Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1861-10-19
Shot Between the Eyes.

lDicI AnkcrS leycled his rifle at the
head Of his d0r and fred. TIGER stood
but three rods off; the bullet struck
him between the ewes. and he fell with
ont = whine.
IT was ON the bank of q river in Hi
lnois Ankcrs had been out hunting
and owiuo to wanton djsobedience IN
TTiner he had missed shootinr three
deer, Tiocr woulG bark. therefore
.Ankcrs would oct 2norv. and hence
,tbo tranic fate of Tiorr
AS.s0on as tbn do7g ,,,os dood D;c1-
,,.oncntrd AIthouoj, hn drorrod tLr
,.arcoss into thn Shade ~ somn bnsLns
On tho olon of the crown noor tbn
ctroor, onl go4 his l,n;fa ou roo1,- f.
ol.;n hin, h;s hnor, f,;I,J 'hir, and bo
.onI3n,t la i
D;rk sat down or > loo looked sor-
rouf1IIv ot T'ircr and n,odi1otod an
the evil consequence Of bad passions
Ahont half m hnur afterwards his
thnnohts we're intorrunfcd bv bc3rir~
the renort Of a ril1,. On the oyDosjte
banl, of the river Tookino throu~h
,hn .hnshns he saw his noiuhLor Major
Nuttor st,ndinr amon~ some wiIIoI<
loadino, his rife. He seemed TO he
n,1;no onviousIv n some object ON tho
Same hank with AnLers farther ND the
stream,
ole has shot somcthino." thouoht
Dick
Nowtbo stream was NOT deer. nor was
i vnrv brood J. bnt # had = mi,v bed
l;l,n Ill -. streams which fow tbronlrh
tine rich larl, soil Of the hoftom-IanIs
IN the Vrst Dick knew it. was i'm
noSs;]ln f,r trn Na;or to croSs vithort
,yo;n,, to hrilrn gbo7+ half > mia mn
thn riyn,. and whrn hr saw him dnna,t
ronilIv ~ tb,t direction he cmorood
from, fhn bnshns vhnrp he bal lain con
caalnl and moved forward 70 see what
III, Major had killed,
# WIS > nr,irin wolf lie Iav dead
., Mo odra nr th;rra+ l. strncl,
DirL ,s d, ,.otbrr sino,f,1or roinridrnrn
+l,,, ,,,.,,.,,,..,.1,,,+;,, a., Lool l;roo.I,
brtwren the ewes, like poor Tivor. It
oI,n anno,r.I - nI.I- that H. u,o1r
inor,o i',n ,,1 , ia ta '','. Jo -. ,n hI
wondrrrJ iftLr Major rnnI1 6,vn lis
,;nanishnI thn,, from, oouh ntlor o,rn,.
tho riyrr
Nh;I,f nonlnr;nr those mattnrs u
h;s nh;r,,n,,I,ir MIND n;,l. ,,;thon+
,.aa,in,;,,, ,,,,',,, ,,.h.+ !, ,ra, .I,l,,4
y,,,nn.o7 r,,.,,n5 ,yi(,o,. - tLn s2ot
an5 I,id h;n, I0n.n Nv fbn >;.I, or his
wild hrn,har D;rl, joo1oI or t7,nn, fn-
urth4r De, also casf lis eve I'M thn
strn,m anI down tina stra,,o Al
lrnyrb Dicks mind bar,,na ronfi,soI
and ON leaving the SPOT he somehow
committed an unaccountabIc bInnder.
n short D;cl, Inft Tionr whore he hq1
found tbr wolf and lr3ooe4 the wolf
away. It was 4 sinouIar mistake, and
| can't exnIajn il. With Great care
Dick conrp,Iol ,he woIfin some hu,b-
* and t2l,inu = cirrni+ throprh tho
woods r,52e 7,2 with Major Tnttrr
shortly after the latter had crossed riv,
cr
,.TTiIIo Major, where are Won como
ca f,,t9,,
ss1Tai;s tbot Won Dill, ., c,.o4 tho
Noinr Ioolinr aronnI :.Wbat,s von,
1,,,.n,,9 ~, ,ro;,,r In,,-,, 4I,o ,,;,.or h,,t
na,,,t ,.,,, 70 I-oo,7 ~, wick ,,nn r,o
~ N.'.'' ,,II 1,,,,,,, l,.,, W. ''''
'''"' . F." ~ Wv. - 'lo' :,
D;1, a,1 ','o ,,,o,,', u.',' to;I f,;1a1 .'},I W.;
l.y1:' D!:h > h.e,nlo, . .i 1,sIIGu : n'I' -,
+ lfeo across I,le river, Salu the
MAJOR. .D[IpPod i1ke I 4 IoS'
Just so @1a1 10 near IT, bUt wait
a minute ana LII go with you,
An,S D!cN oe9'n TO whistle.
Nv nat 5 the o'alCef
I m calling my. dog The cuss IS
always running on. Never can keep |