The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-10-03
Some Dogs and
Some Folks
By C.. B. WHITFORD

Observation-Disclosures
c. 1899. Western Newspaper Union.) Z
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 foxhoHnd Just
bandage me up the besr You can and
when I get well enough to run again
with the pack, I'll promise you no
wolf win ever catch me alone anoth-
er time" :!"~ 80
1--we heard about your cunning,
Howler. You're one OF those smart
hounds that let the other dog do
the work, then you. rush in and get
the benefit Of his labor. You never
started a 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, Howlsr. 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
q beating?" ' -, 49,
"Old Songster, is our; main strike
dog and usually watch him pretty
closely, until he jumps a. fox. then 1
run in and take the trail with. him.
Today he went into a little thicket
and, just to- be smart, I trotted up to
the other end Of the: thieket 80 I could
cut in ahead Of him If he jumped a
fox. Pretty soon he gave tongue and
I was out in the. open field In no time,
more than q hundred yards. ahead OF
him on the trail. / was so excited
and tickled at the way 1 had got such
a good start on him that I didn't no
tice that was on q wolf trail until
I had made dozen Jumps. Mean
while old cSongster, had quit the trail
and had gone back to the rest OF the
hounds. There I. was out In the open,
all alone, on. that hot wolf trail. As
soon. as,I realized how things stood,
I started backfto the pack. But cum
ming. old Mister Wolf saw Twas alone
and far from. the pack, so he cuts
around between me. and: the other
dogs and, well, this is what happened
before the pack got up"
Serves, you right, Howler.s Still
you're no worse than. some folks l
know. I've. seen a. man work like, q
beaver looking over the best part Of a
lake for fish, and then after trying a
dozen places without success, he
would find the right, place Just as
he began to, pull them = out, along
would come some cunning fellow, who
had been. sitting around smoking his
pipe, and drop his line; right next to
the good fellow who: had worked so
hard. to- find the, fish. Then there's
the fellow who works hard getting up
q scheme. to-. ecOnOmizet time and
money. Before he gets a chance to
put it into operation along comes
some cunning chap who appropriates
it to his. own use.s All the hard-work-
Ing honest people are at the mercy
of cunning folks without conscience.
You are, no better than these fell
lows, Howler. You let someone do the
hard work and then you rush in to en-
Joy the benefits.
There are lots Of cunning follows,
though, who get fooled just as you
did this morning.. They grab of
something they know nothing, about
and the first thing they know they get
their fingers burnt. One Of my neigh
bors- went, rabbit hunting the other
day. After working pretty hard in
the woods and swamps, his dog got a
trail and followed 1t to: q hole. When
he got up to the dog he found:a very
cunning fellow. there who told him the
hole was very deep and 1t was more
than the. rabbit was worth to dig him
out. AS, a matter. of fact, it was not
a deep hole and as the soil was chiefly
sand the bottom could be reached in
a few minutes with a stick. My neigh.
Dor said all right, took his hound and
went away. Our cunning fellow was
so pleased at the idea Of getting. a
rabbit so, cheaply for. his supper that
he patted, himself. on, the back, and
laughed merrily,; at. the other fellows
lack Of good, hard business sense He
got; stick. and soon scooped5 enough
dirt away so that the end of the, hole
was only an arms length away, He
reached in, chuckling to himself, and
pulled out a skunkl
=, "The awful odor reached thu hunter
with the hound and he came back to
see how his smart friend had Jared.
be-, "T'd no idea he said. that you
were, going to dig that thing out, be-
cause you seemed to think it was
long, deep hole knew it was
shallow hole and Il might, have told
you what was in It. I left it because
I knew from my dogs bark that he
had hOlad Il Skunks ~.