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great jack securely fastened to her saddle-horn, 

 the chase was renewed. In a short time she 

 added the second and then a third to her num- 

 ber, carrying them over her shoulder securely 

 tied with a stout cord. 



It was four o'clock in the afternoon when, 

 tired and hungry, with forty-two jack-rabbits to 

 our credit, we headed our horses homeward, rid- 

 ing in little groups, some singing and others 

 talking over the fun and the many laughable 

 things that had happened. The French and 

 Indian girl proudly took the lead with six jack- 

 rabbits on her string. She not only won the 

 honor of the day, but had caught the largest 

 jack ever seen in that region. The school- 

 teacher and the girl's lean, lank admirer of the 

 first chase, having each four rabbits apiece, rode 

 on either side of the newly made " queen of the 

 hunt," and several of her less favored school- 

 boy friends rode as near as they could, passing 

 their crude country compliments, or singing 

 some song in hope of receiving a smile or even 

 a glance from this honored belle of the plains. 

 They stopped at the teacher's home, where some 

 of the rabbits were cooked for their dinner, the 

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