Daily Republican., 1888-12-03

Thanksgiving afternoon o. ct friend
ct Fourth And Market atTeots, who says
how would you like 10 spend the after.
icon ct the WaWaset Hh0ohnR match
over Eleventh street bridge7 l heal
tate bssOr0 accepting his invitation, be
cause my guD, like the DutchmAn's
anchor, WAS left ct home. Bat ha As
hnrss mo that l can get all the guns 1
want over there. We start TO walk
down b. uF.h 1t e.. / leok back at the
car lhat 10 Rraoefnny revolving on the
taTn table, When he pulla my sleeve,
and sAyP, "o9me on wa will get abosFd
&c she pRsHeB." When We reached tho
Reliance Engine House, tie "bpyb'
were testing hose. He drew my at
q niiOa to the great distance they could
foroo that stream Of water, and turns
ms around to prevent me from looking
a. tho street car coming along He says,
pointing to the men holding the branch
plpoi II that nozzle was held lsvel the
drops OF water falling 81 the mems fest,
would reach the ground precisely Of
the same Tins al the one that Is fofoe1
and carried TO the ead OF ths etream.
look 81 tho passing car, then al The
drops falliRR at the mems feet, and tho
drops ht the far end, and tell him
hANo w hbAhhA 1uaul w. III AAOA nQn !
believe 1t; he buttonholes me RB / Rszs
at the rccsjing car, and tells me Of the
force Of arAvlty, the force Of all forces
want you 10 know" he oonliuusd,
THAT . ball forced from the oaunon'o
outh reaches tue ground the same
moment 80 one dropped from the hand"
And IL lose patience and make q dash
far the cAE as Il is rounding Spruce
trset, but he grabs me % was tuInlpg
o1e corner and tells me the car IL too fas
of, aud II We take the railroad we will
get In ahead OF 1t, This consoles INC
somewhat, but my pct corn ar0Wla a.
tvsFy step. We resoh the gfounes OF
TIE WhwAsst Ut the mouth Of tbs
She u or ok about 3 30 p. N. A o)sy
nb houke attracts our attention, and
on being invited In We notice the red,
hot stove seems to bs the centre Of at.
traction, fer the air IL rather raw out.
side.
noticed Wills We are warming our.
Ives the lnttr or 10 nicely Arranged
for the purpaeI intendGd. The south
s'da contAlBB sgun rack we'll stocked
with bri esh-los d era Of tho latest i'm
proved patterns. While my companion
e1 nines several Of them, ana hnaing
cni 10 HIS liking, sAys: "rske your
olUios II y0l wish to try your hand"
'slI him, al don't wish to lose my
rep 1talion, for l carry leather medal
o; my last shoot" 10 smiles 90 he ra-
| Q, well, oNme on, II you want 10
Sc nov they boot on the YAzoo
1 was much interested 10 the way tho
traps were set Five traps about 10 fetl
ApSTt were pl O in radius Of about
81 yards Ir0u the gunner. Tho hye
ropes used ia Spr uRing the tTAps are
placed beh'n0 the shooter. This pre-.
vanJJ MIN from seeing which trap is
sprung 80 he says pull The first man
o. tie gun Vas q splendid shot He
stood With hiB gun near his left shout
der, and IS hs shouts "pull," the points
Of the qua 70 lows the saucer-llke OBJ
isot thst goes skimminR 10 the right,
when bar g, and down falls pigeon No.
l, He Ic5fes five ssIAlehtB.
The next WAS also . good shot; four
out o. i've were scored, Others followed
With like success. IL was growing late
BY this time, and the sky was hsAvily
overcast with dark clouds, when my
n0mpanlOn's name Yves called. He tells
me as he throws me bis oVercoat, "I'm
afraid my sigh will 60 back on mo in
this bazl." reply, "Do your best"
and he takes his position with tho word
Pull" The clay pigeon springs from
the centre trsD and sails away on 8
direct line. The trigger 10 pulled and
he kills his bird. He smiles as he PLACES
another she'll, and raising the gun,
''Pull," hs cries, and the outside Left
hEnd trap CAST the clay pigeon swiftly
to the right BE locked in every direo
ton and last ssv II Getting to the
ground when he sho'. mo bird" was
called Another she'll was placed, and
l noticed he looked uDeAsily froLa ore
trap to the other, bsing uncertain which
trap would 60. Pull The right-hAnd
trap sends q swift pigeon to the left. He
looks TO the right, and seeing nothing,
loWeTE his gun, saying, "It'e getting ton
dark for ma" Another one Was piaa d
In the trap, and went of TO the left. He
shot no bird. The other two follower,
bat one ont OF ave was tho score. On
helping him on with his coat, he told
me II the sun WAS shining he could
'Fetoh the whole ave"
IoOlnfOrt him by saying, 81 hadn't
the doubt OF it2"
Johnny JsffsriS, sitting In bis goat
I am popping the clay pigeons over with
the best Of them attracted attention.
We bid WaWAsot goodbye, with q
RriY invitation to cell A9aiu, sni
hurried 10 cAtoh the street. oar preparing
to stsIt below this school house. When
at the Pullman Oar WORKS, thAi COM
panl0n OF mine halted, and was going
into lengthy detail OF the buslneIs car
led on there. Among other things he
said, II the Pullman cars were placed
end to end, II would take man walking
OF the rate Of atty miles per day. Just
I've thous-. yelled whoa | as I saw
our bobtSilsd oar passing along Rail-
road avenue. He tried TO hold on, but
hanks to . loose button on my over.
coat, he lost his hold, and reached the
car, and eat laughing 1T him ~ he
oomss In and drops two pSsseboArds IN
the box. Remaining, "YOu are better
on ths CARS, than At plaeon naAtohaN"