The daily gazette., 1883-09-17
AIN ENeINEERs TALE.
The wonderful Affection Ufarihged By
Deer for . Locozh0tava n
rArkxuaa, : MA WALLER "

The wonderful Affection uiapAhTed By .
Deer Tor . LOoozA0tava.
rArkansa& Iraveiler.1 " seI
Zone day while we wersFhsllne through
the woods, aaeer, jumped up af,ff ran aiQlG
close TO the tfAin un,H we reached the fence,
when he turned and was soon lost to view.
Next day when the train came along again
the deer met us at the fence and ran along
IN great glee until we reached the other sided
Of the woods, when he turned aside. My en-
giueer became very much attached 70 him,
and always blew the whistle just before Ell
tefing the woods. The old engine, too
seemed to have an affection for the animal,
and would seem to chuekIe when the deer
was at it's SIDE aAis
'sOne das we we're delayed by an accident
I'd a freight train, and did not reach the
wbods until after lnightfall. The engineer
bkWl his whistle A light nsshed In the
Woods, and, kir, aud hope never 70 tell the
uhth again II that deer wasn't there carry
ing lantern on his horn. won't pretend
I'd explain how he got the lantern 1 am
giving you the facts ana you can dFuw your
oS n deductions. When we passed he tossed
theIanDern aaide. One OF ths boys told me
LAID mind you, don't voucli for lie tsuah
that the lantern fell from a'frtlghttFain and
that the deer tookit up and kept II on .
stump until our train CAME aiong.' a 7T
''How do you suppose the deer lighted
tile lantern ~ asked one of the company"
l''It may have been already lit, but II II
whkn u It's no lookout of mine, tor atn
oAly giving the facts as they occurred, leasL
| lug all speculation to you. Some time
| after this we were rushing along, nearing
the deer's woods wien we raw the
animal standing on the track waving
| n red hag Reti stopped = and
| n &eaa had .,
across the track. Well, sir, when We chopped
the log out, that deer put his horns agains'
i'd aud helped tb roll IL awas.n i.-.'~ '"p Hs
"Where do you suppose he got the red
| flhg2" asked an tncredulous lietcneV.e
~ won't attempt TO explaip anything 4
am giving you the facts, and , of conrpes Yol
can do yonr own figuring sof conclusions
bht one OF the boys said that he took up al
old white rag that he found on the grouuC
and rubbed 1t In . bed of red clay" A., IL
"What becane Of this wonderful animalt
That's what I'm going to tell you. On,
day, about six mouths ago, we arrived q
the woods as usual, The deer met us AM
leaped along side Of us. The engine, feel
ing pretty gaily that morning anyhow
seemed to pranee along the track. just a
we got about half way through the woods
an Immigrant looked out of the window
, and yelling, Look al that ar deer snatches
rp a double-barrel gun and fred load G
buckshot into the poor thii x. We stoppe
and went over to where the deer lay on tn
green sward in the last agopies OF deatl
o He held out his tongue and shook hand
, with all the train men, but when he 81
the immigrant, whom we dragged to th
) spot, he froWned darkly, folded up b
! tongue and put 1t back into bis mouth. II
Immigrant was nervous fellow and Wi
\ much excited He bent over the deer /
1 though 10 get forgiveness, when the animA
brave and reven9eful in death, raised Y
/ and broucht him a crack across the hes
with his stickli foreleg, and laid hi
low, The deer and immigrant are buri'
~, near each other, and our engine, which b
hever recovered from the depressing efie
Di Of the tragedy, always m ans when 1t go
r. through the deer's woods"