Jack Shelby - a story of the Indiana backwoods (1906) (14566071530)

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Title: Jack Shelby : a story of the Indiana backwoods
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Eggleston, George Cary, 1839-1911 Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Co. pbl Norwood Press. prt Picknell, George W., 1864-1943
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Publisher: Boston : Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co.



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s about, theboys saw that any attempt of theirs to help Nemoby striking his quarry with clubs, would be aslikely to result in hurting as in helping him. ButNemo was an old and experienced hand at thisbusiness, and after a minute of fierce fighting hemanaged to seize the coon by the back of his head,crushing the animals skull between his vise-likejaws. After that one decisive act, the dog relin-quished his hold and leaped upon Pike, wagging histail and whining his delight as a conqueror. Heknew what had happened. He knew that that coonwould never bite or scratch or struggle or evenbreathe again. Nemo had done his work, and nowhe wanted his reward of recognition in the shape ofa petting from Pike. The boy gave him what he seemed to ask for.Then he took the dog to the little fire and closelyexamined him, to see if he had been injured in thefight. There were a few scratches and one con-siderable bite visible, but Nemo didnt seem to mindthese small casualties, and Pike was glad to discover
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The boys would have helped Nemo in the struggle if theycould have done so.—Page 212. A NIGHT OUT WITH NEMO 213 that he had not been injured in any more seriousfashion. Sometimes, he explained to the schoolmaster,who had never been engaged in coon hunting be-fore, sometimes a dog gets very badly torn topieces in such a fight as that, and sometimes a coonactually kills a dog. That happens if he gets athroat hold. Extinguishing the fire, the boys set off in searchof further game. Two more coons were caughtvery much in the same way that the first had beencaptured, but with less fierce fighting. Then Nemofound something else, followed it and treed it in alittle sapling not over fifteen feet high and so smallin girth that it could be easily bent to the ground.Upon striking a light the boys saw that the quarrywas a large, fat possum. It lay upon a limb of thesapling less than ten feet from the ground. Hold Nemo, Gate, said Pike eagerly, andwell catch this fellow alive. Gate seized the dog,