The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-19
OLDDUCk'' GRANDPA" KILLED
HE FELL. A VICTIM FINALLY TO 4
TRAP Gun.
More Than = Hundred shots Had
PioweA Through His Hide before
the Anttered Monarch Of the

Deer hunters of the North Woods have
pursued their fayorite sport with great
success this year. Beaver river Is I'm a
private preserve owned 10y DR. Webb In
this preserve the deer are plentiful. They
seem To knew they are IN spot where
II Is unlawful to kill them, and they are
bold creatures The antics OF some of
them arouse the blood of the hunter. yet
he stops 10 admire the animals for their
nerve.
While there are many deer large and
bold there is not one the equal Of ''Old
Grandpa. He was a monster, and was
In the habit of breaking through the for-
est at a furious pace. bound for the clear
ing at onderkirk sawmiil and there SGT
the nerves OF the people a-tingsing when
they saw his magnificent shape. ''Old
Grandpa" often made his way through tho
mill yard. ieapsng piles of logs. to the door
of the engine room where Billy Meaeham
WAS engineer. and then stick hts nose into
the door and gaze at Billy. who looked ap
from his work and shook his fist at the
creature. odd 6randpas' antlers were
SO wide that he could not set them
through the door. and the big buck had
to stand paving on the outside while his
horns scraped great creases along the
sides of the door. These marks will re.
main as long as the min stands. This
deer seemed to take particular delight In
toffnentinx stity Meacnam.
One OF the east-iren rules of this local.
ity is that the men shall have no firearms
about them. nor bring them 10 the pre-
serve. Riily groaned in submission to this
law, while s''oid Grandpa" continued to
make his visits. He came every two or
taree days. and oftentimes the men gave
10 him handful OF salt While guns were
prohibited and II was worth mans job
10 be caught with one. log just outside
pf he. al nn
two guns In a box. The guns we're well
oiled, so they would not rust
One night when Billy Meacham was
making his way up the railroad track
TO his camp he encountered "Old Grand
pa" standing with his forefeet on the
railroad track. The deer took up pretty
much all of the track. and Billy saw
that one or the other would have to turn
out. Billy resolved that he would not.
He walked up TO Grandpa and shook
his fist under his nose. The deer did not
move. Billy caught the deer's horn In
one hand and tried to turn him. Grand
pa gave shake that threw Billy of
his feet. The deer would not move
foot. Billy thought of his lantern and
he went for II. He took the light and
shook 1t under 'Grandpa's" nose. but
this failed to get him To move. A fine
doe was grazing near by. and that was
why Grandpa wouldn't bulge.
About two weeks later Bill met odd
Grandpa outside the limits OF the pre-
serve at night. Bii had his repeater.
| The engineer thought the time to even
matters with Grandpa had come. and
| he shot at him. He missed, but the deer
| never moved Billy shot again. and tho
| deer. instead of dropping. took IA step
| nearer. his head In the air and blood In
| his eye Billy got frightened and blazed
| away again. The deer came on. Other
L -
| ious for his own safety. for the deer was
| getting nearer all the time. Billy shot
| his ninth cartridge. but did not bring
| down the prize. He tried another shot.
| threw down his gun. and ran for his
| life.
SO Grandpa continued to visit tho
| sawmiIl. Outside the preserve Billy salt
| ed log. and noted with satisfaction that
| the deer had found It. The engineer then
set a trap. placing the gun through the
| log. so that deer feeding upon the salt
would pull string and discharge the
| gun. The second night he heard shot.
| Calling several OF the men I'm camp, he
| took lantern and went TO the trap
Grandpa" was stone dead upon the
| ground. The charge from the gun had
| nearly blown his head OFF They picked
| the big deer mp and carried him to
camp An examination OF the hide show
| ed the burrows where many shot had
| plowed Grandpa" had been shot Mt
| more than a hundred times and had
| seemed to bear a charmed life. His ant
| iers measured four feet six inches from
| tip to tin. Those who saw the big fell
| low say he was the largest they ever saw.
| and that he must have been part carl.
hou.
There oftentines came to camp beau
| tiYul doe which the boys called Ger
| tie" One day Mencham met ''Gertie" In
! the wood near the sawrnii. and got near
| enough to the deer to stroke ifs nose.
| Billy thought II would he sport To lead
| the doe into camp by the ear. and caught
| an ear in his hand Thereupon the doc
| gracefully brought hind foot up from
| the ground and gave 3iIiy a blow In the
| side that broke two ribs-New York
| Times.