The Forrest City times., 1893-12-15
FORREST CITY, ARK. AFTERNOON DECEMBER l5

"What do you want here?" asked the voice behind the revolvers
 Both men were too frightened on ac- count of the surprise, and had dropped their rifles on the ground.
 Sit down there," said the voice again, and Franklin and Roberts did as they were told
 They had no disposition to argue the point with the man, as he kept them covered all the time. He then com mtnced to ask them all sorts of ques- tions, and the deer stood by as if they comprehended it all. The old mans harangue lasted for long time, but finally he said he was certain they were the two men who had killed two of the deer the night before, and now he would have to kill them. But he wouldn't shoot. No; that would be too good for those who had dared to kill the pets of the Great White Spirit But what would he do? That was ques- tion that trou bled hlm deeply. He walked up and down, while the deer followed him closely, and would occa- sionally bury his face in his hands.
 At last he seemed to forget the two men and began to murmur some inar- ticulate words. Both of his captives now began to see way out of the fix, as it became apparent the man was sort of maniac.
 Watching their chance they grabbed their rifles when his back was turned, and when he faced them he found him. self gazing into the muzzles of a couple of Winchesters. The poor creature howled in agony and begged for his 1 life. The men took his revolvers and then attempted to find out who he was. But he would not say much, except that he had been there for many years and was a servant of the great white spirit.
 Franklin and Roberts were standing with their backs to the entrance and had lowered their rifles now that the only man was unarmed. Their ques- tioning was becoming tiresome when suddenly the old man made move with his arms, and before the hunters could realize what had happened the entire herd of deer had jumped toward them and knocked them down and be- gan running out of the cave, tramping on them as If they were so much dirt. It all happened so quickly and the shock was so great they were stunned for a moment.
 When the tramping ceased the men | jumped up and found they were alone l in the cave. Both were considerably bruised, but managed to get to the en- trance in time to see the herd vanish | ircr ovar. hill fau nrn1ra1 ward C away Whether the old man was with them or not they couldn't tell. They still had his revolvers, but he had dis appeared. He must have gone with the deer as he was not in the back part of the cave. They couldn't find him any where around, and what became of him they never knew.
 The hunters felt that their expedi- l tion had not amounted to much, as they had killed only one of the animals to take back. But when they went to get it they found that it had been thrown into a Assure forty or fifty feet deep in the hillside. The sides of this were covered with cactus, so that it would have been almost impossible to have got it even had they had ropes.
 They came to the conclusion that the old man must have thrown it down and then concealed himself in some other cave near by.
 But they could find out nothing, and started home empty-handed, trying to console themselves that they had at least seen the white deer of San Carlos. San Francisco Call