The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-03-01

'N'l' the hlAul u'IOrt ne lett here 10
enter upon hi. duties Us architect and
builder In chief and razor-back hoe
cNterminaior to the Wild swan, Wild
Goose and wild Duel, club Of Lake
Comfort, " c.. Puclly Griswold. OK
Instructor TO the llammondsport Try
to'tatch-BlackBass club. entertained
the circle with parting "Reminiscences
OF his uncle over In tho town Of
Wayne rays writer OF lIammonds-
port, Pa" in the Chicago Times.
"Whcn my uncle was numbering
down In Rolypoly Run bears were
troublesome and he had to Use his
rifle almost rs much rs his az.
"Ihorc was good many deer.
too, down In the Rolypoly country, and
for more than month my uncle had
been trying TO lay low ono particular
big buck, but the buck was too smart
Tor him, aud just ~ good rs laughed
~ all that was done 10 gather him In.
In those days they didn't have any
doublcd-barrclcd rifles. and when
man fired once aud didn't kill. what
ever he fired at had good chance to
get a milo away before hunter
could reload his gun. This old buck
knew this rs well US II ho carried
gun himself, aud the way he used TO
vancouver 10 get some other door 20
draw my unclc's ire. and then bounce
out OF the brush right In front OF him,
and kick his hocls. and snort and
pranco, and show how cool he felt
over his smartncss, and thon tear
away lika tho wind while my uncle
was putting the finishing touches TO
his rcloading, was enough 10 make
preacher swear. aud Us my uncle
wasn't within a good many degrees OF
being a preacher. have reason TO
believe that those Rolypoly Run woods
heard somo astounding remarks from
him while that buck was Fostering
him.
"But no wasn't u man to be fooled
with forever, my uncle wasn't. with
out somebody would hear something
drop, and by and by he sized that
buck up and got on TO his way Of
doing things. and after that the deer
that he let go by without shooting NJ
them, because he knew tho old buck
was laying low TO jump out and make
fun OF him the minute his gun was
empty, he said would have fllod u
Dutch barn with vonison. Ho know
that this would excite the buck before
long and maybe make him lose his
head, and then tho cunning old chap
would get into trouble. Ono day my
uncle was going through the woods,
keeping his eye peeled, when along
came sousing big bear. twenty rods
away. Tho bear, apparently, didn't
SEQ my uncle and stopped at an open
space.
" IN bet So said my uncle. that
buck has done something TO turn that
bear out In front OF me and Is watchin'
and waitin' for mo to empty my gun
at itln
$50 my uncle stood still and tho
bear stood still. This went on u good
while and then something begun 10
move the bushes of 20 one side OF tho
opening, between my uncle and the
bear.
"Ahar said my uncle. Thought
sol The ding-dasted buck is layin'
In there and Is gittln' tired a-waitin'
for me 10 bolch my gunl
"lt wasn't long before my uncle saw
u doors head pushed part OF the way
out Of the bushes. Ho recognized II
as the smart old bucks head. Tho
buck was taking closer survey OF tho
field TO see what was delaying mat
tors. Now, an ordinary man would
have put n bullet right through that
head and settled the hash OF that ng-
grayating deer then and there. but my
uncle just grlnned and Rugged himself
and did little calculating. Then he
pulled up and took aim. You'd think,
OF course, that he aimed at the buck,
but he didn't. He aimed at the boar,
which stood right where II had
stopped, The minute his gun cracked
out sprang the buck 10 have its usual
fun with my uncle. But II hadn't
more than landed In the opening be-
tween my uncle and the bear. thun IL
dropped like a ton Of lead, gave two
or three kicks, and was doader than u
meat AK. My uncle went up 20 the
dead buck, gloating and chuckllng,
and took look at H.
'Jist what thought said he.
There was bullet plump in tho
bucks heart Ten rods on the other
side OF the deer lay the bear, just as
dead as tho buck was. Its head lay
on tho ground right whero its hind
feet had been when my uncle shot at
It. lie had given It one OF his nerve
twisting jerking shots right through
the head. The bear had topped end
to so quick that II brought its other
side around toward my uncle before
tho bullet had passed through It's
head, and when the bullet did whiz
out Il came right back In the direction
II had boon fired from tho gun. and
caught the buck plump in tho heart
as he jumped out OF the brush in front
OF II. My uncle always said that he
considered that little the neatest
piece OF close calculation and about
the sllckost shot that he ever made.
lie got tho aggravating buck and tho
bear. too.
".But IL was dipg-blasted risky
shot, my uncle used 20 say. III | had
| missed nv calculation In the llttlest