New-York tribune., 1902-03-09

% but as there was no sign he thought the shot shot
hunting near the Au Sable River Mart shot deer
as It leaped through some bushes. When he came
leg. which was nearly severed.
through ahe e shnd Kan thai s deer tnf but il @
certain that the deer was stone dead When the
had passed through his heart. In the heart there
was found a lump OF podded' blood. and 1t was
and we concnded That the sho througb na the les
was so great a shock to his weakened body that
thing IN there /" the right place to finish the poor
u can tell about the strange death of deer on
Silver Lake said Secretary Slater. Il hunt
ing with Mr.. Hoe. The deer was in the water not
Shhoot SShhot II through the back because II he shot II
through the head II would sink But he hred
animal as it's head went down; and held on 70 IL.
After a few kicks the deer died. and we were able
The queer feature of IT was that the deer did
not show the mark of a bullet anywhere"
Perh3ps It went down his throat said some
No; we could not find a bit Of lead in him any
where" said Mr., Slater. warmly. -
The man held the gun so close TO the deer's nose
ma Inat II TOOK ms breath away and when Slater
Slaters "Oh. / guess So could be heard even
Mart Moody was ready with another story. and
the guides gave respectful attention;
In the habit Of setting traps in the small lakes
the winter I made trip upon the ice stoppng
now and then to catch trout through the ice
tIIA'i 44e'isu SHlith on Hdnd at the
the finish" And the old man INDUCED in a hearty
laugh over his reminiSCenCe.
I rgged up temporary hand sled. and had in 1t
a favorable fishing place near the shore, cut some
began to fish. / had fair luck until encountereS TS
big Fellow. whp refused TO be caught. / tried INV
II so busy watching the trout that ala nSi
notice commoton on the ice Looking up. / saw
caught sight of me- he whired and fell on the lee
mere WAS a nttle snow. and the deer slid. Re-
fore you e9ud snap your fingers five wolves were
that did not know what l was doing grabbed
my ice Ghse' s and ran at the wolves and the deer.
wolves away from the deer. yelled the Ioudest I
With the chisel cut OFF the hind quarters Of the
dragged that part of him along the ice The The
wolves returned to eat the foreGuarters OF the
on ont the sb shore; The camp was at Howell ran
all: about a mile and half. At the camp / got OF
When I got back didn't see a wolf. looked
t GROUND the point but still TO wolves. The hind
LETT them There was little OF the foreagarterasa eaa
region mo s0ce & Nor nave ave seen any wolves in this
Re rout hS had SSnr 96 the sh asked
fine saddle Of venson rePlief ahd had eEs
some PaSe OF Of tbe %oygs a5as IN rt getting it,
ft.9SIueht .!Srn ti sumner n told told the next story.
Sim Torrence, Dr. Hallock and others wers wsre
mum hbHnPs ps6 on Silver Lake and they drove in buck
neck. yelled Sim he will turn end over and sink
Shoot him in the backr - ~ >'
-, But DIT. Wright shot him squarely In the head
Ihe deer ended over and went out OF sight Sim
marked the place as well as he could and they ali
went went TO the camp for trolling line They got
a me eighty feet long. and fastened 10 the END OF
IL a set OF grapples. But they did not get hold of
AWNING They didn't even touch bottom. They
returned TO camp and got more line and with this
snG they caught something. They pulled and pulled
ana nnally the deer came the top. Then they
measured e the depth of the water. and found il
It's purity hard job to save a deer after bs
mas gone to the bottom like that ii was suggested
podX getttn' a deer like that before
< SIhat may be true," said Mr. Bilungs-s,Ys all