Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-02-28

mus went the race. And with feelings
which only hunter knows did Herbert SIT
ana marx lts chahgeiul course holding his
very Dreath TO listen when the sounds made
aerial angles, and expecting each turn would
oring the dogs mouths toward the lake
At last the DUCK, pressed by the hounds,
doubled short upon his course, which had
oeen upward, as IL he would climb the crest
and seek refuge IN the western lakes. He
turned ana shot with all the speed along the
new runway the old trapper had mentioned,
straight Tor the lake and ledge, abreast OF
which heroert intense and ready Tor his
appearance sal, Down, down, he came,
ana after MN the hounds. 1t was plain to
heroert mat the dogs mad held their own
from the START ana We're running IN full
sign. OF tnelr game inward and down.
Ward came the race Inc mountain howed
WIN SOUNDS, ne steep dechvlty resounded
WIN Che ,usn Oh tne vocal torrent lonorth
t ana south the echoes parked and roared
me Owls new up INTO the dazzling sun,
anrlghteu py the tempest OF noises tha'
swept ana eddied underneath their gloomy
roosts' Inc ravens, with wayering wings
nuttered ,i above the trees' harsnly croaking
ihe "hite guns, saillng on clrcnng wing
lar overhead screamed their shrill interro-
mus WIN pay oi MOUNDS, WIN scream
ana croak oil olrd, and voileying echoes
pouring down straight Toward the shore
came on, lke tornado iilght the hurrylng
race soon the souhu OF parting or9sh was
heard OF cracking stems OF dead WOOD
crashed Wildly through' oi vault and plunge
ana all the noises wnlch an lmpetuous race
doWn asteep mountain siue' on sun morn
lng, MAKES; Nearer anu nearer tne uproa'
came uii,ii IL rsached the very nhlt OF the
pruSn, anu oreaklhg through the lnterlaclng
shruooery' WIN aholeIs lalu wen oack, eyes
On hre' tongue hanging OUT, lroth nylhg
from ms open mouth, the Duck with
iiouuu Il. el.uer na'ik, ourst out upon the
'ock' ana WIN nighty reap nuhg hinsel
WIN an ohs momentum vi MS iliSht 10 help'
lu.i eIllrty lee1 mo ,ne waters Oh the lake
',oV uhaccoillPa'ileu' ior t,ie TWO dogs
s.rohg III structure, ana brave IN theli
preed'ng' WIN courage hot as tner heated
oloou-oook water as ooIdly' II not with
such lehg1h ol ieaP as liau tne game ana
Whiitnperihg as ohey SWAMI still held theif
S"IlI pursuit
IN one canoe iieroero sat tiiotiohless, uhtll
t,le ouck, wltl, pl9hglhg ana nervous leaps
th!ouSn 'ne ieVel water, hau covered Two
,h,rus tl,e Instance Ihat iay oetwlXt ine
ieuge ana poat' oheii Vhe riiie Jumped 10 ms
c.eeN' ana one quich explosion ripped the
ar "a, asu'luer WIN iIS nerce cohcuSsioh'
ine ieau stm VI ',e ouce aroPpeu, as t,ie
iaul'i,e' leiii anu iay ilio.ionless WINE tlle
houuus, each giving sharp' quick Dark,
.urheu pacA' anu swain cohVehteuiy 1o"aru
'"S r., silole' .,
:. ne race was over ana oraye one had
y. !. oeen' iieroeI., maSiis 'asneu MS riile 10
,ts taSVenlngS. Pauuleu 10 the game ieellhg
% .'iao vhe evening anu tlle morning hau given
1 hl', vlie tMo pesV shols ne nau ever maze,
iuu 'he U"o largest seo ol ahtlers he had
ever aeen' ,.r
~ was ui'ucuiC JOB 10 snip MS game :
pu' 1iie iahe was as sniooy, as grass ana the
canoe OIL large SIZE ana Herbert mad taken
700 many deer from tne water not to know
Viie iheViiou vi lroceedi'g' he careehed tie
canoe wen over ON its slde; ana laying nold
oi the ouck oy tne tan ana hauhcheS' nlted
@ nun WIZ" ShliI,ui hloIion upward Inc
MANS vi 'ne DUCK were aireauy ABOVE the
ouilaoe anu le'ei Wl'h ,ie euge ol the canoe
"nen' WIN quick ana nervous energy tha'
oniy ueer can eAiiioit, lie ueilVered KICK
w'.n us ,ioois aga'usV o'ie sue WHICH Stove
~ II, through ds IL IL were out paper ahu seh'
iieroeiU heauIoreihoSV over uhe horhS OF the
"nI,,iai' Hito the wa.er'
ne PoSioioh oi ,., ieroert was now one OF
extreme peril Inc ouilet mad struck the
skuii Oh the deer, Dut at such an angle thal
IL hau hot pehetrateu IT, ouI glanced upward
ihto the ar, only stunning the creature Tor
moment me instant that the head oil Her
oert rose 10 the SURFACE wnlch IL dld almost
withi9 the reach oil ms horns' and worse
yet' oil ms Sharp edged hoofs, the buck, with
snort Oh pam ana rage, MS oack curved
ana orlStllng' plunged at MN. sudden a.
had peeh tne catastrophe ana startling as
was lhe peru; ehe sell possession OF Herbert
,la,i hoo ieit h,ih' lor he came 10 the surface
Khlle IN hand' and ready Tor the rush HI.
knew would come. AS the creature lunged
at MN, ny dextro9s movement ne hung
hlhlsell ASIDE ana liltihg hlmself III tht
water, drove with all the strength OF his arm
the olade downward aiming at the root oi
the neck; But the inotlon oil the buck wa'
swifter than he had calculated for, and tn,
blow falling foot behind the point aimed
at, the point struck against the shoulder
blade with a directness and force whicf
parted the handle from the hilt and snapped
the blade short oil at the middle A sounc
almost like groan escaped the young maj
as he dashed his wounded hand, laceratec
by the broken fragments OF the horn handle
into the water. But no time was LETT him tC
consider, Tor quick as a ilash the deer turned
and again plunged at him. For several min
utes the unequal contest ragged. The gar
ments of Herbert were pierced and torn ii
a dozen places, the flesh OF his cheek wa
opened by the sharp pointed prong OF th'
bucks antlers' aud before he could lay hole
OF his neck or get along side OF HIM, one Of
his sharp edged hoofs had lanced his ches
and torn the flesh to the very bone The
young man hesltated no longer, but hftet
his voice with all the force given him by the
thought OF his peril, and shouted till thu
startled air rang to the cry
:" John Norton John Norton helpV'
The call OF Herbert was sent forth witt
all the power OF man from whom 1t ha'
been wrung by the emergency OF extreme
peril. The cry rose into the air with {
volume and energy that hlled the hollow
atmosphere with waves OF sound rolled fa
down the lake, and smote against the noun
tain side with such directness aud forc'
that twenty echoes gave 1t back with start
ling distinctness' The trapper was wei
down the mountain, and within fifty rod
of the shore, when the terrible call OF his
young companion on-whom he had grown u
love as II he were his own son-smote upon
his ear, Well did he know that nothing
but the the direst extremity could have ex
torted call for assistance from Herbert
much less such cry as that. Not knowing
what was the cause OF it, nor hesitating al
instant, he dashed for the lake with a reck
lessness and velocity which would have beei