Boone County Recorder . erce inquiry. Ha, ha! A regular family party Ivestumbled on, laughed Clyde. S-s-s!Seek em, boys! And the dogs pulled one kitten-out tohis death, while the other scrambledbask in the hole. Suddenly there was a slight noise inthe edge of the forest and two half-grown panthers came cautiously intothe circle of light, sniffing the air un-easily and evidently afraid of a trap. The smell of the scorched hair andthe blinding glare of the fire puzzledthem. L But Clyde did not wait for them tobecome satisfied of the safety of anattack He fired two shots in quick LINCOLN AND THE
Boone County Recorder . erce inquiry. Ha, ha! A regular family party Ivestumbled on, laughed Clyde. S-s-s!Seek em, boys! And the dogs pulled one kitten-out tohis death, while the other scrambledbask in the hole. Suddenly there was a slight noise inthe edge of the forest and two half-grown panthers came cautiously intothe circle of light, sniffing the air un-easily and evidently afraid of a trap. The smell of the scorched hair andthe blinding glare of the fire puzzledthem. L But Clyde did not wait for them tobecome satisfied of the safety of anattack He fired two shots in quick LINCOLN AND THE DRAMA. l-eoruurd drovers Recollections of OldAIM a> a Theater-Doer. Mr. Lincoln was a great lover of thedrama He watched the movement onthe stage with absorbing interest I re-member upon one occasion SecretaryStanton came to my theater, knowingthat Mr. Lincoln was in a private was th« only lime I ever saw theRearotary Of war in a place of amuse-ment 1 was the only other occupantof the box. Mr. Stanton made an. HE WAS EXAMINING THE SIDES. succession, killing one animal and bad-ly wounding the other, which the dogsattacked at once. When the sharp, short fight was overone dog limped back to receive thepraise of his master, while the otherlay dead beside its dead foe. You and I are alone now. Brave,my boy, said his master, patting thedogs head. Well, when daylightcomes well see after that little varmintin the hole. The night passed without furthermolestation, but Clyde kept the fireburning brightly, while he busied him-self in skinning three of the panthers—the one which had sprung into the firebeing worthless. Two were monstrous brutes, maleand female, evidently the parents ofthe smaller pair, as well as the kittens. After a generous breakfast of roastedvenison he enlarged the hole with hispick and shovel, and after examininghis revolvers crept in cautiously with alighted torch, while the dog remainedoutside, protesting against such fool-hardy conduct by dismal yelps
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