The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-31

but the water question WAS lIkely e bother
from 6 ESn%en' Hh pe Ne beSthoSsSt himself Ola
climb the ,nenrcst hill, and from there might soc
did with Infinite labor under the broiling July
sun, In his anxiety 70 ind himself he walked
zag, and make the ascent easier.
lis the whole land enchagted 7" he said to
are few LIVING things about Maybe L il earth
aneke weather. ! am like Rip Van Wrinkle him
ssry m Saa he %%Eet rsseSs Si TN S 20 s sl1 Z M isySS sSFd
z On the summit q. tic hill the Dutehman
and found he was. far eastward Of his ranch.
h hS SS' to tRe ao SeSs ne Wa Ne n SSd BEEN @li %sl KIM
ER H ldfsSftea S 81 9Rs s sTH fals Rey 0 iSstcn a9' 81 tRs
he, would then come to tho. ~PenasQuitas.. BY
fonIlGSwiqS that down he would Gnd his ranch.
He hurried as fast Ps he could on that account;
Guessing TIE ridge he found : iittIe creek, and
Then. moro at case. he walked rapidly down
The river. As usual, at this tipe o. the year;
in It occasionaly. where, a big ledge Of
granite nrs c pPSxo I'll the con bed; The Sv sand showed
q little way SU Water m" eo tEGN be T Fou nS Y was WIFE
cool Watsf, in. the sand! hole. that the Dutch.
as %"% a nEiS un IRG l0'f H tHG st ts Q ID o oVer er iSbo TG9STR
scooping out the sand. when tho swapping OF q
oFE lTSIS %iSSs,! G E5R 70 look up
tT nST =, within twenty feet q him. gazing
Man and beast stared at each other for n full
tTiHb minute " ;o each @itt too surPEised to move too
there the DutcbmS1suni' did n not Know SoS ' How the b
DntchmSn found that out-of-the-way spot was
evidently rgnzzling the buck. They, might have
and bewfIdered. il the cold water tricklins into
the hole had not moistened the Dutchman's
That broke tie spell" II The buck Gj2ImmTpssdf Back
yard, scrambled Yp the bank Of the river and
Prising as il he had used wings instead ofless.
put the Dutchman was not to be baked. The
tute Of nerves. He reached Tor the old muzzle-
loader lying on a rock near by. He raised 4 to
good aim. Then. with both eyes staring open.
he took a long, steady aim, SO long that the
Boom-oom-oom-ooml That was, the rever-
PeTation that went through the hills when the
enchanted buck. Like a sound Of fairyiand t
f TisssNiS 9I Pr %isniT fr TRe s 4 rhSP Si2Is oS S9%Ead ron
out about the gnunt lodges OF rock that point
across tho Linda Vista plains, Birds flew, up
Just taken, possession OF an old dead tree.
swept out in q cloud and lowered about. rs IL
looking for q thunderstorm
The Dutchman had not spoken a word for
three days, and hal hardly heard a sound, save
lne. cTulcnlnR OF MS own footsteps. Inc boom
of his gun startled him. He felt for q moment
as If he had committed some nameless crime.
The next moment the buck disappeared. and
hanging tightly to the. old muzzle- loader the
Dutchman ran through the chaparral to the
spot.
Ali There he wasl In the throes OF death
lay, the great buck, his %antlers throwing up
TO and fr9; How big he WINS! The Dutchman
stood still till the antlered hero breathed his
last. One of the buckshot had gone straight
through the heart. Others had gone into the
body. but the charge had been very scattering.
Then the Dutchman noticed that the buck car
riod scars OF former encounters. His shoulder
was JUS, healing from a shot and one OF his
legs had been injured. But the old fellow was
game t. the lnst-a wary woodsman, a Stealthy
traveller. n cunning %deceiver. "a fleet runner In
open or brSShy ground.
The thrifty Dutchman saved the bucks hide,
and, carried of all the meat he could lift. The
buck was never weighed, but he was famous
for his size. His broad. beautifully sprung
antlers swept his way through all INSTRUCTIONS
The horns reposed at last in the Dutchman's
cabin, and hunters going by that way never
fail to take n look at them and get the story OF
the ENCHANTED buck from the Dutchman's own
lips. He tells it with his own individual dia-
lect, and points often to the muzzle-loader over
the door that performed the act of prowess that
won him renown.
There is the gun, " he says. that killed the
enchanted buck Of PenasquitaS."