The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-01-29
AN ADVENTURE
By q Member Of the 0edalia Sports
mems Club.

We ought not to tell il.
But We can't help il.
For he is a mighty hunter.
The great difficulty with people Who liv'
in the city, and are fond Of field sports il
that the wosd- are too iaI of, and they hav,
not the time 10 devote to their favorii.
port thatcuessc reqaires.
I The hunter We refer to does business OF
Main street, and whenever he has an Orpor
unity to indulge in his favorite pa.time HI
always embraces il.
About three days ago he saw an oPPor
tuni,y. True, il was late in the evening
but be nevertheless made his preparations,
aud with rapid strides put himself beyond
the corporation line. The sun vent down,
the daylight faded. aud the stars came
out. En-, still he kept on. The full
orbei moon roSe esrly making everything
almost as light as day. As he WAS cro-~ing
field. he saw an object sitting on the dead
limb Of a tree which closely re~embled .
bird. The more he regarded the aforesaid
object, the more he was satisfied il vas
either a bird or the devil II had two
enormous ewes. that winked and blinked
Tremendously in the glare of moonlight, but
''be thou bird ar devil" he made up hi.
mind To have him.
Raising his trus,y gun to his shoulder. he
took long, careful aim and fred. Down
dropped the bird, and he ran up and seized
il for fear il was on.y wounded and might
escape him. Ii was the deadesi owl, how
ever, tina, VIA ever shot in that section,
and as he deposited it in his pouch,
he was somewhat reconciled to the fatigue
occasioned by his long walk.
As he Was loading his gun. his attention
was drawn Ia loud noise around him.
and for the first time he became aware that
he xas the center Of large and enthusiast
tic audience, for he found himself surround
ed by large drove Of Texas cattle, who,
hearing the report Of his gun. had gathered
around him to see what il all meant, and
who had invaded their privacy at that un-
seemly hour.
II was evident those cattle were indig.
nant, for they stood with lowered heads,
paw ing the ground with their fore feet and
flashing their tails in the air.
which looked like so many huge
serlents wriggiing around in space.
The loud suilen below of three or
four veteran steers, xhose horns. to his ex-
cited senses, seemed TO measure half mile
from tip TO tip, struck chill Of terror 10
his very marrow, and the cold sweat oo1ed
out Of every pore.
He vas in bad fix.
lie knew how Texas cattle often charged
upon people ON foot, and trsmpled them to
unacceptable pulp whenever they did 50.
lie thought Of his sins, every one Of which
seemed 70 arise threatenIngly before him like
the bloody apparilions that haunted Mac
beihis feast.
lie thought Of the loved ones behind.
lie thought Of the morrow, how Coroner
Evans would come out there in the morn
ing. and how Ira Barnes AMI Eve other good
aud true men would sit ON him, while they
smoked their pipes aud made up verdict
lie thought how those 6endish reporters
would rub their hands in glee over \ 'sure-
enough Item" and spread him OFT over four
or five CORY columns. only to wind up with :
"he was young man Of great promise, but
very foolish
All these things and great many more
came rushing through his brain, when
one old bull beloved out:
Leather -
"Oh, Lordy." thought our unfortunate
friend, "he knows me!''
Another old stag roared out, "Hides."
"Great heavens he knows me too :" muir
INJURED our friend.
Just then a vicious old steer beloved
"florn-n-n-s,"
'Good bye, earth I'm a goner, sure :"
sighed the Young hunter, quaking in every
limb. as he prepared to meet his fate.
Then all of those cattle lifted up their
voices in one mighty unearthly chorus Of
Leather! Hides. Horns !" that shook the
earth and made the stars tremble.
THIS Was too much. Desperation seized
him. He made one mighty charge. firing
both barrels Of his gun, he broke through
the ranks Of his bovine foes, and in just
eleven minutes by Taylor's electric clock he
Was inside the city limits.
And he swears he will never hunt owls
OILY in daylight hereafter.