360 WILD F&WL SM&OTIMQ. 



iiig a "ciar" ii*k) the fcli, slaiwieriag the paoo" dog^ 

 untrl I f-eare^ Wiieox would leawe mm (id^asted- 

 Colonel bad beea waifcmg h&hiffid ■m ecwDily and silently ;. 

 the other dogs were Aasing one another without 

 method, without system. I turned to Colonel amd 

 easting on him one of the friendly smOes I always take 

 with me for a dog I like, motioned him to "hie on." 

 He shot forward like a rocket, and through stubblei,. 

 feresh and briar, over the. hillsides, across the creek, 

 £»d through the stubble, "he who was despised in the 

 ear now led the v^n. And tfeemj when the birds wese 

 found, he stood as if carved of stone, uj&til we were 

 near and ordered him on. Then when we shot the 

 first bird, how tenderly he brought it in. Poor crippled 

 bird, its brdkem wing hanging down so limp, and its- 

 love of freedom »still exerted in trying to escape iimsL 

 those firm jaws ; how it Jbeat its well wing against his- 

 Mack nose; then when Colonel neared .us, witia- 

 the struggling bird in Ins mouth, he turned quickly 

 and pointed another qwl in the grass, right ai Wil- 

 eox'sfeet. One hund-ned (dollars was. offeredanda'eiusfid 

 for a "eur " that day, and the life-blood trickled &sli^ 

 and wai'mer in two heaits, wheal Colanel brou^t m& 

 the quail, his lace beaming with satisfaction, ifMe 

 I read his thoughts in his eyes, and I felt «Mre hs 

 did mine. Well, well ! Colonel, if we secretly re- 

 joiced that day we had iieason to. 



As a duck retriever he was perfection,— rail the goad 

 squaiities of one he possessed. He was alive :to emmy 

 interest of his master, would mark ike diffiere»t spois 

 where the birds fell, and his keen eyes were Jiever lafce 

 in spying a flock, as they started t® omae in. HejcKeeded 

 no urging to do his work, isund in suaadnine or sain^ 



