Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-11-18

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They had proceeded but few
rods when Short caught his foot on
a bush, and it took Long about fif-
teen minutes to dig his companion
out of the snow. They finally took
some "invigorator" and made an
other advance movement. .5
At this moment large deer was
seen coming toward them, and both
prepared to stop that .deer's speed |
and BREATH The deer came up to
within six rods of the hunters and
stopped, when, after taking DELHI
crate aim, they fired The deer
gently glided out of sight in a
twinkling, not having been very
seriously injured. Long had fired
the wrong barrel of his gun, and
succeeded in killing jay bird,
which sat on a limb some thirty feet
above the deer, while the bullet in
Shorts gun had just sufficient pow
der behind it to send it into the
snow about ten feet ahead. a' afr
There was undoubtedly some
thing wrong, and neither of them
could understand how that deer
managed to dodge their Shots
They reloaded, took a little Gin
vigorator," and pushed forward for
nearly an hour, when they again
spied game. Three deer were stand
ing in a group, close to large up
turned tree, not more than twenty
yards ahead. Our hunters singled
out deer each, made ready, and
when Long finished counting three,
they both fred. When the smoke
of their charges cleared away, no
deer was in sight, and the over
joyed hunters seized their long
knives and rushed to the old tree,
to cut the Threats of those poor
victims. They reached the spot
just in time-to discover that they
had killed nothing but the strength
of their powder. "aa-f, =.
After re-loading, short consul
tation was held, and both were sat
isfied that they must be a trihe
nervous, so they partook of some
"invigorator," and followed on the
trail of the departed deer. In hall
an hour they came in sight of one Of
the animals, standing behind log,
with its head and neck in full view,
about twelve yards distant. This
was surely splendid opportunity
to secure one prize, so to strength
en- their nerves before firing, they
took more "invigorator," and then
discovered that their game had alb.
seconded.
They took up the trail and fol
lied in hot pursuit. About three
o'clock in the afternoon they came
to the bank of the river, and a
sight met their eyes which made
their hearts beat high with hope,
On the opposite bank stood two
beautiful deer, with their bodies in
plain sight, apparently as uncon-
cerned as if there was not a human
being in existance. The men this
time took the matter coolly, and af-
ter drawing bead" on the unsus-
pecting animals, the triggers were
pulled at the same instant. A loud
report rent the air, and the two
deer, after bounding fully ten feet
from the ground, were seen to
fall behind a large log among the
bushes. Now that they had killed
a deer each, it was necessary to de-
wise some plan to cross the river
and bring back the venison. At last
it was agreed upon that Short was
to paddle across on saw log, secure
both deer, festen them to the log
and return, while Long was to get
two small trees bent over, on which
to hang their game. Short reached
the opposite bank in safety, and
then rested a moment before pro-
cceding to bring forth the prizes.
Long climbed a sappling which
swayed to and fro with its heavy
burden, till Long gave swing and
threw his feet off, still clinging by
his hands. He descended rapidly
till within twenty feet of the ground,
when the tree suddenly broke in
two, and Long came laundering to
the earth. 1t is needless to say he
swore little. Short searched in
vain for the deer. They were no.
where to be found, but the tracks
made in their fight were very dis
tinct. So Short was obliged to re-
turn In Door spirit, and this time