The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-02

report. and as the bird passed me
ned / blazed away and brought it
no, that's itr shouted the presi-
1ol<ing from the back Of his horse.
ats the matter2 said l. looking
k Mr.. c. what's the matter said
sident, as he slid from the saddle;
VS. what's the matter. To think Of
a man from Memphis with an old
al gun come down here and wipe
As he concluded he strobe toward
hes pulling a huge hunting knife
IS pocket as he walked.
2ked at c., who was the picture
. ~ He was watching the president
1T half a dozen stout switches from
nomn bush and came back trim
" the tW.gs. They were strong
pple, just the kind Of switches We
+t get warmed with when we played
u... orty years ago and went swimming
a.I vas at a loss to know what use they
Wor. be put to until the other members
MI OIL. organization also dismOunted and
adhered around the uckless G., who
without a word laid aside his gun and
srt7 ed himself al fun length upon the
ground face downward. The skirts Of
I aa calvas hunting jacket We're turned up,
and we presidents long and sineWy arm
/ applied the switches vigorously where they
Ver. imposed to do the most good.
.I-" -frOln-AIv mphis--Wipe
your eye-will-youg said the president
/ be.we blows, amid the shouts of laughter
o Che others.
when the switches were worn out. c.
was commanded to rise, and, taking up his
gun, he mounted his horse. ] had had my
share Of the birds and wanted to stop, but
l they Wouldn't hear it. So we passed en-,
another member of the club taking C--'s
place. We had half a dozen shots before
/ had q chance to put il on him. and the
| FO | "a /
think the voice of c. sounded above all
of the rest, for you know misery loves
company most dearly The president again
cut switches, and his arm swung with the
! regularity of a pendulum, and the dust few
from the trousers of the PROSTATE sports
man.
" ] move that the president take his
| turn said c., as We we're ready to go
on and majority of the club voting
aye the veteran took his place at my
side
81 got encouraging glances all around.
and especially from c., who was elect
ed to act as president pro. TEN. The old
man killed with the greatest regularity,
| and | think we had about eight or ten
straight and were working along the bank
| of a dead canal which was overgrown
| with tail, rank grass and bordered with
bushes when the president lost his bird.
| Quick as a fash he threw himself head
| foremost down the grassy incline. lisap-
| pearng beneath the banks, and when the
| other members of the club came up he was
nowhere 10 be seen. In a minute we heard
| a shout far down the canal, and there,
! 500 yards away. the tail figure of the old
man was outlined against the blue sky.
| He held his gun in one hand and put the
thumb of the other hand to his nose and
twiddled his fingers.
I'm have to go up there" said the doc
| tor FOR that's an organization which
should be encouraged. It's a new one on
! me, but we have plenty of customs in this
| country which are unknown to sportmen
! of the north and northwest. After my re-
turn from college, l went shooting deer in
| one of the parishes below one of a party
| Of four invited by Cade, who was then
! president of the cotton exchange. You
| know he had then, as now, an extensive
! preserve, where a man could get quail,
/ snipe turkey, deer, and a bear in season.
My father had just bought new Winches-
ter, and when l mentioned that l was go
ing off for a few days hunt, he readily
| consented to my taking his new gun.
eve left here in the evening and were
at the shooting box by II. After a cold
I kite and q todGy we turned in and slept
until daylight, when the dogs were ready
for us. l was stationed AT one of the most
promising points of the runway, and was
confident that l would bag anything that
came my way. / was a young man then,
but could hold my own with a gun and
had no fears for the result of a turnup
with most anything to be found in our
swamps. / listened to the dogs giving
tongue in the distance for some time, now
near and now far as they ranged i'm fol-
lowing the scent and | had about con-
cluded that the quarry was about to pass
the stand of some more fortunate hunter
than | when out of the bushes jumped
spanking big buck. l had ample time to
pun on him and was as confident as you
hut ola mis- i'm ~ he
turned and with a snort of terror fed as
only frightened deer can, l gave him
perfectfusilade. There was a great crash
ing and cracking of the underbrush as
the deer broke through it, and then all
was still, except the yelping of the dogs
as they came nearer and nearer in pur-
suit of the buck.
"A few minutes later the dogs. followed
by my host appeared upon the scene.
-" Where is hep asked c..
" Cone said l.
" The devIr said he.
=" No, the deer, was my retort, for 1 was
pretty sore
Didn't you shoot?' asked c.. as he
fumbled in one of his pockets and pulled
out a knife.
Yes was my reply, wondering the
while what he was going to do with the
knife.
And you missed him?' was his COM
ment as he commanded me to turn around.
There was a tug at my shirt at the
back, and in a twinkling the tail of it had
been severed neatly. c. said never a
word as he tucked the piece of linen into
the pocket of his hunting coat, and l know
it is one of most valued collection to this
day."
say" said Billy Montgomery, who was
one of thetlisteners, IF forced to take an
outing with the Brownsville boys, and
participate in deer hunt on the same
day. think / would elect to try for birds
i'm the morning"
Either that or carry along a supply of
shirts" was the pertinent response Of Jim
Hearn who is nothing if not philosophic
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