Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-09-17
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On. 81 MS own Experience. on ship.
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4 party from tho village whcre old
uncio Bill Williams lived campod out
n few years ago on the Hudson's hnnk
about mile above West Point Their
stay was cut short by nm Incident which
WINS not over welcome. The cadets NJ
the Point had bccn having n mortar
drill and had been Bring at the target
on tho face Of Cru Meet. tho mountain
that towc- half mile north Of the
military academy There was n cossa.
ton Of the iusillado. and one Of the
camping party was collecting ilrcwooi
IN tie rear OF the tontt Tho uncxpcc,
ed report Of n large gun az West Point
broke the stiffness ~ The air. Almost
Immediately following came n whirrng
sound Looking up, the camper Jaw n
black object coming straight NJ his
heard from the direction Of the Point
lie didn't stop to examine into the
nature Of the flying mass, but made for
the bushes with nll speed. lie had not
gone fifteen feet when the missile struck
and buried itself three fcct In the earth.
just beyond tho spot ON which he had
been standing by great good luck hs
had cleared tho tents and no ono was
injured. After much labor the mystic
rious messenger was dug out Of tho
bank and turned out to DO an iron
sholl. weighing i5G pounds
Fortunately Il was empty. II Il had
boon loaded u would not, IN oil proba.
bllity, have been carried home. ~ It
was. for a souvenir Of the trip.
with singular unhnimity, consider.
Ing tho circumstance, tho party that
night voted TO return homo the nost
day The reader may have sonic ain.
Guilty In seeing what connection this
tale Of tho camping party has with
Uncle Bill Williams Here q isi
Tho shell was takcn homo IN one Of tho
boats, and was shown Ia tho old man,
and Ia story was told him. Tho mar.
mtor Of tho tale expected that It would
nstoni.h him, but he rcckonod without
his host.
"llumphT nun,cd Uncle Bill, that
amt much; why, Cap'n Bront nn ne
Is had lots o tlioa things 60 through
urmains'l while passin tho Pint ono
time wo was comm down ther river on
ther slop (sloopl with a load o wood,
an whom we got down opposite Ter Coz
Spring the wind guy out There WIS
n big lido ruunin down. and 20 we
KEEP movin. The folders On tho Pint
WIS affirm at their targets on thcr
water Some Of their shots bit profit,
clost TO thor targets, an some Of 'cm
didn't We was lookln at cm ~ hard
that we didn't sec whore We wns goin,
when all Of a student somcthin como
korthmsh through tho mainsl, an
dropped inter thor water ON thor toth,r
aide o tho slop
"'Lor, Bin, what was tlatf sings
out tho capn.
Looks Ms though It mought he a
shell from the Pint, cap'n, scs 1. Just
then mother shot come through tho s1il.
"'Look.a.hcrc, Bin, yclls the cap'n,
'wo'vo got ter Rit out o. thls, or there
won't DO nothin loft o. US
"'Thats 10, capn. SOS |. but what
yer goin ter do about itf
"'Wly thero aln't narihin We Kin
do, Bill, but sit an cuss.'
IAN | kin tell yer We did cuss them
West Pint fcllors, while thoy sent
shells through our mains'l an flo. an
knocked oil moron half our load o
wood. Ono o tho shots come within
er foot o. my head, an H. wind knocked
me over Hat on ther deck"
"DIdn't you try TO get somo oxplnna.
tlon from the officials at West Point,
Unclor inquired holttonor
''la-as, ! went 10 thor cunmnndnnt,
but ho laughed At me. 'raiut no use
tryln 10 git anything cut o them Eel.
lers New York Tribune.