The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-11-03
An UNEXPECTED CAPTURE.

kaG RfA MhkANht o@fatts s@s s'eNAS's
ihe Osaws River for couple Of dsys, ,thei
/ tered aside up s fall. rtcly stream thai
came down frcm the northwest. After thu
I / lcst all iaes Of The route, wlish w,s
through lakes, leg ms and portAsss, ard
! did not much care where We ~ent, Tor ths
crim.ca ard geld autumn wilderness Wal
I'll snchsntment. WAS Linseoit's guest
He 1. ore Of the same-wsrdens q the Pro-
yicce Of onixfio, spd game ardeps are moi
popular In the bsckwoods.
On The frst day after leaving the ostawa
we passed few farms or elesrings, and on
The second dsy saw none at all--no signt ol
human Intrusion, except The occAslopa'
muss OF lumbamen. After the third day
the forest appeared absolutely deserted,
The game in that district 10 mostly large,
and although We frtqatntiy heard the noe
.urnal below OF bull moose, we saw none
Of them. Il was their ruttirg season, the
season OF The moose-caller, but We made no
attempt to shoot either them or the bear
or deer, which appeared TO b, fairly pler-
tiful.
had gore TO sleep early one night 10
our tent beside a lake, far up near the
Height Of Lsrd, and had slept several
hours, when | was awakened by Lin,cott
poklng me 10 the ribs.
Get up! be was saying. Don't make 4
noise.
Startled from the dsz, Of sleep, | rose
and followed him The night WAS intense
ly dark, without either moon or stars.
Lake, forest and tky we're merged In one
indistinguishable blsekness. The fire had
burned down to mere bed Of ashes, cast
Ing hardly sglimmer, snd far out on the
water ssw brilh,nt white light moving
slowly about.
Jsek-light! U.ing .ctor faid LIN.
scott, In whisper, for still water carries
sound Ike telephone.
Jack-lightipg, or bunting deer at night
by shining" their eyes, Is properly out
lawed. In this case the hunterf, who were
evidently using large bulfs-eye lantern
from their canoe, we're also vi lating the
close season, and thus tffsndirg tubly.
What are you going to du' | asked Lin
scott
Well paddle cut ard warn them, he re-
piled. It's my duty to do that, anyway.
Wen give them a scare, beides. Likely
they're come city folks on canoe cruise.
We started out, taking great care to dip
our paddles withou. the slightest splash.
No shots had as yet been fired by the JACK.
lighters. They had rot yet found any vic
tim. Their lantern was In tho bow Of the
canoe, and we moved round until directly
behind 1t, then glded up noiselessly In the
darkness till our PROV Jared the stern Of
the other craft.
Ill., there called Iinscott. What are you
doing with that liahl'
could make out the outline Of two kneel-
ing figures In the canoe, and then the blind
ing glare Of the bull'f-eye lantern was
Il ,shed full in cur faces. There was
startled exclamation, and absolute darkness
followed. The lantern had been put out or
the sl.de closed, and the Iapid noise Of pad
ding told u that the hunters had hurried
Of at racing pace.
Linscott dug in bis paddle and we drove
after them, guided solely by the aplashing
Of their blades. Our light peterborough"
fairly leaped at every stroke. "Lift, lift,
llft.n cried Linscott, he timing. call Of the
psddler,- and the water swirled and Rurg-
led past the stern, foaming indistinctly In
the gloom. For perhaps five minutes this
chase lasted then there was swashing
sound ahead Of US, and an instant later, al
though Linscott tried to check our speed,
we ran up half our length upon the soft,
soping shore Of mud with such unexpect.
{ dness that we were both thrown forward
upon our faces, Fortunately the canoe was
not hurt. We'could hear the crashing OF
underbrush in The dark distance.
Further pursuit. was cut Of the question,
even II Linscott had seriously desired to
capture the poschers. / lighted wax
match, and by Its fare we found the other
canoe, beachsd not six yards away. Lin.
scott, with some funblng, iummaged out
Of 1t the oiisndlng lantern. 1t was still
buuirg, and he opened the slide and exam-
Iucd the canoe and Its contents. Then he
uttered low whistle.
What 10 II! Iasktd.
This csnoe belongs to the worst game
hog In Nipissirg-Tom Burns. I've had
him fined twice already fer killing deer out
II sesson. No wonder he was scared when
10 turned The light On us and saw me. He
must have thought that had followed him
III The way up here t1pressly to catch him
sgtin. That fellow hss threatened to shoot
ne.
He msditattd for fome moments In Ill.
spce.
No, .e won't touch sny Of their things,
he sad, finally,as II settling mental prob
I'm. You might almost 40 well kill man
outright As AXE away bis canoe In this
,ouniry. But wen just He threw the
antern from him, ard 1t splsshed In the
AXE with loud hIss. Now let's 90 back
md falsh our tlfep.
We left the canoe az VIC found Ii. when
We returned to the spot the next morning
here were the marks Of returning foot
tips, ard canoe WAS gone.
The matter gave US little furthsr co.cern
md We went on up the Jake, which lies
lose under the harrow Height Of Land be-
ween the Ottawa and Hudson Bay baiins.
rhis barrier h crossed by lorg portage.
Ne left the laden canoe on the lake shore
nd set out to look over the road to the
lsylsahle stream on the other aide.
II Was bad road, that portage or scar
y" and We were gone two hours. Coming
,sek toward the like, we were startled by
urious ratings from the place where We