Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-09-17

Beginning of n W ont~r's Hun or Ls~k ma
N-ouGns Two Deer and Two Psnth-~s.

s-opxns Two Deer and Two Psnth-~..
Fifty years ago when I was . lad
said Ira Parmenter, Of Potato Creek,
Penn. II was stiii-huntihg for deer,
and ! saw a doe and fawn lespiae
along iR an open space. not ten rods
from where the railroad station nov
stands az GarGean. I stood "a still a.
any Of the trees around me. FOR. saw
that the course the two deer were tax
ing would bring them along by a BIC
chestnut tree not core than eight rods
from where 7 was standing. and I cal.
cu,ated that / could bag theul both
AS ;hey came by size tree I raised
my gun % shoot the doe. but before
could fire something dropped down
out OF the tree ike a big branch fall
ing and landed square on the does
back. IL was a panther. The doe was
crushed 20 the ground by the weigh.
of the panther and the force OF 80 leap.
aud the ferocious beast m stantiy had
its teeth fastened IA her throat The
fawn sprang ten feet away into the
thicket But that panther got little OF
the does blood. for I bored % through
and through with a bullet and a charge
of bucksh0t almost a. soon as Il had
borne the deer 70 the ground. I dont
know n killed the doe or II she was
dead before my bullet struck her. but
the bullet that killed the panther
lodged also IN her vitais.
The frightened fawn. true % the
nature 90 It's kind. came stealing back
after a time 81 look for its mother. AMI
1 killed 4, out Of pity more than Cor
anything else. The panther was a
male. aud. / believe, the mate 81 one
that fell victim 60 what have called
proviieutial shot of mine m nay camp
sha1ty shc might before The shantv
was whct We used 60 call a face camp.
all open 40 one side Noah Parker wa.
with me. and some time after We had
turned in ior the night q most unearthly
-creecA. sounding like the cry oi per-
SON IA distress. broke on our ears
Parker said 10 was the cry of o loon
After long interval of silence. the cry
was repeated nearby Then there was
silence again. this time so much nearer
that DO seemed o. be close Go the shanty
7 asked Noah what We hal better DO.
"a wouldn't get much sleep II that
terrible screeching was going O. be
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Fire your gun. said he. SOME
hines shat viii brighten looms away on
the double quick.
My gun lay within reach. I took
% up. held % out from my body rs /
lay on the ground. and fred out II the
shanty That was the end Of the noise.
aud Noah said we hal scared the looh
50 1t wouldn't Dee heard IN that locality
for many day. I soon fell asleep.
and it was broad day light when 1
woke. 1 rubbed my eyes and looked
around Then / rubbed them again
and turned cold. for stretched on the
spruce boughs ia the shanty and not
ak feet away lay panther. II was
dead. for a ride ball had entered its
eve and come out at the top of rs head.
The bullet was the random shot 1 had
fired IN the night 90 brighten away ths
supposed loon. and It had killed the
bloodth.rsty beast instantly. A secon,
more, no doubt, aud IL would have had
its fangs IA my throat. Noah Parker
said that was the luckiest shot thai
was ever fred in those or any Other
woods. and have always believed tina
he was right New York Sun.