The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1868-06-06

passing on eachsiae ethis body. Rufus Dimoci
became somehow ontaa;ied IN the an tlers, proba.
bly, hy frantinally Selling the animal round the
neck. At all event, the elk lifted him from tie
ground, and while his body rested upon the elk
brow, his legs 1ying in front, the elk waived
him about IN the air. Il seems that while Drew's
attention WIS riyeted upon the maaeuvers of
Marvin Dimock and the old chieftin elk about
the larger tree, IA young elk, unobseryed by
Drew, had taken position under Drew's little
tree, so when Drew lcared from his tree to rescue
Marvin Dlmock, he came down brushing M!s
elks heels. This elk, much frightened kicked
with o,tL hind legs, throwing Drew some dis
lance PROSTATE upon the ground unI instantly
led. Drew, uninjurcd BY this accident. rushed
to the rescue Of Rufus D;inock WHO, by tlis
time, was poised in the air on the old elk's brow
SEEING Ruius Dimork BY the leg Drew, by a
sudden jerk, upward and outward, lifted him
ron the eIk's head, aud as ka struck the groGnd
quickly host hm into the branches OF n little
tree and pu'Ajn5 him up, urged him To ret into
fork or orotcn Of tie tree so'lcwhat higher, i1r
! he was pale aud Drew feared he would become
faint and might tall. Dsov had barely got
IuiuS DimGck started up his second src- When
the hostile elk advance upon HIM. Drew
treated among the small trees, battling the efforts
of his pursusc By getting behind first one tree
and then ansther When Drew would get be-
bird tree the elk wonld horn the tree It little
while, as II III hopes OF renSYing the obstruction,
and then circlug lpgHa it would 20 fox Drew
who by this t,mc rr,reated behind another
Drew kept mp tnis kind OF mUncuvering, hoping
| to dec0y the furious animal so far from the
| DlalicAs that they could make their escape
Meanwhile, Marvin DimocE, for some uuaccouNt-
able cause lay upon the ground where he first
fell, lying rather upon his side, looming npon his
elbow and his face raised from the ground look
lng at the scene, and II ,do no effort that was
fNl,- 81 Nm.
he was disabled by the fall, or by some unob-
served injury by the elk, or was paralyzed with
fear, Is not known. The hostile elk soon tired in
the fruitless pursuit of Drew, and abruptly quit
ting him returned to Marvin Dimock (who still
lay upon the ground and began to horn him,
tearing his flesh and clothes with his antlers
Means of rescue seemed exhausted. The grounds
were clean and no club could DO found-no
weapon. Rufus Dimocli told Drew that Marvin
was undoubtedly killed that he Rufus was
getting very weak and could not hold out long
in lis tree aad begged Drew to get out of the
park and get some help. Drew left the scene,
ran west to the fence and breaking the top of e
picket of got out Of the park aud ran south by
the west line Of the parks over u half mile to
my house As he rushed into my preseace,
GREATNESS with violent running and excited by
the stirring events through which he had passed
and earnestly solcltous for the fate of his COM
the character and extent of the emergency.
The church bells in the city were at that
moment tolling tho public worshippers of our
city to the morning services, at half past ten
! o'clock. had just returned from taking some
, of my family to Sunday school and had seated
| myself in my large rustic rocking chair, with
my pipe and nay newspapers, for an hours quiet
reading, intending to go down 10 town and bring
my folks home after church My horses, still
bo- sod o,,1 o+t. Nod
standing tied in my earring o-honsc, waiting for
the trip to town sitter church.
was atone III the house except Patrick Carey,
hired man, Who Was just starting to his Cath
olic) church. where the services began at eleven
o'clock. The moment the situation was caInpre-
hended, Drew, Carey and myself were on the
move. While Drew and Carey took ny horses
and buggy through the grounds OF EIrs. Wal
lace to the outside park gate, 7 ran to the house
of Judge Cason and Mr. Leland for holp and
weapons and the keys TO the parks. 1 got no
help. The men OF these households were in the
city. ! found the key to the outside park gate.
We had firearms at each of the houses, but the
powder was all burnt the spring before, when
We got the news OF the surrender of Gen. Lee
and his army. The only weapons I could muster
consisted oil two stable forks, about four fsst
long, and an ash pole about nine feet long and the
thickness of heavy hoe-handle, armed at one
end with very small pruning saw. With these
weapons | met Drew and Carey at the park gate
in the public road Just north Of Judge Cations |
stable, and getting through that gate we drove
under whip at full gallop to the end Of the first
park and tying the horses to the fence forced |
the lock the gaze 20 the north park and enter-
ed that on foot. Carey and Drew each chose |
fork for his weapon and [ took tAo pole or pr,-
ming saw. As we left the gate and moved into !
the forest III the upper park we could hear
DlMOCk Eal.0Olnp Df
We moved on rapidly abreast CT in line of bat |
tie, Carey held the right, Drew the left and !
the centre. We agreed it was best to meet the |
elk and fight him i'll the open ground, and Me1e |
whip him, if possible, and to do SO that we would
keep tOgetter, all keeping tn same side of his
olkship, SO that he should not ever-power US in
detachments We We're very soon on the con-
tested ground When we first saw tho elk, he
had quit Marvin Dimock, who lay moaning and
helpless upon the ground, his clothes very much
torn and somewhat bloody. The elk stood abous |
~ feet from the little tree in which Rufus Dim |
ock was perched, addressing his attention ex- |
clusively to Rufus. There he stood looking |
fercey at the man in the tree, his hair standing
erect stamping ina threatening manner brandish-
ing his antlers and now and then uttering q |
squeal of vexation and rage. Hearing our voices
talking as we approached, he turned and came
to meet us, not rushing, nor yet with caution or
timidty, but with dignifsd, firm and steady
step, holding his head high in the air, shaking
his antlers at times and stamping the ground in
threatening manner. We soon met and my
weapon being the longest, he came in contact
with Mat first. Lowering the hand of my pru-
ming saw, with the point raised about the height
OF his nose, I raked the upper part OF his nose
with my little saw, producing a very slight
wound but no doubt on . sensitive point. He
seemed greatly surprised snd disturbed and IN. !