Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1860-11-09

that medirati9e Nimrod, VITO was busy
sewing Up moccasin by the lisL, of the
camp IRE, efter week oi travel.
"oO-so," replied Nike, without look
ing up.
81 AN going, I think"
No answer. Mike put on the menled
,noccasiu, and drew Of the other.
"Do you think we eau Kill any;hipg!'
"5'rose," replied Nike.
STONE, Cba..ie, let Us try i: for little
while"
This was al ruse on the part Of Poke,
in order TO make Nike think our great.
hun, was au unsremediiated sf.iT, aud
thereby Increase the glory Of killing 50
much game. II ha! t=en arranged be-
t@eeu us, during the day, that W. would
try fre-hunlIng that nigut. 1t rromisei
to b, cloudy night, which was 0. great
ADVANTAGE, ~ It prevented tie game IL L.
seeing anything # the hunters, aud at tie
sane tine rendered their eyes u:oTe Iehec-
tive when exposed to the tc-oh-Asht.
We hai even g0ae SO far as TO make our
p!tch-pIle torches, aud the whole prepara-
ton was complete. II vas party of two
the Doctor and myself. There would be
rather mose interest in getting the game
alone aud, beside that, Mikes opinion on
fiIe-shooting was well known, and we EneS
he would not 20 with us--so constant a
hunter scornei SO priuii;i!e snare as the
one We proposed. The negroes We did
Dc; w4at, for the fewer in party the bet
ter. So, one of US ;aking sCn, aud tie
other carrying Z torch, We lett toe camp.
TIE boys were cbuck!ing together as
they watched Us 60, the dogs ho6lcd be-
caGSe they could not 60 With Us, and
Nike gave one OF his expressive coughs,
that said as plainly as words, "Now i0rlt.
We were soon outside the glare Of the
campfire, the little creek was crossed, and
our torch f1sacd brightly On .ha tapeEiug e
trunks of tie pine trees, ths climbing
ynea, and tie broal-.eafed plants that
grew by the pools of water. There was
10 wiui, and, walking in the pine woods,
there was no sound. Once in long while
q saud-hill crane, disturbed in his wander
ings, would be seen stalking away, with
lis red high head in the air, Ike a sentry
on duty; or the sudden motion Of the W.
derblusl would tel Us that some OF the
many little hayleqliu of the wood, that
gamtol most wien men Go sleep. had aed
from this unusual spectacle Of a moV!o 2
light. Bat 10 deer rewarded cur sea.eh ;
10 bear showed Us his heavy coat.
"!aith," raid the Doctor, "this roman
tic prom made Is getting somewhat long"
"I.LiAE Of the deer. o2e buck Will pay
US"
"Fuise ! if there was no one to laugh
at Us, would have turned back long ago.
Give me the gun, and you take the light."
Accordingly, We changed positiops-l
going ahead, carrying the torch before ne,
IL such a manner tha, it would throw the
light ahead as much as possible, and noue
on our persons, and the Doctor received
the gun, and took my place directly be-
hild and shaded By MY person. The uIght
hsi become still darker, and misty r.in
commenced falling. We had left iae pine
woods, after walking a couple of miles,
aud had come into grove of lower tin-
ber The long moss dropped into curtains,
the cdor Of the magrolas burdened the
air, and every minute deussr copse would
force Us to turn aside from our route.
"Iush ~ whispered the Doctor, sud
deriy, with a spasmodic pull at my coat
tail, there's q deer"
was just wondering at this absence Of
deer, aud could not account for it, as it
was rare thing to go mile in FLORIDA
without seeing one.
"Where." l whispered; 81 dou's see
it."
"IIush it has gone now; but We will
see it 10 moment again"
We advanced on tip toe, both in body
aud expectation.
"There there ~ said the Doctor, point
in with his fuger little distance to the
let; /; but the luminous spot vas gone be-
fore [ hardly got my eyes on 1t.
We were in the very place for deer 4
heavy wind fall lay right ahead Of Us, aud
the mingled TRUNKS aud twisted branches
looked Ike the cteraur de JrtSe to some
great encampment. The hlckcTing light
made the shadows move back and forth
With spectral effect, as though dancing,
and the hush OF the forest was un5roken
by auy sound Every moment expected
to see again the two pbosphoresceh' stars
that indicate the dear's eyes, aud then the
true shot would bring US the prize for our
labor. l; seemed a long time IN coming
again.
"That deer must be very shy" whis-
pered the Doctor, just above bis breath.
The next time | saw it fast. 1t was
some distance ahead, and there were two;
bu, just before | could point them out to
my comrlde, they lad disappeared. Pres
emily, we saw it on one side of US.
"Chariie, that's a wi!l-o'-the-wisp," said
Poke, i'll rather a. subdued tone, ''or the !
devil; who ever heard of a deer going
around so!'
"He is examining you, tosee what man
ner of man you are"
"Perohance i; is some spirit of depar-
ted buck, leading US Wild chase to de-
,.roy as"
"Tbere i. is, right behind me, as
i've ~ calculated the Doctor, in evident
.repidation. =
Sure enough, a. I turned my head,
saw the two blue lights that indicate the
rejecting lenses of the eye. The Doctor
y,s ,.kinr aim. but | noticed it was not