The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-09-17
A NIGHT OF HORROR.
Fierce Fight Of q Hunter With
Pack or Wolves.

ssIntO the wood sgT
ssInto the woods. my boy"
Captain Whitney and myself were
talking together.
VERY well l shall do IS you wish,
though there j. savage game in the
woods. understand. and / am not
used to savage game in the least
shall rely upon you to protect me-
was enjoying INV college vacation
at the time. and was. Of course, quite
young.
You are not frightened at shadows.
I suppose. and can pull a trigger IS
well as anothcr?'
YES. Captain. have had some ex-
periencc in gnnnery; and At target
shooting, should not in the least mind
accepting a challenge even from your
self | also count myself equal to
email game OF any description: but
when you propose bears and wolves. l
can not promise. fiatter myself that
my nerves are reasonably steady. yet 1
can not vouch for them under a power
full excitement
mo danger Of the powerful excite
ment. nv boy. not the least. There
arr. indeed. some specimens Of savage
game. A. youcall X. over on the Tonka
lake. but IN the region where propose
20 spend the night. there Is nothing
more savage than deer. You are not
afraid q harmless old buck, Ihope?'
..The day promises fair. and this gun
b exactly to my liking. II you think
il an open question whether am afraid
Of harmless buck or no, just hurry up
and get me in range"
This Of course, was many years ago,
q YOU see that am an old man now,
and one need not 60 twenty miles from
Captain Whitney's residence to find
the forest alive with game. had long
had bright visions Of this particular va
cation. - IL was understood that was
TO make nv way into the wild region
where the friend Of my father. good
naturcd old Captain Whitney, resided,
70 while it away.
A reasonable supply Of provisions
we're provided: blankets gathered fol-
covering at night; fishing tackle.
knives and an axe deposited In the
rough lumber-wagon. two horses har-
messed and attached thereto; and
then. with much free con-
versation and many iests, the
Captain and myself rode fiftPen
miles in the two hours Immediately
preceding the sunrise Of . September
morning. The road was magnificent
" rough. especially the last four miles
q Il. terminating in . semi-circulaI
clearing. wherein stood Lighthouse
and log-barn.
Here we leave our horses. said the
Captain. SANDY will see to them,
and We will look for something better.
DO you notice that heavy timbered
tract Of land inclining along the base
Of the hill yonderP" pointed to ths
south Of us--'.and the bold. rocky hill
beyond. and q little to the left Of III
Our path takes us over that ridge. W.
shall reach the Stony brook at about
nine o'clock. and fish in the pond. W.
shall dine at precisely twelve. in liz
uc bark shanty on the shor'
OF the pond. shall kill . dcel
% two o'clock this afternoon. another
- four. and two more between thu
hours Of i've and six. As for you, my
49,. ~" Will Htt iHuI&u1ut - -
iuck, as You win call II, and out o
patience with yourself. This + thu
nrst days experience universally an,
inevitably; 50 school your mind &C
cordingly. You will Kill nothing to
Rather an unpleasant programme
.aptain, 80 far as I am concerned,
answered. laughing. I'VE shall sec
IN what authority you have ARRANGED
II amazed me to see the quantity o
uappings which the Captain disposc'
about bis person. Every thing that w
Needed for camping out in the wood
Nc disposed somehow. and all In sucl
manner as not to discommode hin
" the least. He left me the axe ant
= single basket OF provision. declaring
WAT he ought also 70 carry those. bu
allowed me 10 take them. simply that
night % initiated into the mysteries Q
real frontier sports.
we toiled along through the grca
osss 81 forest which skirted the hill