The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-10-28
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~H.v. there. .onnyi Come. comei BE you
Rpin' to lay there an snore all day Cravl ont
o. that. est MP an snih = gallon or two . une
mountain air that's dancin' around here. come
out an look about you = leetle. an see what you
,bint o. the vay the break O. day drops down
on,o NJ. up hero, 'mong the Pike county hilsI
It's playin' round the hilltops now. sonny. oit
up an take a look at II. cause the sun II begin
business fore long, an send the best part OF
IL scamperin' ev'ry which way. sides that I'm
thinkin' tina, it's about time that all folks that's
got any vim In EN- was mp an DOM
Uncle Andy Piper was up and astir carly. -
was his custom. l crawled out briskly from the
fragrant bed Of hemlock bcuEhs In response 70
his lusty ummons The FIRST gray couriers OF
the coming day had given place In the eastern
sky, beyond the hills that look down upon sil-
yer Lake, to the crimson heralds OF the suns
nearer approach. Pure. crisp. and spicy. the
rich October air poured in at the open oeoin
door. Indifferent alike 10 the sharp. swapping OF
the hickory logs in the wide, stone fireplace
and TO the eager fash Of the gathering flames
Brisk and bracing, with elixir In its vcry chill
the breath OF the autumn morning came up
from the smooth waters, down from the
toppling hills and out from the rustiing
woods, t%ingling and kinding the blood by
It's touch, and Installing sturdiness ana
yiCOr from It's ROBUST pTe@tnCt. Inv hh
glow beyond the further hills deepened and e1-
handed. Ar Nelow was bush and shadow. Soon
the rapidly I~vancing sun heightened and en-
riched the blazonry OF the eastern sky until its
tints lived again 10 the mirroring bosom OF the
lake. ave where the hesitating shadows OF
the hill frowned upon II and held sombre su-
premacy. Gradually broad bars or gold I'M
folded their radiating splendor against the quiv-
ering belt Of crimson. which bright herald OF
their coming paled before them. and slowly van
ished. The wooded SUBMITS, already gorgeous
in the robe of autumn. CLEANED and glistened.
The shadows OF the hills upon the lake gathered
unto themselves and crept away. Then slowly
the east became like a sea Of fire. upon which at
last no eye could gaze. and all around. on hill
aud stream and forest. rested the full glory ofa
ripe october morning.
We'll" said Uncle Andy. IL you've took in
enough o. this fresh mountain air, come In. I've
got some fresh tanzy."
There was a wide gap between tanzy and the
splendor of an October dawn In the mountains,
but I followed Andy into the cabin. Two tum-
blers stood on the table. Into each one the, old
II MV Si,S ihe 3hrnShRdi handle of Ss hunting Knife. 1''
"Lemme see :" said he. The doctor told me
be did. Don't seem, though, as II he told me TO
moisten i with water. No. sir; lie tod me 70
yonder. Course he did.
Uncle Andy took a black bottle from his shelf
aud ir2n i, p%uTsd each a h g as;St hall mip 1dii yon., s.id
he, wArningly. This is medicine. There Amt
nothin' like /, fer-fsr-fer the blood. | think
the doctor told me. There amt nothin' like. fer
sumfin' or other. anyhow, so we must take q dose
OF il. It's medicine. sonny. AMI alluz like q bit o.
The drinI was good. Whether Il was a sani-
tary precaution or not It was q success, ~ was
soId him so. He winEed and said;
Glad you like it, cause 1t won't, be 50 hard
a@oC ct Q IL II o s9s shH IL Se sspp snih 10 s' a 'G0 So T,.n
gin and tanzy does, an 1t don't rack your sys-
After breakfast we got ready for Burnt Chest
nut runway. where Andy said We would be sure
TO get a shot At a deer or two that day;
for long said he. by the time We git to the
runway it'll look enough like snow TO make you
clouds instei o sun when I'm huntin'. an II
there's a deer anywhere in my. bailiwick he's
got to get up an hump hisseit u he gets away
time with yerself on the runway. Look out fer
a long wait an a nippin' one; NJ.
had a good four-nile tramp, through woods.
across barrens, bristling with rustling, scrub
Quent whirr OF the swift-winged grouse. Uncle
Andy said he felt it in his bones that we were
sure to get n deer. and that he'd bate his boots
on it," Just as he had prophesied, BY the time
we reached Burnt Chestnut runway theeun had
md a raw and generating wind was whistiins
through the trees. Andy posted me at the trunk
OF n dead tree on an open, bleak spot on the
bushes to shelter me. He took the dogs and
started out on the ridge 70 drive for deer
hear TS %G.r H AND s MAZE. here, sinsin' mp along he
note. lay low, for II won't be long afore you'll
over these brush plumb lords You. When YOU
get him jst right, plug him! Plug him Jist
sh,nd the b fore n shoulder; ear an, yo hs. your si, I Sarn
Andy and the dogs were soon GU, Of sight. An
hnnr u.asa1 NJ sound ~ dog OF sight Of dear
the, brush Ike a shadow, paused in the opening
ground. listened intently for a moment,
and disappeared on the opposite side Of
come. fhe Wind souehed among the dwarf oaks
and the few hemlOcks that were scattered about
leaves nT suggested anything but ciheerfuinsss. 4
crow. appearing from some mysterious place in
the air. new high overhead. going south, and
crannig Of its neck and It's malicious cav. cav,
cav were sufficient evidence. Dull, leaden
other. q third, a fourth, strutted out from among
the underbTush; and scratched and PICKED
20 near me that / could have touched any one
OF them BY reaching out my gun. ! was almost
on the point OF relieving the monotony Of my
situation by giving them a salute OF powder and
ball when = faint cry, far away and musical,
came borne on the wind from the ridge,
turned to listen; Away and away Ir SCARED The
sound from the ridge came nearer and nearer
and clearer than a bugle.
4 I was ~ h6AS Va "a "a ANAA NtAa1Is anu
IL was coming straight toward the old Burnt
Chestnut and me. Sowthere Was life and cheer
enough. No longer solitude held sway. But the
suspense was painful-the awful tension OF a
first experience on = runway, with the deer
surely coming.
MUSES. soft treble. like a mellow French horn.
and Males deeper notes. like the vAmping OF a
trombone. grew palmer with every second, and
knew that flying before them was the fugitive
deer-unhappy deer. indeed, was IL that heard
that chorus at its heels
Closer, closerl The wind favored. Itrembled
with the thought that the deer was bounding
along toward me. and yet trembled as well with
the fear that the careless swapping OF a twig
beneath my feet would bear the signal OF danger
20 It's wondrous ears. and turn IL away from me.
Amid these contending fears II came. A buck.
I The bearing OF his antlered head was regal, his
leaps magnificent. Only a few rods away he
turned his glistening side fair 10 me,
Right ahind the fore shoulder / remem-
beIed that Andy had said. and there I put IT,
The sound Of the gun, was still echoing from
hill 10 hill when the dogs came up. 80 closely
had they pressed upon the trail. The smell OF
powder was still in the air when Andy came.
Well. well. we'll" he exclaimed. /" be
burned II he hAin't about as fine a buck as |
ever see slugged. An | be- Rummed IL you
didn't give il 70 him STRAIGHT tnot Hif