The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-12-20

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We snapped off the motor
switch. Off in the distance W.
could hear the hounds That's
GlasSeye. leading the pack, But
there's Goldie a mile off to the
left by herself suppose she IS
trailing a second fox"
Out of the shadows down the
road two men appeared We
let the dogs out st 9:I5, they've
been running that fox an hour
alIeady'. Whats Goldie do
ing?" we asked She's switched
trails. The pace they're tray
cling they've got red fox. sure
You're crazy. there amt red
fox in PascO County
Where's Tom and Andy?"
We saw their car lights about
half an hour ago over west. COM
ing in from the highway that
way"
They'd better come soon or
they wont get anything TO eat
when we start the campfire,
they'll come quick enough
I'll betcha those two pups
come in when they get wind OF
the food.
Not my two pups. I'll lay You
a dollar on the line
The camp fire was started Two
more cars arrived. then a third.
Out of each came victualS. chick
en- and rice. cakes. coffee. buns
And two struggling hound pups
came into camp. much TO their
owners disgust
By the light Of the camp fire.
because the moon had gone west.
we ate and rested. talked and
argued. listened for the dogs
waited for the tones of their
voices that would tell US the fox
was at bay
A faint light broke in the east.
Eyes were -lidded. One car
left. Stag horns were blown to
call the dogs in. Six came. Glass
eve leading. Goldie stayed out
Two more cars left. GOldie could
only be heard very family now
I bearing further north We drain
. ed the last of the coffee. This
was our first fox hunt and we
Gidn't see any fox. But we mad
gained ? great admiration for it
il lad 0utwitted nine dogs and 20
PEOPLE Goldie's owner stayed.
VIC left. We heard that he came
in around noon the next day
Without a fox.
We have been asking eve.v ma
tive of Florida or Georgia. What
do you call chicken and rice?
The names thev give bear a re-
semblance phOeticallv but the
spelling is always different. Some
of the versions are perlow. per
loo. purlieU, purlew, pollOW. and
so on. Yer paws yer money and
yer takes yer choice
We think We have another clue
in the Spanish word for chicken.
polio. but that the Americans
speak the word as it would be
spoken in English polo.
Whats in a name? a rose by
any other -"
On a recent holiday VIC made a
hectic trip to Jacksonville. W.
took a friend from Dade City
along with us Near Raiford
there was q long detOur which
took us right through the
grounds of the State Prison. W.
saw one guard al the gates where
we entered and another at the
gate through which we left We
saw Just one prisoner in stripes
walking between buildings quite
nonchalantlv. We could sec the
exercise ward but there wasn't q
man in it The homes CT the
keepers and guards are nice look
ing homes such as one would ex-
pect to see in any middle class
-,,I,,,rIar, 1Or,D,r1+v
In jacksonville they have a
very fine system Of numbering
the streets and houses so that il
is very easy to fin3 anv particu-
lar place you choose We found
a friends house without any
trouble then at 9 pm. set out for
Dade City again So that we
would not have 70 make that long
detour through Rsiford again
our friend gave us instructions
about a different way to come
home.
We had Route numbers. but
somewhere above Ocala we miss
ed a number. The next thing VIC
knew we were in Leesburg just
about the time we should have
reached Dade Citv. At Leesburg
we received directions how 10 get