The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1870-02-23
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The HUNTERS CRIME.
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! go s In the antumn Of 1919, While
the woods were bright in the va.
'riegated shues which follow the
light touches Of frost, q mounted
traveller swas quietly pursuing his
way through o dark, broad, lovely
forest in the Western part Of the
State of New York. s y t.,,.,
hss Hehad ridden three miles since
seeing q human ha abitation, and yet
two miles to 60 before he could
get sight of another. He was de.
scending a hill into a gloomy look.
ing valley, through which flowed
ashallow but tswiff running stream,
and on reaching the water he per-
mitted his thirsty beast to drink.
AT that moment q man stepped
out from a cluster of bushes into a
road or horse.path on the other
side of the stream. This man was
dressed like o hunter, and carried
d rifle on his shoulder. I'm his gen.
eral appearance there was nothing
that indicated hostility or wicked
design He was of medium size,
compact-seeming rather as one
abroad from some settlement for q
days sport than professional hun.
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All this the mounted traveller
carefully noticed before be crossed
over the stream to continue his
journey, and when they came to-
tgether pleasant salutations were
exchanged. ! W = ~ .a...
" Fine weather for travelling,
sir," remarked the man with the
gun. fsi YAK cs,Hs aa fl.ca.a1s s.i.,z- lr,.
:" And for hunting also, I sup.
pose,p smiled the on the
horse. lpS14ye sve-sf ai n.. r...
,"Yes, there is game enough, re.
turned the other, but / am not a
good hunter, and can only show
one bear forsmy days work, thus
far, and that is almost useless to
me, for ] I.haye no means Of taking
it away. i would willingly give
q dollar for the use Of q horse like
yours for couple Of hours. If
you can spare Eve minutes or so I
would like yon to see the bear !; it
is just beyond the bushes, some
two or three hundred yards from
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=" l will not only look at it," said
tho traveller, dismountiug and tas.
tening the horse, " but if not too
heavy 1 will take it along for You,
as / am going tile same way.5 =
| The hunter thanked him in a
most cordial manner, and then, as
it to make himself agreeable and
keep mp versation, inq aired
where the other was from, whittier
Journeying, ETC.; and learned in re
ply that the latter resided in Al
bany, Was a merchant in good bus
iness, and was travelling partly for
his health and partly with a view
OF making an extensive land pur-
chase. ,G~-
Well, here we are" exclaimed
the hunter and the two emerged
from the dense thicket through
which they had slowly forced their
way into the more open ground.
Here we are, and I'll show you
as fine and fat O. beast as you ever
rife"
He stepped back eight or ton
feet, deliberately raised his gun to
his eye and pointed the n,uzzle at
the traveller. There was a flash. a
loud report, and the victim fell like
q log, bis head covered with blood.
This might or might not have
been the first crime committed by
the man with the rife. But as the
traveller fell he dropped the rifle
and shook violently from head to
foot, yet he ran to his victim and
hurriedly robbed him of his <pock.
etbook, q gold watch and chain,
some curions seals, aud q diamond
ring which he fairly tore from his
finger. Then he dra0oad tba hody