Those two walker hounds caught three before the storm came up. When it got bad, all the hunters came in.” The judge spoke up.
I’ll always believe that those hounds knew that boy needed another coon to win,” he said.
If you fellows had seen some of the things those dogs have done, you’d believe it, too.”
One hunter walked over to the broken snag. “Three out of one tree,” he said. “No wonder, look here!
That old snag was half-full of leaves and grass. Why, it was a regular old den tree.”
Several of the men walked over. I heard one say, “I’ve seen this happen before.
Remember that big hunt in the Red River bottoms, when the two little beagle hounds treed four coons in an old hollow snag?
They won the championship, too.” “I wasn’t there but I remember reading about it,” one said.
Say, I don’t see Benson,” Mr. Kyle said. The men started looking at each other.
He was searching farther downriver than the rest of us,” one fellow said.
Maybe he didn’t hear us shouting.” Some of the men climbed out of the gully. They started whooping.
From a distance we heard an answering shout. “He hears us,” someone said. “He’s coming.” Everyone looked relieved.
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