The Portland daily press., 1897-11-26
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ed, and Tom said:
" a pesri by goshl'' dropped his n a.
cumnrances, ana slung his rife rounu " w
pump cartridge out Of the msgaglne .s "A a
to the chamber. Mrs. Harry, crying
bear how perfectly lovely" went Wans
down the trail after it, with her bamoooo
rod raised, naturally blocking all hope ~
shor. Inc bear rolled into the pauSni,, sai,
and from some point of vantage lay selni
as death, possibly Watching the parry
Mrs, Harry wanted to go In and just stlr
thesbear SO that Tom could have snoU
and get the skin for her Eventually sne
was persuaded that the Central ParK
bears she knew so much about. who We're
grateful for petting. were different from
| the bears of the Maine woods, and she
moved on to the camp, the talk pelnS @
bear, bear, bear, until Bob, the eluel
guide, drew Mr.. Harry to one side anu
said:
| "Quit that bear talk Your wife was
afraid Of hedgehogs the frat night. When
the lamp goes out tonight she will nave
fits -
The event proved Bob's knowledge OF
woman. Mrs. Harry did have fits as soon
as the lamp went out, and the hunters
were kept awake while she was being
soothed and convinced that there was no
danger of an attack by bears. She maue
an humble apology for her "foolisnness
the next morning, and remained at nome
alone that day with rife, loaded anu
within reach.
The following day came the climax.
| She insisted on going with the hunters.
Its no use, Harry she said. You a
know can walk or wheel, you stuplu'
and l am going. If you don't want me,
say SO, and | will take Bob and go out
with him and beat the bag of the Whole
OF you" and TO the eternal disgrace OF Ine
men she did what she said she would CO.
While taking her into the wilds BOD IN
ouloated much good advice as to handing
the rifle After time deer was slgnteo
on the other side of moist patch, IN sucn
location that the guide was sure if dis
turDed 1t would come down to the open
trail where Mrs. Harry was. Telling her
TO lie close until the deer was well within
range, he ohivalrously went down wind
to try and turn 1t to her in stead of stalk
ing 1T for himself. She crouohed down
and waited and waited, until she heard
snlneth1ng brushing along below her on
the edge of the trail. A minute later she
saw huge head rise above the brush not
thirty yards away. Without tremor she
raised her rifle, calculated, as she had
been told, where the fore shoulder was
ana pulled the trigger, closing her eyes at
the same instant. With crash, away
Went the animal, while Bob's voice, in
picturesque remonstrance, asked what In
Paradise she was doingp Then he came
running up, fearing some accident. DE
round no accident, but an indignant
woman who needed considerable persua-
sion to tell what had occurred.
BOD wblstled, and then they took up
the track of the evidently wounded ami
NAL, Bob indulging in series of whistles
and bad words as he went. At last they
came to the quarry, a female moose,
lying with her brownish black body just
where tbs sun came through the tree tops
and tinged every separate hair tip with
gold. Mrs. Harry was orazy at the sight.
She had visions of her apartment with
her moose's head on the walls, her moos' 8
skin on the. floor, and portraits of her and
the moose, and when the guide told her
she must not touch it, but must get away
at once and out of the state, she fatty re-
fused to listen to any such nonsense
1t was only by the greatest effort that
Bob prevailed on her to come with him
to the camp and see what could be done;
she was prepared, she said, to camp out
there alone while he fetched the msn. At
the camp-well, it is idle to say what the
feelings of the three men were. or what
the guides thought about it. The cold
facts We're that the Maines Legislature had
found that the fine of s100 for every moose
killed Illegally, was paid willingly by rich
men for the sake of the sport. and SO the
penalty for killing female moose had
been changed to fine of $500 and four
months imprisonment, and the whole
party wes liable under the broad phrasing
of the act. There Was nothing to do but
break camp at once and leave the moose
where it was
leave that 1noosel' cried Mrs Harry
'tNot for twenty-five $500 fines and a
hundred imprisonments of four months
each; not If the court knows itself, and
only married men can guess what stress
of pleading, bullying, urging was neces-
sary to make her compromise on taking
tWo hoofs and the two ears.
SO the expedition came to an end with
record of eighteen trout eleven caught
by the woman), two DEER and one moose
Gagged by the woman) in four days. 1t
was sad ending to proposed three
weeks trip. The men said bad words all
the way home, and are still saying them
now they are home, and the woman has
taken her ears and hoofs to taxidermist
to be fixed, and tells every one what a
gilt-edged time she had, and how Harry
is gcing to take her next year, because
but for her spoils they would have got
absolutely nothing. nothing, my dear"
And Mr.. Harry listens and says nothing.
Next year is long time yet.
PATCHED MONEY ON EXHIBITION.