ALONG FOUR-FOOTED TRAILS 



called because of their great, mule-like ears. If 

 the prairie hare, or jack-rabbit of the plains, as it 

 is better known, is not killed in some other way 

 than by its natural enemies, it becomes a source 

 of great annoyance and of loss to the farmer. 

 For this reason it became a popular as well as a 

 beneficial sport to hunt and kill jack-rabbits. 

 The young people organized hunting-clubs and 

 went out for a hunt every pleasant Saturday, and 

 sometimes of an evening when the moon was 

 full and there was snow on the ground. 



The morning selected for the first meeting of 

 our District Club was the first Saturday in 

 November. The farmers had finished husk- 

 ing their corn, so the boys and girls were now 

 at liberty to spend Saturdays in company 

 with their teacher in recreation and pleasure. 

 The cold, bracing air sent the blood tingling 

 through the teacher's veins, giving her cheeks 

 a ruddy glow as, in waiting for the company to 

 assemble, she sat on her beautiful black mare 

 with a rifle slung over her shoulder by a strap. 



Among the first to arrive were the singing- 

 teacher and his wife ; then came the boys and 

 girls of the school, with now and then a young 

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