The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-11-10

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"About 10 o'clock I heard q greatrsCket
and, looking up, saw 9 deer cominG
through the ripple, with the noise Rnt
splashing Of q TeCoChsting ball. Reaching
deep water, she CamesWimming noiselesaly
toward me with only her head and q few
inches OF her neck visible. had my In
strumsnt focused In the water this side
that pine. When in the right position
shouted at her, aud as she turned 70 look
at me pulled the string, and think
have a good picture, although 1t may be
alightly hazy, % the sun was shining In
the lense. ! then tried to Tighten her
out so as 10 shoot her on the bank, but Rs
she wouldn't 90, murdered her in the
water, There was about as much sport in
Il as shooting Q sheep In apen; less, In
fact, as you could kill the sheep without
Tightening It to DEATH
"HuiTahM yelled Eastham, swinging
his hat excitedly, ''you have done what's
never been done before"
Counting dogs, we found "Blue Devil"
and "BluCher," two ataghounds, were
still out On our way TO camp We picked
up Hugh and the doe at the "Five
Brothers." q noted spot where Ave gigan-
tic biTches growing from one root to pro-
teCt with their strong trunks q tiny pine
which, springlug from their center, Glings
to them like an adopted sister, Arriving
at camp, We started for Davis, Sam,
Hugh aud Asth, with the deer aud
"traps," almost allied the boat. Thinking
any additional weight would make 1t
difficult TO get over tho Eaplds, took
Sans gun, intending to follow, the path TO
Davis, When half q mile below camp ]
heard q great splashipg In the water, and
almost at the came instant heard "Blue
Devil" giving tongue down the river.
sCrambling through the lapTels arrived
on the river hank In time to become the
passive spectator Of rather an exciting
scene, sixty yards above, between me
and what | a. tist thousht to ba de-
serted boat, l raw small lawn staggering
up the river, Her heaving sides and pro-
lruding tongue denoted fatigue, while her
great brown eyes, almost human In their
expression, seemed bHrsting from their
sockets with frantic terror. Az she ap.
preached the boat saw highs head
bob up only to be- grasped by Nath and
jerked into the bottom o. the boat, where
a splitter told i. had been plunged be.
meath the dirty water WHICH Alltd the
bottom. 4 loud laugh from Sam, and all
was still agsin.
Tho deer evidently raw end head the
boy, for she tried to pass by, hug9ing the
bank without leaving the water. Perhaps
Rho thought horhumsn enemies less cruel
than the tirclesa "bGe Devil" hohind her.
Just Rs phe was passing Nath rose and
fired five balls from his revolver through
her body. The RhOCk Of the first ball ap. !
psared 10 paral!zs her, for she stood still |
hntll tho lHst pbHt, Vhep Epn vprang to
shore aud disappeared In the lsurel. At 1
the fret Rhot Hugh broke from Sans re.
strRining hand, and sprlnging to hls feet,
like q JaUk.in'the:hoS, graEped the camera |
legs to hurl them at the deer. Sam made
a frantic grab at him, when the boat lurch. |
ing through the bid heels oyer head into |
about three feet Of water. lie was dragged
into the boat egectually cured Of this
chuck fever" by his allopRthlc dose OF Ice
water. Sam went to camp and returned
with the hounds and rifle. In few mo-
meRts the dogs running In the bloody |
trail brought the deer into the river, when |
Sam shot her through the head, thus end
ing all her suffering.
Arriving at payis ss found that
'BluCher" had Chaseds large buck into
the town, where every man keeps q gun |
for such emergencies, 80 that they made
quick work Of the old monarch who
sought their protection. I was told a club
Of well-known Pittsburghers killed eight
deer in the Dlapkwater one morning last
year. Public opinion Is decidedly OPP
poHed 10 this form Of deer slaughter. Were
you to ask person who follows the prac.
tiCe why he does 1t, Ills answer Isl "Well,
tho laws OF West Virginia allow II, and II
| don't get them someone else will This
simply Expresses the American idea to
get all you can in as short time as posi-.
bic, without thought OF the future"