The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-05-16

Adirondack woods, where for about
two months he could enjoy the hunt
ing, fishing rowing and trampine
which that wild and picturesque re
gion afforded him. His son, Hal, in
herited his fathers love OF outdoor
sport, and was already a fairly good
fisherman and q very good shot, and
he enjoyed the Adirondack life quite
as much as did his father.
Hal had a little room Of his own al
home, which he called his study, and
which was furnished according to his
own ideas. There were a good many
pictures on the walls, but over his desk
was vacant space where IL was Ha1s
ambition to hang the head and antlers
of deer which he himself should
shoot. His father encouraged him In
this ambition, and gave the boy on his
fifteenth birthday fine new rifle; II Is
certain there could be no greater en-
couragement than this
A few weeks afterward Mr.. Clayton
and his family were established In their
camp I'm the woods. Early one bright
morning Hal and his father started
out on their first deer hunt. Mr.. Clay
ton was good woodman, and needed
no guide TO the ordinary haunts OF the
game I'm the vicinity of his camp. At
ter a walk of three or four miles he
and Hal came To the edge OF an arm
of n lake. Here Mr.. Clayton stopped.
"Now, Hal" said he, IL am going to
leave you here TO shoot your first buck
that is, If you should be so lucky as
TO see one. That open space down
there, about 200 feet away, Is a place
where the deer come out. Settle your
self behind this big, fiat rock. ana wait
until buck comes down to drink. The
wind is all right, so he will not be apt
TO discover you If you lie hidden. Then
you will have an opportunity to show
whether or not you are good shot
1 am going off TO another spot for deer.
and | think / shall be back about
noon"
When Mr.. Clayton had departed Hal
began 10 prepare himself for work.
Laying his rifle OH n depressed portion
OF the rock, where ii was concealed
from view, he settled himself comfort
ably where he could look over the rock
without exposing more than his eyes
and gray felt hat, which was nearly the
color of the stone.
He had heard n great deal Of deer
hunting. and he knew very well that
In order to get n shot IL was often
necessary TO wait Il long time at place
where deer might show themselves;
consequently he had brought his cam
era with him. He was very fond of
taking photographs, especially of out
of-door scenes.
The first thing he did with his cam
era was to take a picture of the spot
where he hoped n deer would appear.
and having done this he watched and
waited for q while, and then, when he
became tired of this he took n photo
graph of another pretty scene Hear by,
For about half an hour after this he
sat behind the rock and waited and
watched, and just as he was beginning
TO think il would he well TO take an
other photograph in order to beguilc
the tedium of this very slow sport he
saw decided movement of the leaves
i'm a mass of bushes at the edge of the
wood near the place his father had told
him to watch. lie laid his hand upon
his rifle and held his breath.
Now from the bushes a head ap-
peared, then neck, but IL was not the
head and neck for which he had been
waiting and hoping; IL was the head of
doe, on which grew no branching
antlers. But IL was beautiful head,
and Hal was near enough TO see the
beauty of the large. lustrous eyes.
Out into the open space between the
woods and the water the doe stepped,
revealing the whole Of her graceful
form. She looked TO the right. she
looked TO the left, then she looked out
over the water, and when she had
made these prudent surveys she turned
her head toward the bushes from
which she had just emerged.
Then in an instant. as If she had
said 1T Is all right; come along, my
dear" out skipped a little fawn. He
too, raised his small head, looked to
the right, 10 the left, and out over the
water, as If he wished TO assure him
self that his mother had been correct
in telling him he was quite safe to
leave the shelter of the forest.
The mother deer now walked down
to the edge of the water and lowered
her graceful head 10 drink. The fawn
trotted after her and lowered his grace
full little head, but he merely wet his
nose; he did not seem 10 care for water
The doe. after taking another look
about her, deliberately walked for n
short distance into the shallow water
and then stopped and looked back
ward, as If inviting her son TO come In
and see how nice il was to stand in the
cool water.
But the fawn had no fancy for any
thing of the kind. He pricked up his
ears. he stamped upon the ground with
his tiny hoofs, and he moved impa-
tiently backward and forward along
the shore as If he thought his mother
should come out and behave herself
like q respectable deer.
The doe paid no attention. however.
10 the fawn's annoyance. She even
walked further into the water. until
her legs were nearly concealed. The
fawn now became very much agitated.
and after springing backward and for.
ward two OF three times he went to
the edge Of the water and put in one
foct then he drew II back and
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