking a big tim
Der wolf ever gave a foxhound. Just
bandage me up the bes, you can and
when I get well enough to run again
with the pack, I'll promise you no
wolf will ever catch me alone anoth-
er time"
1--WE heard about your cunning,
Howler You're one Of those smart
hounds that let the other dog do I
the work, then you rush In and get
| the benefit OF his labor. You neves
started q fox In your life. You just
loaf around until the strike dogs jump |
the fox, then you cut In ahead of them |
and make more fuss than any hound |
In the pack. There are lots Of folks
Just like you, Howler. They loaf
around waiting for someone to start
something, then they butt in and get
the benefit of the other fellows hard
work. But how come you to get such
a beatingT
"Old Songster Is our main strike
dog and usually l watch him pretty
closely until he jumps fox, then ]
run In and take the trail with him.
Today he went into little thicket
and, just to be smart, trotted up to
the other end of the thicket so l could
cut in ahead of him II he jumped
fox. Pretty soon he gave tongue and
l was out in the open field In no time,
more than hundred yards ahead OF
! him on the trail. was so excited
and tickled at the way had got such
a good start on him that l didn't no.
tice that was on wolf trail until
had made dozen jumps. Mean
while old Songster had quit the trail
and had gone back to the rest OF the
0 hounds There l was out In the open,
{, all alone on that hot wolf trail AS
D soon as | realized how things Stood
j started back to the pack. But cum
q ming old Mister Wolf saw l was alone
l. and far from the pack, so he cuts
!. around between me and the other
dogs and, we'll, this is what happened
l. before the pack got up
l. Serves you right, Howler. Still
d you're no worse than some folks
It know. I've seen a man work like
o beaver looking over the best part Of Q
e lake for fish, and then after trying d
dozen places without success, he
would find the right place. Just az
is he began to pull them out. alont
ar would come some cunning fellow, wht
in had been sitting around smoking hi
pipe, and drop his line right next t.
the good fellow who had worked 81
ep hard to find the fish. Then there
n- the fellow who works hard getting VI
at scheme to ecOnOmiZe time AM
i'll money. Before he gets chance t
put 1t into operation along come
by some cunning chap who appropriate
Ill 1t to his own use. All the hard-worA
ing honest people are at the mere
Of cunning folks without conscience
You are no better than these re
MS lows, Howler. You let someone do tn
hard work and then you rush in to ei
es- Joy the benefits.
INT "There are lots of cunning follow
be though, who get fooled just as 20
nd, did this morning. They grab Q
er, something they know nothing abo'
and the first thing they know they 6
rd- their fingers burnt. One of my neig
Dr. bors went rabbit hunting the 9TH
eft day. After working pretty hard
in the woods and swamps, his dog got
ad- trail and followed 1t to hole. VIII
for he got up to the dog he found We
nile cunning fellow there who told him t
hole was very deep and 1t was mo
than the rabbit was worth to dig HI
tile out. AS Il matter Of fact, it was Il
,urt deep hole and as the soil was chic
X sand the bottom could be reached
am few minutes with a stick My mel,
that Dor said all right, took his hound a
lists went away. Our cunning fellow "
cred SO pleased at the idea of getting
, al rabbit so cheaply for his supper Il
, Of he patted himself on the back u
hing laughed merrily at the other fello
lack of good, hard business sense
GOT stick and soon scooped emo,
his dirt away SO that the end Of the h
the was only an arms length away.
8, reached In, chuckling to himself, ,
ten pulled out a skunk
sen. 1.-THE awful odor reached the hu'
dorc with the hound and he came back
, the see how his smart friend had fare,
I'D no idea.' he said, that
were going to dig that thing out,
ssefs cause you seemed to think 1t wa
work long, deep hole, l knew It wa
not shallow hole and | might have
were you what was In It. l left 1t beco
that knew from my dogs bark that
* oil had holed skunk
And you think I'm as mean as
OF them kind of folks, do you,
ricah Perhaps am; anywa. amt
ctioh' worse"
ue- in the long run, Howler, 1t 1
~ eA' pay to loaf around trying to get
tax benefit OF some one elses hard "
wide- 1t is easy graft sometimes, but
iicate 1t year In and year out the fe
move that relies on himself and keep
mus hustling Is the fellow that succe,
II 'spose that goes foi me, too,
Ing as we dogs are pretty much
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