Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-05-08
A MOB O. Them CAPTURE A HOUSE
ANo SMASH THINGS.
A Sportsman's Account OF the Annoyance
Caused by Canadian Game Laws-If You
Want Pesce While Hunting In Canada
Provide "A stuffed Gray Wolf.

But | v%s going to tell you about
the Canadian game laws being respon-
sible for nuisance, said the old
sportsman. 1.-The deer have the laws
down fine, and though you might roam
for days without seeing sign of one Of
them IN the shooting season they are as
numerous and intrusive a. mosquitoes az
other times. The deer. you know, is Il
species u cJut and viii develop all
goat touraness u he sets the idea thar
you dmcn { touch HIM. n small boy
could be more insoient than the deer
under those circumstances.
After we finished our dinner the
first evening az the cabin Oh Capen is
land last August We sat reading and
smoking \ deer put his head III the
door and ba-a-aed at us and winked his
eyes and shook his tail III an eager
way, as ii he was asking for something.
What does he WANT we asked the
guide.
oh, anything-old clothes or boots,
a rubber shoe, tomato cans, anything
like that for Il change Of diet.
eve gave him a pair Of stockings and
a chrome Of Mary Anderson He ate
them and bounded away looking as
pleased as if his uncle had left him
legacy. That made us laugh, and we
hoped he would come back and let Us
have some mole fun with him.
He did come back before daylight
next morning and brought six other deer
with HIM. They ate up two white shirts
and some underclOthes that Were hang
ing on the line behind the house and
reused Us UP by knocking on the door
with their horns. When the guide open
ed the door, the leading buck butted
him into a corner. The other deer crowd
ed in, and they took possession Of the
place. They upset the lamp, and rs
many as could get at il drank the kero-
sene 1t made them cough, but didn I
abate their curiosity III the least. They
all put their noses in the stove and
shifted the ashes. That set them sneez-
ing The big buck, 10y turning his horns
sideways, got his head into the biscuit
barrel. He ate till he was rounded out
like football and then tried TO 90 out
TO get a drink. But he had forgotten the
combination, and the barrel staid right
where II was. He gave loud 'ba a-a-a =
and that frightened him worse than any
thing, for his voice was baritone, and
the barrel made it sound like double
bass Then he started III TO back out
slowly, shaking has head and keeping IL
low
Il and Capen had kept quiet III our
hunks. We knew the Canadian law, and
we didn't want any trouble with the
deer But they had no idea of leaving
Us i'll peace. Two Of them caught hold
OF the blanket that was covering Capen
and began 10 devour it.
Lcggo! he shouted But il was 10
use. They knew the ropes and were not
going to be bluffed.
jumping mackerel! shouted Cap
ell, getting mad. l won stand this any
longer. Law or no law, these hoOdlums
have got to get ont Of my house
He started To descend from his berth
when a wicked looking doe made Jump
from the other end of the room and
helped him back again. / don [ know
what would have become of US if it had
not been for the buck with the barrel.
In backing out he tripped over chair
and fell down. The barrel Jared him,
and he became panic stricken. He gave
u terrific b-a-a.a!' and hosting the bar
rel up III the air began 10 charge about
blindly He fell down, turned somer-
saults, butted the ether deer and tried
to knock out the end of the cabin. The
others were SO surprised and frightened
al his strange appearance and antics
that they stood still and stared open
mouthed till two or three Of them'were
knocked galley west These got up and
away, full lckity smash, and the others
woke up and slid the wholeSarth from
under themselves at one jump.
The three Of Us got up and jumped
on the buck. We carried him outside
and then let him 60 and the way he
smashed around through the landscape
was caution. We could trail him by
the biscuits He broke the bottom out IF
the barrel after awhile, but | guess he 5
wearing the gest Of IL yet
"Of course we were ia great state
Of alarm FOR fear the deer would come
back, but the guide said:
That all right I'll fix those fell
lows
Luckily we had fine gray wolf
skin. This the guide stuffed and planted
III lifelike attitude ON the shore where
the deer came from the mainland. That
afternoon the deer that turned our cabin
inside out returned with % others.
They We're all on the broad smile, think
ing of the picnic they were going to
have till they caught sight Of the stuffed
wolf That stopped them as dead as
though they had run against "a brick
wall They wheeled quick as flash,
and the way they put was "a caution.
After that we had no more trouble,
and my advice to men who are going
for sport into the wilds of Canada is
that they take stuffed gray wolf if
they want to have peace and comfort.
New York sun.
The Professional Woman.
Margaret Sangster, writing of women
A. office workers saws ssfTha daily xvpar