The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-04-16
Doer aud Daniel WebstSr.

In tho winter of 1913 IA deer were quite
plenty in Plymouth woods Daniel Web
stcr was then at Marshticld. Word was
sent to HIM that the Kingston gang was
| going on deer hunt the day before Thanks
| giving, with AL invitation for him to jsin us,
| and all were to meet at the old fluxing
place ut Smclt Pond at sunrise, sharp. By
o'clock his Honor appeared with a gen.
| tleman friend; and Samuel and Waldo +. =,
Uncle Thomas B. and my father and my
self. We all had old fashioned king 3
arms, pcrcussioned, except Dir. Webster
and his friend, who had double guns 1t
was f1no frosty morning, and our party
| lively. We had two good hounds. sam
uel ana Waldo were to take tho hounds
and drive Watson's valley. Uncle Tom
was to dive over and take Nlck's Rock
stand. The rest of us were to hurry over
| TO the Carver road and to string out u: the
| guldc-board crossing. We had scarcely
reached our places before we heard the
welcome voices of the hounds in full cry,
and soon the laundering echoes of two
kings rrms at the head of Watson g valley,
and tnen cchoing down the valley came
"Whoop- whoopoh Look out, look
OUT" The hounds were coming directly
towards us. | soon detected something
coming down the blind road mt my right,
and when within forty yards it stopped be-
hind blsh. l shot at the fellow | saw,
when alniost immediately two deer came
OUT OF the bushes at my left and crossed
the road within a'few yards Of me. My
father, who stood on my right, and Mr..
Webster and friend, who stood at nv left.
all fired, and one deer fell. ran into the
woods where had shot, and, not finding
anything, returned, to find that Mr.. Web.
stcr and friend had jumped into their
wagon and run their horses to West Pond
road to intercept the other dc at the
crossing, as the dogs had gone in the track
| of the other. Fathcr'advsctl me TO hurry on
and he would stay there with the dead deer,
and wait for Sam and Waldo TO come up.
Uncle Tom had come up aud kept on in
hs Carriage toward West Pond, aud while
ne was driving the deer came within gum
shot, and he shot at 1t from his wagon. l,
hearing the dogs, hurried back. The deer
Jumped into the road some ninety yards off
and we all fired. The deer fell but gained
his feet aud bounded away, fallino, Of I; c,,"-s,
j,un,p: tonnh,n" ,thG '"-,' we all chased
IL except father, who reloaded, and, run
ming the old mare, overlook and shot the
deer. We now had joyful lunch, wash
ing it down with something good frou, Mr..
Wcbster's lunch basket Then wc con,
cluded to start for home, as 1t was about
o'clock. We decided that Mr.. Webster
and his friend had shot the buck. and my
father had shot the doe. MIR. Webster
gave us 81 each, and he and his friend took
tho buck, which was nice one, and father
| gave the other two men fifty cents each
and took the doc, asthrce of us were at my
fathers. |, feeling little dissatisfied at
my first shot, took ono of the hounds and
went up the blind road where first shot.
The hound, snutilng around, soon found a
large red fox, dead within ten feet Of
where | shot at HIM. We now took our
bells from our wagon boxes and returnc
| homo jingiing, as was the custom, if sue
Cessful