The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-09-17


We sat down 70 rcst In the deep shade
Of clump Of pines. and 10 arrange our
fishing-tackle Tor the sport which We
promised ourselves In following the
brook to It's mouth. The Captain looked
II his watch.
Mine o'clock. precisely. my boy.
grammes. ] know upon what data
calculate. All this region Is a. familiar
70 me AS the soil which cul'isate around
my own buildings Ihsve been over il :
hundred times"
But you don't mean 10 say that ]
am not to Kill . single deer while you
kill half dozen. Captain? Your pro-
gramme has gone very well thus far,
but ] will see that II Is altered in some
particulars yet"
II have never known the instance Of
| boy like yourself killing : deer the
first day Of hunting. Very likely the
thing has been done, but only in re-
| markable cases The excitement Is al
ways too much for the nerves."
| | looked around as l heard dis
turbance Of the brush behind US
though ] saw nothing at first, - the
growth Of saplings was quite thick,
and the ground sloped downward to-
wards the north Of the pond. i no
ticed. however, that Captain Whitney
arose very calmly, cooked his rife,
steadied II against one Of the pines,
sighted over the barrel for . moment
and then as coolly unlocked 1t, and
whispered to me:
You see how strong the impulse is
in an old hunter 10 make sure Of his
game, without even being civil TO COM
pany. Look here There is - hand
some . shot as you will get in . year.
Shoot him through the shoulders
looked IN the direction in
dicated, and saw the broad
side of buck. about ten rods
distant. He was standing perfectly
still. in a listening attitude. and though
was aware of considerable excitement
as raised my rife. yet felt Is sure
Of my game as though my knife were
already letting loose the fountain Of
his blood. fired. and the buck leaped
away. frightened but unhurt-
lis that possible!' exclaimed
| Precisely according to the pro-
grammc. you see. Now, il you will
walk to the spot l will show you shat
you shot four feet over his body
The ball had lodged in . tree, and
an examination showed that the Cap
, tain was right
But know pretty well. however,
/ where 70 get another shot at the ami
NAL. We will leave our trapping
here. AS we shall not be absent mors
than an hour. Follow me-
This was arrangement Of the pro
gramme-a arrangement which We
both had cause to regret ere the hot
sun of another evening led US TO oul
supplies again.
We went into the woods. reached
the place where Captain Whitne,
/ hoped to get another shot at the deer
/ startled him again. followed fur
Their and further into the forest
, climbed hills. crossed swamps, SWEET
/ cred on and on. talking but little. ans
/ neither enjoying il in the least fol
1 lowed the Captain in the most implicit
I faith. and he went on. hoping TO NEE
! with some familiar object which woul'
put him on the track again.
p In the meantime the morning Q
E promise had given way to . day q
. clouds The sun which shone 50 hotl
4 but an hour before. was now hid be
] hind the cloudy vapor. We were with
2 out a compass, and without guild
I Of any description. 1t was clever
: o'clock when we sat down TO rest
a 1--WE are lost, my boyr'
< The Captain spoke with perfect cool
4 ness
! II have been thinking it likely tina
such was the case this hour" / n
!, piled
\ NV words did not express all that
felt. for did not like to acknowledg
4 to Captain Whitney all the emotion
. that moved my soul. Twas. moreover
z excessively tired and already faint wit
4 hunger. NV life at school had bee
a but poor preparation for the hardship
i OF the forest
/ 1T is something Of a mystery. an
vet not much Of a mystery. either
4 am perfectly familiar. Once out 2
I that, and the sun covered with cloud.
a and am As much a stranger in thl
r great forest rs yourself.
4 Here was poor comfort Especial
= to me. who knew nothing of meetin
= dangers and bearing burdens. w
4 killed some small game, ate our dir
= ners and went on again. ] notice
+ that the Captain was very careful
+ choosing the direction as we started
= and very careful during the entire AT
& ernoon to maintain that direction
= Lost though we were. he was too niue
Of hunter TO travel In q circle. *
= while the clouds thickcned over on
heads, We made such progress Is "
! could over the rough ground. throug
4 the tangled underbrush, over the so
: surface Of swamps, and through th
q great forest in such aspects as itprcscn
II cd itself. When darkness came. "
y gathered such material as We couls
y built 4 fire and lay down upon III
4 ground to sleep. The situation vs.
= not entirely q new one to the Captain
Z and in ten minutes after he strctche
= himself upon the moss, he was breatl
Y ing heavily. and sleeping soundly.
: For myself though was wor
q beyond any thing that ] had expcr
: cnccd before In my life, and though
y coaxed my eyelids and nerves q
= midnight. found no sleep.
= opened my eyes, and found the mooI
a rays stealing through the branches I
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