The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-09
SPORTS
KID GETS HIS DEER
After Nearly Killing Swede, and
Breaking His Gun, He Meets
With Success.
Ellis the Original Buck That Came
Out of the Ark-Rival
Y. Claimants.

And the kid went out with the rest,
stayed as long as any of them. and got
his deer, to boot. Indeed, he did, and his
fond paternal ancestor has sworn the
great oath that he will hoop the kid with
steel. if the tumult within the latter's
breast don't subside soon. TO aid which
subsistence / interviewed the kid, and got
the following narrative for my pains:
Say. but had the bulliest time ever
The old man took me along, and will you
believe it, he wanted me to use shotgun
with buckshot. He said. the old man
did, that l was altogether too comprehen-
sive to be trusted with rifle. No, Old
Reliable didn't go with us. He said that
he's got wife. and family to take care
of. and dassent take too many chances.
You know how Old Reliable is always
joshing. though.
well when the old man says git, 1t is
git with his kids, so / just went along
and made the best Of it. And 1 came out
top Of the heap, and beat 'em ALL Yes.
old man. and all, but l dassent tell him
so. He got the other deer, the old man
did. He can shoot like Three Eyed
Dick, the Red Handed Scout of the Rock
les. the old man can. I only got one
deer. but 1 beat him all samee. for all
hisn was little ones. and two Of 'em was
does. but mine was the real old he buck
that was on the ark with Noah. That's
what Old Reliable said when he seen him.
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Old Reliable does.
We'll, we got out and stopped at a
farmers house, a Winchester farmer. the
old man called him, where there wasn't
no kids for me to shoot, and the very next
morning him and the old man went after
deer, but the old man sent me to get rab-
bits. and pat'ridges for a bOOyaw. He
thought had only birdshot with me, but
fooled him once, for 1 had dozen buck
shot shells that I swiped from Old Re-
liable fore We come out. Well, l hunted
around most all day. and only killed six
rabbits. and three pat-ridges. and was get
ting mighty tired so 1 hiked for the house
again.
Kid Gets Buck Fever
II come to a place full Of thickets. ant
alder patches, where it looked like a dee
might hide fine. 80 I made up my mind tt
hunt that all through. and see If couldn
scare one out. Sure enough pretty soo1
heard one creepin slow, and easy
through the alders, and a comm my wa,
too. I stopped dead STILL and soon coult
tell that he was a big old buck, for
could hear his horns a scrapin' on tn,
alders. as he sneaked through EN-. Their
| stood with my gun ready to shoot and il
spite Of myself l couldn't help a tremblin
like 1 had the ague, which was what KEEP
me from gettin' the Swede sure enough.
guess. Soon I seen a piece of his gre,
nue. ana nelQ my gun on 1t all ready Il
shoot soon's all of him come in sight
but Just then the gun went off, both bar
rels, spite Of all | could do.
Then there was the awfullest yell yo
ever heard, and a Swede come a tearir
out Of the alders. just a frothin at tn
mouth. and maxim more noise than if he
been killed dead right there. It's funn
how little nerve that mani ad. Hadn'
none of the buckshot but one hit him. an,
that hit him in the leg. but here he com
ahOWlln- that he was killed, and knew h
was eoin' to die right off. 49,
When he seen that was only boy h
got maddern' a wet hen, and was goin
to take it out of my hide right there so
1 had to hold my gun on him, fore he'
calm down little. Soon's he did,
skipped out, and went back fast's kne,
how. But the Swede followed me, an
when the old man came in without n
deer. and mad clear through cause he,
missed two shots, there was that foo
chump to make trouble for me with tellin.
the old man bout my tryin to kill him.
Old Man Forgets to Settle
well. the man he settled with tn
Swede. and told me he would settle will
me later. He forgot it out there, and
hope he won't hurry himself to remembe
on my account. I've settled with him be