The morning news., 1897-08-15
4 FIsHY STORY.
Although Fish Have Nothing to DO
with the Tale.
From the Boston journal.

From the Boston Journal.
One of the mosl remarkable escapes
from death. and as exciting a tale of adj
venture as has been uttered for many
years, is related by Peter Pipiere young
farmer and hunter of the region just over
the St. John river. in Canada, who has
just come up the country after a peculiar
tour. The journey covered thirty miles
and was completed in an hour.
Friday afternoon Pipiere left home al
the head of a party of young farmers for
a DAYS hunt. An eagles nest on the top
of Wallyways mountain, eight miles away,
was the objective point of the expedition.
This expedition had i'm mind the capture
of a pair of eagles that was known to be
on the mountains and the disposal OF
them to a circus
Every man wore heavy leather gloves
and bore in his hand bludgcon. Pipere
carried the rope. The capture of eagles
on mountain tops is not a safe or an easy
matter. Tn SAttacking party then advauc-
ed on the works of the enemy. which were
summing themselves in the front door Of
their rocky nest 1t was a sharp light
and blood ran on both sides.
But man won, and the birds were soon
securely tied claw to claw. The rope was
passed to Peter, who steered his team out
TO the level edge of the towering rock and
sat on the cord to hold the birds still.
Suddenly the birds screamed and spread
their wings; Pipiere felt the power of the
pinions pulling on the rope. He wasn't
prepared to fly. He was in dangerous
position. From the edge of the rock where
he stood the mountain ran Off in preci-
pice TO the valley, a quarter of mile
straight down.
Help, boys, quick" he called excitedly,
tugging at the rope. r.
The men made rush for him. The
eagles saw the crowd coming, and, with
a duet of blood-curling screams. suddenly
rose into the air and sailed off into the
valley. the rope taut between them and
poor Pipiere hanging thereto for life.
Two eagles can easily carry man; one
can make away with a fat sheep. At
first the weight of the body beneath them
was too much, and the birds swung low
over the tree tops of the valley. after
fearful plunge from above, where the faint
cries of the men still echoed through the
forest. But after the first surprise, and
terrified with the strange burden, the pair
spread their big wings out still wider and
flew straight out over the country, south
ward.
Pipiere did not know what to do. He is
athletic in the extreme and he had
strength and sense enough to swing both
legs over the rope and make safe hold
Tor himSelt thereon. lne eagles seemed
to be flying strongly
Straight over the town flew Pipiere and
his flying span. Peter saw the people In
the street looking up at him and running
back and forward in n crazy endeavor TO
see the nature OF the new demon OF the
sky above them. But the birds were fly
ing at the rate Of forty miles an hour and
the town was soon left behind
over Frenchville the birds passed az the
speed of fast express. BY this time Pr
pieres muscles were lame and sore from
long tension and he was weak and grow
ing weaker. But the birds were losing
power. too. Not even they could endure
the awful strain and just over the town
hall they came down lightly on the steps.
The eagles were well nigh exhausted. So
vas Pipiere, but he tied them up In
friends barn and watered them.
Three hours later. when his frightened
companions arrived home. thirty miles or
so away Peter was there 10 meet them,
having come up in "A wagon with the
eagles tied in the rear. Piplere has the
eagles. stll alive. and the rest OF the party
has voted them TO him unanimously.