The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-18
TRUTH uNADORMED,
Plain Statement Of Facts Regarding
Bangor Mans Luck,


a Bangor Mans Luck
ut is true" said the man from Bangor,
half sadly. 1T is true that / brought
five deer out of the woods. but they
were all killed at one time, or very
nearly so. | desire to be absolutely
accurate in making this statement. I
suppose that if two persons were to be
killed by the same flash OF lightning
there would be some atom of time be-
tween the death of the first and that
of the second. 1t was so in this case
l want to be exactly accurate and TO
have it so understood.
My conscience acquits me of an in
territorial violation of the law. For ex-
ample, we do not believe in the pro-
| hibitOry law but we respect it. We are
a law-abiding people.
Our party was made up of two min
| listers, a deacon, a colonel and myself
We brought back nine deer: the others
killed one each, while | bagged. if may
use the term, the remaining five.
1T came about in his way. l was
camp. l was anxious to get back ear
ly, because one of the ministers was
to give a Bible reading, and I didn't
want to miss it. a slight noise at
'tracted my attention. and glancing Up
l saw fine buck. Without the slight
est hesitation, and ! may add with
out a touch of what they call the deer
fever, l fired.
Il used repeating rifle, and, as I
afterward found, the first bullet passed
through the brain Of the buck, and
then killed a fine doe standing at that
instant directly in range. In other
words / secured as my first shot two
deer.
As you know, an animal after re-
| ceiVing q, fatal shot will give a convul-
sive leap, if nothing more, and despite
the fact that it was shot directly
through the brain the buck reared up,
and, fearing that | was about to lose
my game, l fired again. I may add
that between my first and second shot
no great time elapsed, a second or so,
but nothing more. My pastor, when
l. told the story, said many man had
repented, been soundly converted and
forgiven in much less time than that
But, short as was the time. the buck
staggered and went down, passing as
it were out of range of my second uul-
let, but that bullet did great execution.
1t passed through the brain of a doe.
detected, and struck the horns Of a
buck, and then buried itself in the
heart of another doe. 1t was very re-
markable; don't it strike you SOP
Very, but that makes only four deer
and you said you killed five"
You will pardon my correcting you
continued the man from Bangor, but
| said that l brought five deer from
the woods. ] only killed four: the fifth
deer may be said to have met with an
accidental death. AS ! said. after kill
ing the doe, the bullet struck the horns
of a buck. II was a glancing shot, and
then it killed the second doe. The buck
was unframed, but of course the shock
was considerable, enough to bring the
animal to it's knees. Then he sprang
up and attempted to dart away, but
instead went down over a mass of rock
and was killed. l got there just in time
to save the meat
You had remarkable luck"
Il admit that | did have more than
a common degree of good fortune" said
the man from Bangor, but, of course,
| don't want to boast of it. In fact,
one of the ministers said to me that
evening, MANY and many a man would
have claimed that he killed all the fi1 e
deer. 1t is to your credit that you
have given us the plain, unvarnished
facts / did not think I deserved praise
for simply telling the truth, but, as
he said, there are, doubtless, men, I
fear even some Bangor men, who would
have claimed that second buck. New
York Sun