Wichita eagle., 1886-09-04
A FAMOUS WA'
HUNTER.
\ Fun mr Life.
The S,a-rr -r273 -"

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One cav II wee =. ,.ti,an r.
,nr. of is:n.:hanl " - ime the
..nraai ,.r &c il, com af I. II enc Of his
u frieor-, =. i,,.-.. y, <. unt,.i.
,nd -efo..; ,i9e -, =. -.i,i "A :e
arms q; l..,.. ...a e liui,t IL Il ...ve b.
and h:,a al. euyious loi, .ig for the
woods.
nlr. Moore ore cf The most cele-
hra:,sl .i,.o,,. ;lan cts n ,fr; @. He is
tS :, a.s old he is:h.n ;.r' i"h', WITH
cr,r hair n3 - III. sl! wa!h5 az
though Dr i.,i ar: {! i;iany harden.
Ue is, huaeve ;.5 active tO-,.a!y as he
WAS thrv years ago. and as much at
hcne IN th,. wooi- a. cver.
II d;.Y- o: : t:t,it hunting are over
nov. for rs Hoi- have grown mp ara
,a.e IL. 81. and his good wife
Go,.-nt Wa a.ni 10 be aioae IN me
wo rs or ..tirlI,ins the traps. lie has
been to, y,Gir,.
NJ Il Y..' !,tci 4 good stCry- OF
marrow e-cai" III The fore = near TIE
fora5 o. III Kc;ire!,rc.
= wa-n mro~c huntirg once, sew
era. \ ais 40, said he. II had Il com
pan!or, ;tl.d st before light We tr cked
Two moose Oh i:e light snow into v;!r1
wei! uo the mountain. Itwas getting
too dark to !li.it, 20 We went oaca and
caml,cd for tile night.
TIE mor..iii. wai excellent, for a
light snow had fallen. We started out
as soon as we could and caa'c up t.
them in abou; an hour or two. Both
OF them were 10 hil from uS when w
first saw them n. being, i, uut 50 rods
from the o hcr They saw US
alb 1T rs soon as we saw them.
"Thc bull moose started straight down
the hi! -,dc when the COW moose made
az az G 81 n, to meet him about at the
foot O. .he hill. never saw any animal
go as The bu!l moose did.
Halt down the 81 of the hill was n
big s; rucc .rat had Lccn fellcd across
the edge Of rock, SO tha: Lc;ween the
edge OF tan rock and the tree there
was n S; ace OF several inches. The
moose Was going fastest at this po.nt,
and Just here saw him catch and &C
over IN the air and strike broadSide OF
the snow.
'' He got up quick and made for the
foot OF the hill. leaping rod at a leap.
Twenty-Five rods further be went into
the yard and turned. l fired and he fell,
~ ..Gn'Goin,, NO n', mn 70 him cav that his
fcreler VA, as biz as n tea!;ettle and all
smosto1 . il;rtl,rs with nieces of hone
s.icki,r ont. | then Jaw what made him
iupnn nd loan ga cor,inr down hill He
b,d cau.rh+ lie loo in the snrnce and had
hrolen II
g. Wa tbon loft hin, ond want after tho
cow Wn found or where she had
cl,,ned hut from tho yard to where the
mros,. lies down there is a hard-beaten
r,,d which the r,oosa makes She had
jeft no .r,cls on MS but a little farther
wa found where she lad ". ne on ana We
foil we'd 4 littl ahead of us we heard
tho lo.-c b.rl- and wa kneyy thev were
on tine moose
eve fo,,nd he, in an omen nlace two
rods wide sur oundpd ~ thick cedars
and pincs Near hero was the moose's
hods They pe;pr liz in ,ha same place
bYi, once lie n W beng soft. their
war;, ,.o,,;r; rno't IL and after they rise
,ha ,,pi,,.; suo>, ,r,.z., inIo ice and is
too hard sc- 2 comfortable bed after
that. 3, ropd The lev places where they
nad ain n;.san omen with the snow
from 3 to 70 inches thick.
-. ", veYt into the thicket and thr.w
uo"H our gun P'ho"' anu Eiitue 10Y Ner.
set. '.'d myself ii 'Ag the road that led
' Tie "qa place where tie -ncHS"
'@d a. nc dogs ma - Ioi' ner
81 she ca.nf'n I.
g lever sa" a COW moose so ely
before. sac - ;e rible mad. Eer eyes
GH.red' hcr iFiaiicS were ali on eii' ner
ears were la." bich. IL Is not often that
you see such Il Si-nt.
Eas'i pHsiIirSs' said 10 myself' II
that erlt'er g Is at US:
"A iu!iny thiiS now happened. instead
OF making 1or IN GoSs, as IN nine cases
"uuoi Ten u moose ooes' Sne maze Ior
me.
was IN tne middle OF tne r'ad,
wearing sno" sSoes. ana had dropped
on one khee with my riiie over my arm,
waiting. knew Ii got siGht at her
ana my gun went ne was as good as
dad, Tor III those days missed nothing.
l waited until she got where l could SEQ
TIE little mark To saoot at on her breast
ana pulled The trigger.
inere was no report! 1he hammer
le!i with Gun sound, ana the next
c,oir,r down ,ho bor5 rood IL, tho