The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-09-28
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tween two jealous bucka Bear valley 10 set
Of valleys sunk like chain Of lakes into the
high rugged hills that form the middle tier OF
mountains In this county. Each valley 10
sirdled with lofty hills frowuins with granite
boulders and bristling with sorubby live oaks
and chappsral. But In these hills lies many .
little open park Of few acres. many . little
valley with grassy bottom and ti,nbsrsd sides
crowned with rocks and ohspparAl. aud many .
little basin where the brush IL thinner and the
rocks smaller and rarer than the hills that sur.
round It Nearly all Of these are connected by
ancient cattle trails. and tho whole forms one
OF the finest deer ranges In southern California.
About daylight my companion and started
into the hills. and o few minutes walk brought
us to little spring at.ths bottom Of u rayinc.
Around Its soft edges were the tracks Of u doc
and two good-sizsd fawns. The water was
still muddy In tbs tracks nearest the edge Of
the water. and 1t was plain that scarcely i've
minutes had pas ssd since the deer had been
there. Tho traoss led into . cattle trail that
wound W the hill and the tracking being quito
easy upon such trail We followed them. II
was about full moon. time when deer are
and consequently lie down. much earlier
back isSto TIC hills. siisr daylight chan
az MGsn tn hs r. Sa
Fsost - wS passed under 4 now across some
and now through brush 20 hi9s hat we We had To-
we
thorc 10 no chance for y shot II a deer starts
Sssa ..I: In sSa R.Ssh they s1' ss si
scrub ,oaI Eush; there they had stray:
In !" Tow yards. Here they had, evidently stop.
s had anpsd and sEppe1 1 about "S'i play 'AB Bu
al this had so.t them little time: deer are ias!
Sops ans III we Ssd gone fully HSaT mile sna had
aseended a thousand feet. There The trail on
tered al. open ozark OF several acres. green
meath with dried yr,.ss. Al one end was high.
sharp srur Of hiil. terminating In u huge boul-
as' e sSa% "s' lie . aa as
Ioundings; for i was very probable that !he
ssd hSrRss ss Ssy ssS
US lay vast bank 81 f ios WSts ~ tho tSe driven
very sheen was tho edge Of the mighty Pacific:
But ye SAY nothing that locked IKE depr and
ns'aRs III tie so
Ss;ssi;: ~ 2 valley s9ssil issS ~ ;so&
s y the sSs hs Mound tSs s 'sS
F'rs ssm 0' Sa.S aa s snnx sSas
SHOT Of sssy BIT ask s sSl '
SasS ysIds AWAY ssS!
souid NOT grow. There was no dew. and moth:
autumn could shine ike that In such a place
l. was too isI for me- to make u certain shot at
n
ssy r ~n" II '. deoS9 sna P 2ssehsd
Hs "s psnsy o. Tsee. made BY she nS
dos and iawns tho day before. and also tracks
:rsS sca made ss sb ST0is
resr. Of the ridge upon which was the bush that
shaded the gli;tening hair:
~. e IS evNry yard or two the dead stalks Of
niss would MAKE .esspins SOUND against s isHn my
:Rs s my sS 70
pseped cautiously oyer oyer the r., other side Of the
carefully marked. And there wers . dozen
sarft the ze the one By
elistsnine from the old gray granite and the
deer xsl,sa ios q While hoping TINT On. Of
The iirss minuts 81 waiting seemed an age.
But the SECOND was suddenly broken By =
on the .ad SaSx q
sprin9y hoois in I slow trot. The next instant
Ing down an old trail through the chapparal
q ths % side q the basin
iestIIo atttIuds. Hi. great thick neck 10
toward me. TSs sun in .shone from SIs dark
glossy coat and FILTERED on the TIPS Of his ten
and great laring ears ali seemed az II inspect.
ing me with intense, curiosity. BUT evidently
h. DID not see me- Jus. ~ was about to rnss
in the bushes on tho hillside below me- and
from bueh, not twenty yards from me-ths
lawns. clad in the iight gray coat that suocseds
the spotted baby jacket 81 the young deer. Ono
The Other With long. :sslHinS stride. head
foIv.r1 :tsrsed toward s The BUCK 'nau'as''
moment. we'll knowing that the deer did not
e sf III remained quiet. But Ss,ors had time
| to reason about the matter there came tho
s1n . r shs Sm n % Ss n St na
and gave = long-drawn snort that would have
month"; ss.ss matt s' 6s s' Ths
second buck stopped and prcked up his ears.
| while the first ons walked out few PAGES from
the bush. followed BY tho OLD doe; She ,toppsd
spring. compossdly looked across the ravins.
| y. The second buck was larger and older than
the first one. He came upon faster trot than
the other one had taken and with head down.
probably Tor both reasons at TIL. time Of the
year. The hair now began to rise upon the
his head. and. with. his sharp pronged horns
| projecting. forward. moved toward the new
frat one. The hair on tho neck II the SECOND
nearly to his shoulders. From speh scsus ass
thi. the expression grssn-syed." as applied
BUCKS eyes fairly blased, with green fire - ioT
an instant he surveyed his rival: but only for
| an instant
Cisckl came the sharp sound Of the coll ision
| a. in Q twinkling the two pair OF sntlera came
together, IA : second the bucks were pushing
the dust flying from tho dry ground beneath
| their hoofs and the brush cracking beneath
backward or sidawiss Into bush.
| The two lawns both trotted up to them with
| heads high uprRised and ears pricked forward