The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-20
A SQUIRE OF DANES
Col. Wheaton Chaperones a Party
Which Includes Two Members
of the Fair Sex.
Old Man Kills Three Deer Vicari-
ously, and One Girl Bags
a Rabbit.

There were many parties of hunters out
after deer during this open season, and
many of them returned we'll laden with
spoils of the chase, and memories OF fine
time enjoyed: but precious few were there
who brought, back more of the latter. or
less Of the former, than a party composed
of living image of the fat boy" Of
Trust cartoonist, two pretty daughters Of
his. and two enamored young men, who
came up here for a hunt; and got it,
They wanted Dan Gum to chaperon the
party, but Dan was busy and couldn't 60
They tried very hard to engage a guide,
sbut the elite Of that estimable fraternity
were busy also, and besides regard the
fair sex much as sailormen regard minis
ters Of the gospel, afield, that Is to say;
and it began to look as If the party would
have to try it by their lonesome, when Col
onel Wheaton got back from his first trip
with Mr.. Powers. AS the colonel says:
I'D like to see the color of the hair of the
prop stion l dassent tackle so he
tackled it at once.
He filled his wagon box full of hay,
dumped in old man. young men. maidens.
guns and other paraphernalia. and landed
the whole outfit at Jud Romans hos
pitable house before nightfal. And to
say they had a good time is drawing it
very mild indeed. Real rifles they had,
and Jud and his hired men found press
ing business six miles away from the di-
rection in which Roy had led his flock
every day while the party stayed; but
that is depression.
One Of the girls q ra bbit which ran
out Of a swamp, sat up and gazed wonder
stricken at her at about 20 feet distance.
and shot at it five times with a 3O-30
without making any more impression on
pussy than causing an expression of puz-
lied awe to come over her mild counten-
ance.
Results Follow Quickly.
Roy, coming up to see what the fusilade
meant. was good enough to lend her his
50H110 Winchester, to kneel down in the
snow, allow her to rest the miniature can
non over his back, and fire. Results fol-
lowed right off. The rabbit flew to bits;
the girl got into the crotch Of a scrub
oak about ten feet away, where she
hung trying to catch her breath, and rub
her right shoulder into semblance of life
again; and Roy went after water from a
spring-hole near by, which he fetched in
his hat, and doused into the girls face,
under the impression that she had suf-
Tered "consustion Of the lungs from the
kick of that Internal old fleldpiece.
The party hunted no more that day:
nor would they have done so again, had
not the diplomatic Roy wled the old
man out unincumbered by the Others put
a deerright past him.cut it down after the
ancient had emptied his magazine in vain
and persuaded him that he had killed it.
The old man couldn't tell the difference
between the wound made by his pencil
points. and Roy's big bullets, and was
bound to get the legal three before he
left. Also he was bound to get rid of the
rest of his flock. and hunt with Roy as
much as possible, which pleased all par
ties to the limit Roy because he was al
on aidge' all the time for fear one of the
ir~lc sr,111 h
neither hankered for another experience
Of his rough thaperonage. and both die
for the oldmanleSs company of the two
SWANS; and the latter for obvious rea
sons.
Roy did hypnotic the old man into be-
lieVing that he had killed the legal three
before he got through with him, and the
young quartet wandered over hill ant
dale, far afield. and as prodigal O.
time as they listed. Which is to say tina
they sometimes got a whole half mile
away from the house. and stayed out a.
much as three hours at time.
Lost Two Miles From Home.
Once, and once only did they see
deer, and opening fire on it, managed t,
shoot an ear tip off the luckless critter
which caused a little sprinkle of bloot
on the snow, a hot pursuit of the deer,
''getting turned around" as soon as tn
several hours Of fire-building by tn
young men, and wailing by the maidens
before Roy found them about two mile
from the house.
IT found EN-" said Roy, "a settin' il
a, kinder holler, in the hills, N one of tn
fellers was a luggin' wood n bresh t
keep up the fire, n t. other was a spoutir
a ridiculous lot O nonsense to cheer up tn
gals witch was a laughin' out n on
eye, n oryin' out'n t'other, like vim
min allears does Wen they can't make u
their minds w'ther they're havin' bull
time. er 8 mizzer'ble s they know no,
to be.
'"This chap that was doin' tongue
stunts, he was a speakin' a piece 'bou
The Hunting O. Puppy. Kee-Wz, wa
ever that might be, n jess I got Their
I herd him sing out; IN frum his lip
tn music rolled the Havemall of Odin old
N 1 see / hedden't got there none to
soon, fer the frost n the skeer had &c
to his brains, N he'd been lunier n
bug, in no time: W'at'nell are you
laughin' at now? Well, 1 fetched 'e1
home, n the old man he lowed we'd bel
ter git move on n skin out in tn
nlornin' fore they got a chanst to max
any more sech breaks; n here we be-
But before the morning came bringir
the move with it, there was a chanc
for Roy to cheer up his party with
neglect it; he seldom does. And, accord
Ing to the report Of one Of the young mel
ms Is about how one Of them went.
Roy Springs Tale.
"Shucks, you folks didn't have no hal
time tonight. Why onct back in VII
conc. I was out huntin with old Jones,
Milwaukee, an we put buck into tt
Wisconc river, n Jones he couldn't h
it if he went to h, Kerchee! Ke
choo! I've ketched a her, hea,
cold ahuntin' you up; but as was sayi
old Jones he couldn't hit the buck,
he'd a elm the fur bank an got ava
f 1 hadn't a. held bout three foot ahes
o. him, n bout five foot over him,
blazed away. n broke his back
IN there he was cross the rive
eighty rod away, his back broke, but f,
o h. Achoo! Achoo I can't talk
all hardly fer that cold. Well he w