Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-09-06

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A THANKSGIVING BEAR,
Night Hunt In a Canoe-Two Duck.
ings and One Bear.
The homes Of the Duncans and Tay.
Tors were situated near the Little Red,
o swift stream that flowed through q
region but little opened as yet and still
Inhabited by the animals Of the west.
Indeed, bear roamed at will through
the dense canebrakes, and not infre-
quently made reprisals on the scattered
settlers. Wolves, too, abounded in tho
region, and in winter their long dismal
bowling made the cold nights hideous
The Duncan and Taylor boys-Roy
and Phil had been companions from
childhood, and when their parents set
tied in the new country they were In
their element, as they could roam the
woods, Or paddle down the Little Red,
every now and then picking up bear
or turkey with their trusty rifles
1t was not long before they became
known as the best young Nimrods in
the whole district, and whenever they
started on Il hunt 1t was taken for
granted that they would return with q
wcll-hllcd bag.
One Of their favorite methods Of
bagging wild game was by the fire.
hunt, and these adventures generally
took place on the river, They would
set up their torch in the canoe, and
while padding up stream, or floating
with the current would by its light
see the eyes of the bear or deer on
shore, and Il shot was pretty sure to
bring down the fascinated targets
The night before Thanksgiving Phil
Taylor strollcd over to the Duncan
homestead with a proposition almost
sure to find favor with his young com
panion, This was nothing less thun
fire hunt on the river for the purpose
Of, as Phil expressed it, "bagging a
Thanksgiving hear
we can lloat past tho big brakes
near the bend" said he. as he laid his
proposition before Roy. "Tom lIun-
ter, who came through there the other
duy, saw lots of fresh signs, and we
may be able to get a big one for to-
morrow's feast"
Taken with the prospect Of some ex-
citing adventure, Rov ut once acqui-
esced, and the two boys began to pre-
pare for the ire-hunt. The canoe was
dragged forth and the pine knots for
the torch gathered and made ready.
A torch OF pine knots, II fashioned
properly, will throw fierce glare fur
many rods over the water, and animals
will come to the shore and gaze at 1t,
.as. ,,'. ss - WIRE uh.li inc unerr-
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