The morning call., 1892-10-24
A CHANCE Shot.

correspondent of Forest and Stream re-
Iates this story Of an adventure OF nShins
marty on Grand Calumet River;
The fishing rods and the winchester rlne
and the mineral water they put IN the stern
of the boat. and after throwing some OLD
coats and things over them, they made q
pretty fair seat for DR.. H, who occupied
that end of the boat. 1t is q reprehensible
practjce. this way of throwing guns loose
in a boat. and though these men may re-
sent the eensure, it is only just to say that
the accident which ensued was just Whal
might have been expected.
The heavily loaded boat made It's way
slowly down the stream. Mr.. Nj. was row.
ing. DR.. H. was steering and padding.
The hurriedly arranged sestl the stern was
not altogether comfortable, but not much
attention was paid to this for some Tine
Tie morning wore away A point WAS
reached five miles below the clubhouse.
DIR. H. became q trihe weary from MS
ersmped position. lie reached behind him
10 arrange more comfortably the articles
upon which lie was sitting. There was a
sndden lureh of the boat. And then, IN
that way no one knows just low, there
occurred the accident which might nave
been expected. These sckening accidents
always are occurring, Out tnS1 10 Ao1 Seeh
to teach more caution.
There was a loud explosion, mufied by
the covering Of coats, ETC., which lay upper
most In the stern Of the boat Or. ii. threw
his hand behind him.
'dy God, I'm shotw cried he. His face
was pale from the sudden shock and pain.
"ATe YOU hurt much, doctor?" asked Mr..
NJ. himself pale with fright "Where is it ?"
"Here," said Dr.. b., seeting his teeth
firmly together to control the pain. Il can
feel the blood running. Pull ashore.
don't know whether you can get me to the
clubhouse OF not 1t is terrible TO die here
in these sandhills. away from my wife and
children"
Mr.. N. pulled the boat ashore and helped
his companion out He was pale, but bore
his suffering manfully. Terribly careless
Of me-" he muTmured.
Mr. NJ. removed his friends coat and vest
The remaining garments were indeed wet,
as be had said.
Did you-did you say blood. dOctOr?"
Yes" whispered DR.. H., holding up his
hand "See?"
But his hand was white, not red.
A strong revulsion passed over DR.. 81.
He gulped little 10 his throat and sat up.
Bring that gun mp here, he said
So Mr.. n got the gun. There was nC
shell, empty or otherwise, In the barrel
between his teeth.
So Mr. NJ. counted the bottles. He found
one bottle empty. The coats we're all wet
The heat Of the day, the motion of the boat
or something, had caused one of the bottle
TO go Of" On discovering this, Mr.. NJ
sat right down In the mud on the edge 0
the river and shouted, screamed and yelled
and rolled over and over with laughter. /
he had only held still, DR.. II. would hav,
shot him hight there; but after q while he
too, began TO laugh, and soon both wer,
helpless.
The voyage Of exploration was aban
doned. DR.. q. pleaded with Mr.. u. FOL
hours, and the latter promised faithfull]
never to say word. But you know how
such things are. Three weeks after this, a,
DR.. II. was sitting at dinner with severa
mem hers, down at the club, voice benin
bis chair exclaimed. my God, I'm shotl
That settled it. The worthy doctor spran
from his chair as if he had really been sho
Since then he has had no peace at the elul
and now this is the latest and the publ
story Of DIR. H.'s adventure with the APO
linaTis bottle.