The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-09-10
~ A NIGHT OF HORROR.
Fierce Fight Of Hunter With a
'A Pack Of Wolves.

t. "Into the woodsP"
n; '.Into the woods, my boy"
Captain Whitney and myself were
talking together.
\ s.5'SYery well. I shall do as you wish,
Though there is savage game in the
woods, l understand, and l am not
4 Used to- savage game in the least.
shall rely upon you to protect me.'
] was enjoying my college vacation
at the time, and was, of course, quite
young.
"You are not frightened at shadows,
| suppose, and can pull a trigger as
well as another?"
Yes, Captain, I have had some ex-
porience in gunnery; and at target
shooting, should not in the least mind
accepting challenge even from your
= self. also count myself equal to
small game of any description; but
when you propose bears and wolves, I
can not promise. fatter myself that
Z my nerves are reasonably steady, yet I
s can hotVoueh forthem under a power
full excitement"
''No danger of the powerful excite
ment my boy, not the least. There
are, indeed, some specimens of savage
game, as you call it, over on the Tonka
lake, but in the region where Propose
to spend the night, there is nothing
more savage than deer You are not
afraid of q harmless old buck, Ihopep''
ffIhe day promises fairyand this gun
is exactly to my liking. Ii you think
titan open question ThetherI am afraid
OF harmless buck or no, just hurry up
and get me in range e-
This, Of course, was many wears ago.
as you see that / am an old man now,
and one need not go twenty miles from
Captain Whitney's residence to find
the forest alive with game. had long
had bright visions of this particular va
cation, as it was understood that Iwas
to make my way into the wild region
where the friend of my father, good
natured old Captain Whitney, resided,
to While it away.
A reasonable supply Of provisions
~ werep provided; blankets gathered for
covering Qat 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-
\ yersation and many iests, the
Captain and myself rode fifteen
miles, in the two hours immediately
preceding the sunrise OF q September
morning. The road was magnificent
W rough, especially the last four miles
~ it, terminating in semi-circular
clearing, wherein stood a LIGHTHOUSE
and a 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
r of'the hillyonderP" he pointed to the
sonthsof u.s. sand the bold rocEy hill
beyond, and a little to the left Of itP
Our path takes us over that ridge. We
shall reach the Stony brook at about
nine o'clock, and fish in the pond. We
shall dine at precisely twelve, in lit
tic bark shanty on the shore
OF the pond shall kill deer
Z at two. clock this afternoon, another
at four, and two more between the
hours of FIVE and six, AS for you, my
8 boy, you will get indignant at my
luck, as you viii call it, and out OF
& patience with yourself. This is the
3 tlrst days experience universally and
inevitably; so school your mind ac-
cordipgly. You will kill nothing to-
&dayrsT "a t-S ss
Rather an unpleasant programme.
Captain, so far as | am concerned, y
i a. rod l.,vts AZ i L
by what authority you have arranged
it" sH
1t amazed me to see the quantity of
trappings which the Captain disposed
about his person. Every thing thatw
needed for camping out in the woods
he disposed somehow, and all in such
manner as not to discommode him
~ in the least He left me the axe and
single basket of provision, declaring
that he'oaght also to carry those, but
allowed me to take them, simply that
might be initiated into the mysteries of
real frontier sports.
We toiled along through the great
mass of forest which sllirtel the hill.
climbed the ridge and (emerged, ac-
cording to the programme upon the
clear, rapid waters of Stony brook.
We sat down to rest in the deep shade
of clump of pines, and to arrange our
tishiHg-tackle for the sport which we
promised ourselves in following the
brook to its mouth. The Captain looked
at his watch.
mime o'clock, precisely, my boy.
You see that when l arrau ge pro-
grammes, l know upon what data ]
calculate. All this region is as familiar
to me asthe soil which cultivate around
my own buildings. Ihave been over it a
hundred times"
"But you don't mean to say that ]
am not to kill single deer while YOU
kill half dozen, CaptainP, Your pro
gramme has gone very well thus far,
but will see that 1t is altered in some
particulars yet.
Il have never known the instance OF
a boy like yourself killing a deer the
first day of hunting. Very likely the
thing has been done, but only in re-
tmarkable cases. The excitement is al
ways too much for the nerves
l looked around as / heard a dis
turbance of the brush behind us,
though saw nothing at first, as the
growth of saplings was quite thick,
and the ground sloped downward to-
wards the north of the pond. mo