mary, 1923 
darkey came walking up from the 
ection of the swamp. 
Hear any dogs running as you came 
E ng?” asked Nelson. 
Yes, suh; seed 'em too; seed de fox, 
I 
How far ahead was the fox?” 
E : ’Bout tree hundred yad ahead o’ de 
’ dog, an’ I reckin ’bout fo’ hundred 
t [ ahead o’ de nex’ one. I be’n coinin’ 
f i class meetin’, an’ wen I git naly to 
swamp on t’udder side, I yigh de 
rs runnin’ an’ I stop. We’n I see day 
s goin’ ’cross de road, I runs to dis 
e. Jis’ ez I git on dis side de bridge, 
ee a big red sumpin’ swish ’cross de 
d, an’ 1 know it bin er fox. Den I 
ler. I coud’n hep it I say to my- 
f, dem dog orter hab somebody to 
,h ’em ’long so I holler ’gain. ’Bout 
time, rite at de eige o’ de road, 
npin’ big black, sumpin’ gee a coarse, 
g bellow, an’ dash ’cross de road, an’ 
I run. De t’ing scare me, but I ain’t 
1 more’n a hundred yahd, w’en I say 
m'self, Dat ain't nuttin’ but a dog, 
I turn back to see dem cross, an’ j is’ 
I git back a w’ite dog wid a black- 
kin’ head jump in de road an’ dash 
, dss, kinder squelin’ ez he run. Den 
ut two hundred yahd behin’ come a 
ckle dog. Den’ ’bout a quarter, five 
ne ’cross then atter dat I count 
,en. By dat time de fus’ dogs wuz 
:er hearin’, an’ I cum ’way.” 
'HE frost sparkled in the moonlight. 
As midnight turned toward day, the 
grew colder. We all dismounted and 
de a rousing fire. The dogs that had 
len out, cold after their long run, 
ne up and stretched themselves about 
mdisturbed. Twelve men walked into 
: firelight. Thirty-three had made the 
rt. The jaded horses nosed around, 
stood with drooping heads, dozing, 
/o o’clock came around. 
'How far is it back to the starting 
int?” asked one of the men from 
aw’s section. 
‘About seventeen miles,” replied 
omas. “Why?” 
‘1 was only wondering whether we 
uld get back to-night or not," replied 
: stranger. 
‘Gentlemen,” said Thomas, assuming 
t ery dignified attitude, ‘‘on an occasion 
e this, when the ownership, as well as 
: reputation of blooded dogs hangs in 
■ balance, and also in the distance, 
js whose pedigrees are longer than 
:ir tails, and whose experience in the 
ise is wider than their ears, we can- 
:, must not go—and leave them.” 
‘We’d better water our horses,” said 
aw. “They’re cooled off now.” 
Six agreed to water the horses if the 
ier six gathered wood. 
We had stopped at the edge of a thick 
fiing thicket on the road where it 
>uld be warmer for the horses as they 
ffed off. Half an hour passed and we 
ard a horse coming from the swamp 
a swinging gallop. Nelson rode up. 
’Boys,” he said, “they’re coming back 
wn on the other side. He didn’t take 
the hills. There are only five or six 
gs behind him as well as we could 
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