Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-01-14
TERRORIZED BYDEER
A MOB Cs vHeM CAPTURE A HOUSE
AND SMASH THINGS.


sportsman 1.-The deer have the laws
down fine, and though you might roam
for days without seeing sign of one Of
them IN the shooting season they are Us
numerous and intrusive "a mosquitoes 1t
other times. The deer. you know, is a
spocies OF goat and will develop all
goat s touginess if he gets the idea that
you daren [ touch him. No small boy
could be moro lnsoient than the deer
under those circumstances.
after we finished our dinner the
first evening at the cabin on Capen is
land last August we sat reading and
smoking n deer put his head in the
door and ba-a-a-ed at Us and winked his
eyes and shook his tail III an eager
way, as if b. was asking for something.
What does ne WANT we asked the
guide.
oh, anythinG-old clothes or boots.
a rubber shoe, tomato cans. anything
like that for IA change of diet.
1--WE gave him "A pair Of stockings and
"a chrome OF Mary Anderson He ate
them and bounded away looking as
pleased as IL his uncle had left him
legacy. That made us laugh, and we
hoped he would come back and let us
have some more fun with him.
lie did come back before daylight
next morning and brought six other deer
with him. They ate up two white shirts
and some underclothes that were hang
ing on the line behind the house and
reused Us up by knocking on the door
with their horns. When the guide open
ed the door, the leading buck butted
him into corner. The other deer crowd
ed III, and they took possession of the
place. They upset the lamp, and as
many as could get at it drank the kero.
sene. 1t made them cough, but didn't
apate their curiosity III the least. They
all put their noses III the stove and
shifted the ashes. That set them sneez-
ing. The big buck, by turning his horns
sideways, GOT his head into the biscuit
barrel. He ate till he was rounded out
like football and then tried TO go out
20 get Il drink. But he had forgotten the
combination, and the barrel staid right
where it VAS. He gave a loud ba a-a-a!
and that frightened him worse than any.
thing for his voice was baritone and
the barrel made it sound like dCable
bass. Then he started in TO back out
slowly, shaking his head and keeping il
low.
Il and Capen had kept quiet in our
hunks. We knew the Canadian law, and
we didn't want any trouble with the
deer. But they had no idea Of leaving
Us i'll peace. Two Of them caught hold
Of the blanket that was covering Capen
and began to devour it.
Leggo' he shouted. But il was nc
use. They knew the ropes and were not
going to be bluffed
- Jumping mackerel' shouted Cap.
Ell, getting mad. | won t stand this any
longer. Law or no law, these hoodlums
have got 10 get out Of my house.
He started to descend from his berth
when IA wicked looking doe made jump
from the other end of the room and
helped him back again. | don't know
what would have become of US if it hau
not been for the buck with the barrel.
IN backing out he tripped over a chair
and fell down. The barrel Jared him,
and he became panic stricken. He gave
a terrific 'b.a-a a and hoisting the bar.
rel up III the air began to charge about
blindly. lie fell down turned somer-
saults, buitcl ,he other deer and tried
10 knock Cut the end Of the cabin The
others were 80 surprised and frightened
at his strange al p,arance and antics
that they stood sulI and stared open
a. = Z q .
knocked gd4Ity west. These got up and
away, full hckity smash, and the others
woke Up and slid the whole earth from
under theMsolyC, at enc jump.
he three Ct Us got up and jumped
"a the buck We carried him outside
and then let ham 20, and the way he
smashed around through the landscape
was "a caution. We could trail.him by
the biscuits. He broke the bottom out Of
the barrel after awhile, but guess he's
wearing the rest Of 1t yet.
"Of course we were i'll a great state
Of alarm for fear the deer would come
back, but the guide said
That all right I'll fix those fell
lows
Luckily we had fine gray wolf
skin. This the guide stuffed and planted
III "a lifeliko attitude on the shore where
the deer came from the mainland That
afternoon the deer that turned our cabin
inside out returned with % others.
They were all on the broad smile, think
ing of the picnic they were going TO
have till they caught sight Of the stuffed
wolf. That stopped them as dead as
though they had run against brick
wall They wheeled quick as a flash,
and the way they put was caution.
After that we had no mere trouble,
and my advice to men who are going
for sport into the wilds Of Canada is
that they take stuffed gray wolf if
they want to have peace ana comfort. "
New York sun.