The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-26

0e<Ifidges had as yet othing Of
Tue = ;ate of Hustled q the girls.
IN QRthridge had Boy of thirteen
npe per, whom he had taught to
4 0hi( <izkGun and to hunt. Instead
~ b him the use of the gun, he
AA - great pains to teach him how |
and how to charge the gun prop
= u Tnd safely, as also how to swim.@
Casper was q bright, sharp boy, withd
an eye like q young lynx. 1t was ke thAt
heard the turkeys in the woods aefoss
the river. Az Nh
Mr.. Guthridge himself had gone .out
iuto back field aftefdinner,t6 cut up
corn, leaving Casper % heEout a Gigs
troug gh frossla section obtonvo59 1os;
for besides 4eaching the fad 10 nm tand
swim Nr.S .SGlfhridge hsds t6s6H him
hst R6e Akbds of fsrm 3JSf,Sscha as
"3VS& CHOPPED gs AID kscfsd at at his
pigkbHghs.he heard the gobbling of the
and toidhiAN1ether that he wanted her
to take d6Nnthe rife-gun for him to|
shoot tusRsy The gun hung oyerhesda
on two WOODEN hooks in the beans ofthe
loft floor. O
Liz hoSno, e"i" noi ""h'
3 why" v ~ cried ri the, Boy, "don't yer
think can kilf& tufEeyf Finny would
Iss bsrs Is nev itssek enough eff he was
PhRe8 was his fathers name, and
spsf3y y>as the easy intimacy and good
fe{1wship between the two that they
commonly called each ether Finny"
and Cap"
AT that his mother took down the gun
for him, and let him have the powder
horn and bullet-pouch.
The lad put in charge, and secured
his ammunition, and then gettipg int,
their canoe, commenced paddl across
The turkey kept gobbilsg every few
moments till the lads got near the op-
posite shore, when Shere came sudden,s
sharp quitFT&f afx
At thStAsper stopped short, .,,Aipks :
ing he;had frightened the biIdG butthe
.Squifv was followed next45So8M by
S familiar, plaintive "yeaP% @p-yeap,,
| yop-yop-yop"
Now our youngsp pioneer was a clcpej
observer, apdSfa[owatched the kSbi6s
Somstth g>ss6hatural about {hese tur.
ks1 ta1s struck hisg mind. When, in
~ foee Of wild tuSksYG one of their
hber gives .te6 Sharp "quitl2,epr
Hanger, he hga8ever heard another xus-'
yssp, yes .SpS3SS-yop.s % I'd xssls foet
a!s1 fstAnd silent fud aoak sharply
5fp0 tnem. em.AS, ,s,
~ nc ivy Aee Instinct w"
thing thin - not . nu;te rsrht IN wbst aI be so had
heard w VT be IN not th;nL !, w.s u ON
indian or be would % nv nrohohin % hor. ~ u"o @ona on
haeL far more orr [ o";eLlv @ y than Sa had hsJ co,ne svne
across ''''' ~ '-- ~''
tn honl ss m. .,o,,,rc h. h,,.
rose 70 | hs,ght of shomt S fou, feat and I'D
vas s ~ - - -, - thSSL .SS.ss eS
w;tb woodl{! a <.rl,S n : ~ {EsEr.
s,ead sn of al; ~; ~ - 81 THE&H%S
IthronOb Me aidsrs tor.sas wber. ths
-Soot seansS o % te ~ 60 49, steosns sno
\. i"na ,Sa hant 80 hnnS-ad
ns .mo onnh;n. ndn VI . - Lnon nuaIisu h;J
a 10 49,; u,ouons ~ Is 2 n vi N'0f niu
Thao O, c,aansnn ,ne S sz,sxs saaSszs
.a.,,nS @ - 1::1z. *r Y !.
d =. ord"ieu ie sun =, I' = ..s s.ss 80 Y
e'Ju, ~ ioons = ze.9 ~ u Y,
ILL IN eais s, nlalAe ns. .9 " 'e'I!. Z
W." ueet 80, s,oPe Pea ~ 43<:z: e III. I'D !: ~.
over % behind At IL - {. * ", 49, !, 4,
tcrawi quietly alo6S ga 81 Us sulIy: !,
oa r;n mao .o "a. y e.al -. v..s s.,s
p' ~ q. ~ - ~. y
mt;oh h., haS NJ sz,{<- ~ "a 2 iss z
n,,,d ~nI III, n1 haar la sfSi5s e
tsoela Wi, aeal W ~ Sno ye~P-
"S ,o'y na'ui any
\ Wnen ne haa got ABOUT oppcsite 70
Of the gully, and gaming she summit q
.Se S ii iissle Iiage, he la1cea Wariiy ooNn
'nS Ts ssioPe 1owaros sns atse
Inere were tafke!s IN si&nt
Watcnlng lew 10nsAtls ne was n9fk4Ef "a
struck at seeing - 4nq19nss heaa -;
stealtnlly up IRON pen,1o roof -
iook DOWN through ene pta9chee toward'
where ne nau uiawn up nis canoe.
2 Caspsr's heart beat iass and 2 IL, hasd y. e 4
was withih n,lnaree teet Oh tne tean
but in his rear. Alter a long, snafl
look, the savage drew down Dehinu I'M
roo; o;a ana oesan sc0ohng ana yeApln'
again
! ! blood, and though the thought Of tn
danger he had 80 barely escaped mad
him feel cold and almost SICK, ne Tel
81 that his nKn safety lay lnghis Hhootin
=. the lniiM hefore the savage had
= chance 70 sho6t hind: ~
Stretching himself fiat on the sgroun'
behind small log, ne rested his rlfe
! gun across the log, and kept 1t pointe
= at the root.
I Presently the Indians head was agar
raised. This was the lad chance, an
. taking am ne dFed, and the head wen
out OF sight. - -
% But the lad was not sure he had hi
the Indian. Crawling back into th
l. gully A. quickly as he dared, he sough
I, the riVer-ah0fe Not daring to 90 to tb