The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-02-28

decent style
-Wen. maybe YOU can be accommo-
dated in that. NcIl he in some big
ger hills directly and maybe you'll
see something there with enough
speed and twist 20 he entertaining.
You can bet one thing. though. that
IL you shoot AZ one. as you have been
in the habit Of doing with a shotgun
before the hounds. you will make a
dead miss with the rife most of the
time"
THAT kind Of talk is all right for
| those who don't know how to shoot
a shotgun or anything else. But you
just run me up against one OF your
deer IL You want 10 see something
artistic"
And your talk is all right for one
who knows nothing about rifle But
| am surprised you should try 20 work
il on me when you know that i know
that you have never shot rife in
your life" said i, with great gravity
of tone.
.You had better confine your tai
ents to painting California rainbows.
You can fool people that way all
right. But you needn't start in so
late in life TO educate me on shoot
ing"
In about half an hour we were in
some higher hills and there we met
Bill Martin, another old companion
of mine, who was out after deer. As
we sat down to rest bit Martin
pulled of his cartridge belt and laid
il on the ground SO that Boswell
could see the end of the bullets They
were hollow in tine point and filed
with wax-some of the first expan-
sive bullets used in this country Bos-
well took out one from the belt and
began TO examine the ball with great
interest
What's this for?- he asked
That's the chamber for the anti
septic. It's capped with wax" re-
Piled very seriously.
"Antise2tic." he exclaimed. big
eyed
Eyes. In these big hills we have to
make such long shots sometimes on
wild deer we have TO have something
TO keep the meat from spelling in hot
weather before we can get TO IT, Nine
are that way. but they are all in the
magazine of the rife"
Martin took the cue IN a twinkling
and. with an air quite IS serious as
mine. asked me:
What kind do you like best?-
"Why. concentrated creosote is the
best If you are going TO smoke ven
ison. But for fresh meat chloride OF
zinc is the best" replied
II don't like the idea Of IL. though.
Too much like embalming." said Mar
tin. with an air of disgust Its a
pity arsenic is poison. for it's so sure
and don't taste bit You can notice
Just a faint taste from the chloride
il You have had TO lose much time in
finding your game in the brush, or Il
its got away wounded
Boswell had started TO pick out the
wax with the point of his knife. but
had suspended operations and sal
Hooking at US with big-eyed wonder
Neither of us quivered. but we contin
lued the discussion in that line until
finally Boswell. with all the artless
ness of sucking lamb. grazing q
chiIdlike smile of bashfui incredulity
said:
Say. You fellows are fooling about
that. amt yong
Whcrrupon we took n roll on tbs
1 r-.-~ hs~nn
funny about il and kept a dignified
silence for the next hour. as he wan
dercd away nv himself
We finally beckoned him TO rs fol
we had found the track Of two bis
bucks. We told him TO go and gc'
a position on the top of the ridg'
where he could get shot IL they raj
around on either side
pig tracks he said with contemp
as he looked at them
"well. you make goat tracks To-
that ridge. and you may see some
thing"
-You just want TO get me TO clim'
/, that big hin in the hot sun for moth
. ing"
. It'll he nothing all right enough
. | for you'll never hit anything. but IL
worth something TO see a good buci
run through the brush and rocks
! said i.
.Another California fake I'll bet
dollar he mutfcred as he went OF
| After waiting awhile for my frien'
, 10 reach the ridge. 1 sent Martin
. around the Hill one way while tool
the tracks that led the other way. .
that some one would have chanc
for n shot If we could start the deeI
= After following the tracks about hal
an hour. As they wound around hi
. | reached the ridge that commands
a view Of The other side Of the mai
: hill. As ! followed the trail up il
side there was a heavy thump q
: hoofs from its top and grand srnas
Of brush. | scrambled TO the top a
= fast as l could and reached its ores
: well out Of breath in time TO see tw
: big bucks in high riochet career. no'
h clearing brush with lofty bound the