The Forrest City times., 1893-12-15

feet 10 the right and see If he could see the tops of the green trees 1t was a long, hard climb, and as he ascended be saw no sign of the refreshing green. lie felt sure that they must have made some mistake or that the other man lied. but concluded he would go to the top just to see what there was. When he reached the summit there was no patch of green-nothing but desert hills, and far off in the distance an Apache village.
 He was about to go back when he concluded to cross over the ridge and see what was on the other side Malz- ing his way through the scrub, mes quite and cactus, he soon came to an | open space, and there before him was the valley he had been looking for. 1t was carpeted with green grass, and on the other side range of mountains rose, the tops of which were covered with snow that was constantly melting and 1 forming silver streams that tumbled 1 into the valley below.
 To one accustomed to the glare and dust of Arizona deserts the spot was like a glimpse of paradise, and Frank lin rubbed his eyes to make sure he was not dreaming. He was satisfied that l the spot had been found, so he went ] back to the top of the ridge and sig naled to Roberts to come up and bring the horses-an act Roberts was not very slow in performing Both agreed that the spot had been found, and the next was to find the deer. But first | thaxr ,ynnl1 uhi1n onH thing to eat. It really was like para disc when they had found cool, shady spot and built fire. The blue smoke curled upward among the trees. where it was caught by the gentle wind and carried across the valley. Dinner had been cooked and disposed of, and both men stretched themselves out comfort ably, intending each minute to get up and go and look for the deer. But while they were making up their minds about it Roberts suddenly had his at tention attracted by something moving on low ridge of hill short distance ahead. He looked several times and then called Franklin's attention to the matter. Sure enough there were the white deer. There were at least two dozen of them, and they were beautiful creatures, formed exactly like all oth- CTS except that their legs were little heavier. They were snow-white and in such a position that the sun, which was now getting low, struck them with a gleam of opalescent light that brought them into strong relief against the rug ged mountains in the background.
 tu nnnA chnt fn l-a but both men felt that they were equal to it, and arranged the sights on their rifles with great care. Both shot at once, and the same instant the entire flock disappeared. Roberts ran to the ridge and looked over on the other side, but could see no sign of the deer They had vanished into thin air, and he felt a peculiar fear that made him get back to the fire and his friend as quickly as possible. It was very mys- terious and night was coming on.
 In the morning they went back to the camp of the afternoon before and waited. But it was not long before they saw the deer on the hilltop grazing peacefully.
 Both men were reluctant about shooting, but when they pulled their triggers there was exactly the same result as on the evening before.
 They reached the top of the ridge and plainly saw the footprints of the animals. The ridge went up from the floor of the valley in gentle, gradual slope, but when the top was reached it stopped abruptly and a bluff several L .x.l. l r,.l, It was now evident that the deer must have been on the edge of this bluff, and the instant the shots were fired jumped over the side and so disappeared.
 The men followed the way it seemed the deer must have gone. They jumped down the bluff, and there saw a clump of brush and the white mist arising 1 from it. Both were almost afraid to go near the brush, but at that moment a rattling in it made both men raise their rifles. The next moment they saw a wounded white deer jump out and at tempt to run. They fired and it fell dead There was nothing supernatural about that, and the dust that arose from the bushes explained the cause of the white mist that had been seen ris- ing over the hill Looking down into the bushes, Roberts said that the brush grew on bank and directly below it was a deep hole. which investigation showed to be cave that went deep un- derground. The tracks and broken brush showed that the deer had gone in there, and so disappeared from the 1 face of the earth.
 Both men now thought they had all the game they could carry off and start ed inside, but had gone but few steps when they were called to halt,