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into a hole and he was safe, so we ate our lunch, 

 rested a little while and started on west. The 

 dogs hit another trail and went south about a 

 mile and barked but not treed. We Avent to them 

 and the}' had run this 'coon into a shallow hole 

 in the corn field. We tried to get one of the dogs 

 to pull him out but the 'coon got first hold eyerj 

 time, so we got a stick and dug in a little ways. 

 We could then see Mr. 'Coon's eyes down in the 

 hole. We sent three dogs in after him but they 

 came out without him. 



I had an old speckled hound we called 

 Teddy. He went in and when he backed out ho 

 liad company with him, and he seemed to think 

 a great deal cf his comp-:iny, for he was hansin'A 

 right on to him just as though he thought hi.^ 

 company might leave him if he got a chance. 

 Ted was doing all he could, but he got him up 

 so the other dogs could see Mr. 'Coon's back and 

 then he had plenty cf help and the 'coon's 

 troubles were soon over. 



We then started northwest. The dogs 

 were working a trail and they were puzzled on 

 it; did not seem able to get away. There were 

 a black oak and hazel bush where we were theu, 

 so we sat down to let the dogs work it out if 

 they could. We were sitting witliin 10 feet of 

 an oak tree, the lone dog came up, circles the 

 tree and barks up, then tliree of the other dogs 



