St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-08-07
A FAMILY AFFAIR.
How the Workings Made Hunting
PrOsDeroua

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How the Workings Made Hunting
Prosperous.
| MIR. Worbling was an honest, indus.
| trious, capable highwayman of guide
whose business it was to direct men
| through the mountain canyons under
| the ha1lucination that he was showing
| them where to hunt wapiti at closest
range. Worbling had three sons, and
| one day an inspiration came to him.
The result of the inspiration was that
his eldest son secured the office OF con-
stable in one of those commodious Wyo-
ming precincts. Then Hy shot an elk,
skinned it and stuffed the hide and
waited for the opening of the season.
The first hunter who engaged him
was an oil dealer from Pittsburgh. Him
Hy led by devious ways until after sew
eral hours he spoke gently and pointed
around bowEder and indicated that
elk meat was there. The Pittsburgher
gazed entranced upon a magnificent
specimen, took a palpitating aim and
shot bullet into the4sun which hung
afar off in the heavens. Nevertheless,
the animal fell. The hunter rose up.
and yelled and danced and started to-
ward the fallen beast, when out of the
gloom appeared a man with tin star
and blank warrant charging John
Doe with shooting elk out of season.
Thinking that the officer might take it
into his head to hang hion. the Pitts
burgher paid $82.41. Even then the Off
Ger refused to let him have the elk or
even to approach it. He said it was
eontraband of the state.
Z One hour afterward, at a point mile
away, Hy Worbling stopped, dropped
to his knees and by pantorni1ne show
intimated that more wapiti was to be 4
had. The man of Oil cautiously looked
again. There, leaning against a tree,
asleep, about 100 yards away, was
beautiful specimen. The bullet sent
by the hunter cut the top twig off the
highest tree of a grove 40 feet to the
right OF the animal, but, nevertheless.
the elk fell, pierced in vital SPOT.
But before the hunter could move to-
ward hisvietim again appeared that for
gotten constable, and this time the
court costs were $97.13.
The visiting Nimrod had great luck.
Lie killed nine elk that day, but he was
very foolish. Every time he thought
hat surely the next time he would not |
De bothered by the constable, but. how t
ever laboriously they tried to circun-
vent him, the man was always on hand |
70 ask for his fees according to statute, /
and he positively refused to let the /
'asterner have even the sorry satisfac-
ion OF approaching his elk. He was
7ery callous, conservative officer.
The next day the man started back
or Pittsburgh. This kind Of hunting
vas too spendthrifty fer him He had
pent $722.38 on elk and hadn't even a
Goth to show forit. Hy Worb1ing and
lis son Henders watched him disappear
nto the railroad coach, Henders OBJ
erving the departure from safe dis
ance.
"Dog-gone it." said Hy, TN really
lad he's gone. He was gettin' waste
ul toward the last"
Wasteful OF his money!" inquired
lenders, IN surprise.
No; wasteful of material. Blame it
II, he hit the thing three times and I'll
ave to patch it with a piece Of my old
oat before I can expeetit to hold hay
ny more. What does he think an elk is
lade of. anyhow? Iron %
The Worbling family worked their
uffed elk ali that season, but retribu-
on came at last. One particularly
erFous man trembled SO badly when
pulled that the bullet found lodg-
ent in Pierce Worbling. the man
nose duty it was to jerk the rope
hich was attached to the stuffed elk's
nd leg, and old HF had to pay saa
neral expenses. It hit him very hard
the midst of pinched times, he said.
Chicago Record.