Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-09-29
SEPTEMBER %, 1893.

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but just went over the fence like a bird.
And We stood and watched those
hounds until they were out of sight.
Then | said to ma; MA, / am going
to kill that old buck; you see if don't.
He is going to run until he gets tired,
| then he viii take to deep water. and
there is no deep water between here
and St. Francis riyer. Those are Bill
Madkins' hounds and he lives out in
Dent settlement. Now am going to
listen and if those hounds turn back
they will bring that deer back to
have that deer. Now, you see if |
don't" You see no hound will attack
deer tLat has his horns on while that
deer is in water too deep for a hound
to stand on solid ground. Should a
hound try to get hold of the deer in
water that is deep, the deer Will rear
up and put his feet and horns on that
dog and shove him under water, and
have him drowned in a shortStime. /
said, THAT deer will hunt for deep
water when he gets tired and am GO
ing to watch for him."
We could hear that hound as he
made the turns after the deer. We
heard him make turn way up at In
dian creek towards the east, then to
the south towards Brewers creek. fin
ally, just before the sun set, l heard
them turn down the old Pennington
road way out to the head of Long Hol-
low. | had loitered along the creek
creek listening, and when heard
them coming to where I was l stood
and listened. Right by where l stood
was long deep pond of water some
six or seven feet deep on the side op-
posite of me. On my side the bank
was very steep and the offers had
made slide on that side down into
the water about five or six feet deep.
y
here came that old buck and plunged
into the deep water and swan to my
side of the creek; and almost as soon
as the deer was in the water with
nothing but his head out, the hounds
came full charge. When they reached
the bank they all seated themselves
along the bank and such a chorus of
voices. As / stood above not more
than twenty or thirty feet away from
the deer I drove down on his head and
at the crack Of my rifle the old bucks
head sunk down in the water, and
every hound left; then all was still.
AS set my gun up against a tree |
said to myself I will go down that OF
ters' slide and get hold of the deer
and pull him up; | had not noticed
that the offers had been out sliding
down the Glide just before | got there.
and that the slide was all soft mud.
As soon as stepped on the slide my
feet flew out from under me as quick
as flash and l went down that slide
quicker than the biggest old daddy
in water up to my chin, right under
the old buck, but as that was what l
was after caught him by one of his
horns and went backwards, stamping
my heels into the mud and pulling the
deer after me up the slide. When at
last I got him to the top on level
ground tried to lift the deer, but ]
might just as well have tried to lift an
elephant. So put my handkerchief
on him and started for home. As the
cool night air came to me in my wet
clothes, the way my teeth did chatter!
All this time the folks at home had
been listening. When they heard the
hounds at the creek and then my gun
and all was still they knew had kill
ed the deer, and father and the boys
and one or two of the hired men came
to help me. When about half way
home | met them; they had lantern
and an ak. I told them where the
deer was and I went on. When I got
home / was pretty near played out,
and the way l was stripped of those
wet clothes, and put to bed was not
slow, and filled full of old Grandma
Browns teas. Well, next morning /
was all right, after eating good
breakfast of yenison steak, well cook
ed T. p. r.