The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-08

and then snatched look ahead. TheHl
was no change in the appearance Of thsI
deer. 1t seemed to have awakened TO TEL
fact that it was being pursued, and now
not only its head and neck, but Its ShoL
ders were also thrown high out OF watGl
as II strained every muscle to escape
bent to the oar again with redOubled en- 1
ergy, and the strange race twept on. lH ;
perspiration began to run down my iaaE
in streams; my arms felt as if they WereH
turned to lead, and my heart thro0OA
painfully.
The next time looked over my shOu'1
der was thunderstruck to see that llsH
deer had gained upon me more than tor{1
yards ! dropped my oars in despair ana
sat watching it: but stranger sun
though the deer kept swimming on as I'll
fore, the distance between US seemed
neither to increase nor lessen. Long aIle'
my boat had lost all its headwaT | W1I
unable TO see that the antlered head WSI
any farther away than it was before.
At length. in a dazed kind of way, Il
picked up my rife and began to fire. III
bullets rained all around the swimming
deer. Some of them, from the appearauo
of the Jets of water which they threw uh
must, 1 thought, have passed dlrec'4
through it. l fired the seventeen snols
my magazine, and then shot number
times singly, slipping the shell directly
into the barrel. While l was still hrlls
a cloud came over the sun, and sLgl,
breeze began to ripple the water, As
by magic, the deer's head disappeared
rowed TO the spot where l had seen II ldSs
stood up in the boat, and looked arOul4
me on every side. Not an object wa
visible upon the surface of the Watg,i
Even if had killed the buck, II WouS1
not have sunk, as deer are lin the Diuy
in the latter part of October, ana NV
long hair of their winter coat buOys theI
up so that they float like ducks.
l began to row toward shore, hoping "
run across the mysterious buck agalu'
All at once the sun reappeared, the sur.
face of the water stilled, and my near
leaped into my throat as l saw the az
TERED head drawing near the short,
which was now less than 100 yards lru--
where 1 sat. slipped three or four c&,
tridges into my magazine, and careIlly
marking the point toward which the uee.
was swimming, pulled for it with all NY
might. l hoped to be near enough, When
the buck raised his entire body out OF wa wa
ter, to get in two or three quick sno'SS
And in this / was not d1sappolnl%ySs
Swinging my boat around when Wlllliia
about forty yards of shore, l saw .no 10 "a
buck emerging on strip OF beacn, "a
stood there for a moment, as darh ar-
clear-cut against the woods as a calieO
took careful aim and fired, once, tWI.I
three times. AT the last shot the JUG
made a leap into the woods and was gonT5
/ rowed to the little strip OF Deao55
where / had seen him standing. The So
was so light and smooth that sqHILe
would nave left the imprint of foot Iuelo Il
But not a track could find on any par. u
the beach. Nor was the earth dlspLaiOe.
or the bushes disturbed where the ~ !t.
seemed to have made his leap INTO 'H'
woods.
l returned to the boat and sat thlnAIL55
over my strange experience until ne1.ii
three guns from campfire evening ST.
for return. As | rowed into the LITTLE D-5
where the other boats were drawn 1F'
the boys all shouted in chorus: .,-
Hello! WHAT we're you shooting al \
And / responded, confidently
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