Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-14
A HUNTER PEDAG0GUE,
osz EYE ON THE SCHOLARS, the
OTHER OUT ron GAME.

rbsre was a SUBWAY where villa pooi
.cainpcrsd Near iiis school iiouse. and
t,e rtaehur Constantly watched Dog1
IL and the aiischicyous Youth.
Nicholas Church. one Of the ollea,
hunters In the Pocono mountains, said
4, ,ho writer tho other day. "six,y.siz
wears aeaI went TO school to Alexander
Dunbar IN a litile log school house down
tt die Pocono valley, near where Tan.
re-yille now is An odd character
ppub,r was lie stood over six feet Ia
M, socks. hc was lean as q crane and ho
r,pll rum like q deer. lie always kept
n loaded rife standing by his chair in
,bo school house. \ tow yards up the
road therc was q runway where deer
rr,.ad tho rrccf. Daring school hours
D.pblr alwh,s aermol TO have ons eys
ON the runway lie was crazy for hunt.
inc. and whenever he saw q deer dash
ncflqs IN. road or heard hound bayng
in the woods he appeared 20 forget all
oteut lus school FOR the time being.
Without SAYING word 20 any Of tho
scholar, he would grab his riiic rush
ont Of the house bareheaded aud away
bc.d 20 after the deer. like an Indian.
Sometime we would see him coming
b,et in less than nn hour with buck or
a doe slung over his shoulder. and then
aeqin maybe We wouldnt sec anything
of him I'll the next morning Dunbar
ALWAYS got a deer II be had to stay on
tie trail till dark. While he was oil on
one OF bis exciting hunts tho children
generally stAid In tho little house and
had a great play spell Whom 1t was
time to 10 home. II Dunbar didn't mako
hi, appearance. we dismissed ourselvcs
After while some OF tho parents found
ont how Dunbar was neglccting his
sohooi. and thcy hauled him over tho
Goals Tor H. But thoy couldn't break
Dunbar Of his muuia for chasing deer.
Nothing could, and after that Dunbar
told one Of tho big boys TO take charge
o.. tuc school whom he dashed ont with
biz gun.
4 NARROW EscArE
Zone day Dunbar had terrible fight
with wounded buck on Pooouo creek.
Ne came within an ace Of losing his life,
Dot be was just as crazy TO chnsc deer
after that az he was before. III show
you what kept Dunbar from being killed.
continued Mr.. Church, and no brought
0lt an old bout and rusty rifle barrel that
had once sent bullets flying after game
from a lintlock. "Dduhars gun was Gu,
OF kiitcr," resumed the old hunter, land
/ took this rife 10 the school house foi
him u use. Il belonged to my father
aud Dunbar got a chance 90 use II boior,
night That afternoon he saw a hncl
trlt down the runway, and he seized Gee
ride aud rave chase. The buck was tax
ing It easy, and the lungicgrll school
master banged away ut him n'lr th.
creek. Tua buck plunged forward an.
plowel In the snow a1l Dunbar ran NJ
10 cut his throat jus. as Dunbar got 3,
him thr buck reused up and pitched at
him sayagcly he mad been shot through
ia, nose. and he was rs fgll Of fight as O
wounded panther There was mo- char,
INA Che rifle. aud Dunbar dropped hi.
knife and went 20 beating the angry
lurs oil with Tho gun. lie soon brUk,
stock aul tlu he fought the buck with
the barrel bending It IA tine lght as yor
aeig now Every time tho burl; pitcn,.
Do Iiu Dgubyr knocked % spike from hu
ug.lsrs. and when It was all over Dunbai
hld trimmed every spike from his horns
lie ilrally stunned the buck long euuug.
Go cut Die throat, and whom he luggcl
tho buck 20 the school house he was Oh,
MHpl-t -chlllm3s,eg ever saw. f0i
o." game animal n,.l torn his homtpvu
rHit into strips with his sharp hlof4
Dunbar leailral that he enjoyed tiD
light aIl was ready for another OF th.
same baF,
SCHOLARS tIErD uuSuAlL
"lgory other Saturday there was n,
Uhu1l, and Dunbar tool; tho whole day
for hunting he got In tho habit o
cNyins awm3 buck chat belonged toml
felix's To follow hiu into tho woods whct
Do went after door. Tho buck soon rot
90 that ho was ueElsl % 20 with 10,
Hhal.mstur aud before long no formed
tAe habit % wandering away from Dm,
lar, making friends with wild deer and
leading them around whcra Dunbar
could got shoBot them. Dunbar though
iac trick WIS very cunning, and 80 die
We blys, bat nay father didn't think 80
When ho found out what Dunbar wa
doing with the buck ho put stop TO tn
iun by fastening the buck In ap0u whom
c'r Dunbar hrl holiday. While
think about It m tell you what an IA
E,nlous way Dunbar had to stop whisper
ing IN the school. He had yarn bail
and every time he caught ono OF u
whispering be throw the ball AZ the wills
lcTer, hitting him or her Tho schola
that was hit had 10 stand In the iniddl
OF the room with the ball and throw /
at the FIRST one he caught whispering
aud 20 ON all dag. We liked tho wa
Dunbar tried to keep still school,
Cor, New York Tribune.