The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-03

i to hand him a ripe peach, and in fact it
was only on the fourth day Of my
4 hunting that I got a shot at all. And
lat that Il only. wounded my, deer and
A it got away from me in spite Of the best
Il that night alone, for the farmer with |
whom / lodged had stipulated that he
would do no guiding, in fact the be-
nighted agriculturist intimated that he
/ had family to support and couldn It
! afford to take chances, [ got on to a
I little performance that put me wise to
a way to pick up deer or so with
small cost of labor to yours truly.
"Johnnie! They're empty again!
There was what they call a Winchester
4 farmer across the lake from my domi-
Gle, and he had party Of blind men
stopping with him. That is what took
them for judging by the way they
acted. AS I said L was returning home,
weary, disguised, and very dry, the ex-
citing events of the day having led to
Il the depletion Of my flask even before
noticed that it was running low, and
had gained the road along the lake and
y a position where I could see a mile Of
shore, when I heard the fierce clanor
Of hounds on hot trail and coming
i right towards where I stood. Looking
4 down to the lake at the same time T
Il saw tremendous buck break thru the
/ thick brush near the water and plunge
15 in his advent being greeted with
ii salvo of rifle shots and a chorus of yells
81 from men hidden near where he took to
# water. =. .--,. g..
Bullets Were Flying.
ttI could see bullets splashing the
water all around the majestic creature
as he swan straight out in the lake,
but not one coming near enough to
4. feaze him, and then the shooting ceased
and three men ran down to the shore,
Sflaunched boat they had there, and
put off after the deer, two pulling and
the third wasting cartridges as fast as
have got him easily, but they could
\ handle a boat no better than they. could
shoot. and the Buck actually beat them
to big island in the middle of the lake,
got away, and they returned lamenting.
4 / And there little Willie got wise. -
In the grey of the next morning
they were at the same place, hid their
boat in some willows, and went off to
hide themselves while their guide took
the dogs back to start another deer,
but I, in a boat also, was at hand, and
as soon as they were out of sight, /
81 silently pulled to their craft, swiped
the oars, and pulled for the big island
the slowly rising morning fog on the
/ water covering my movements finely
/ AS soor as J reached the island I got
behind point that would hide my boat
from the party on the, other shore as
well as allow me to make an unobserved
sneak if my plans lnaterialized, pulled
up my boat, fixed my binoculars on my
r 4 comes-ons, and waited events. They
/ came. "a. ;ac ~
HGet a move on you, JOHNNY AL
empty here! Before long [ could see
I deer take water, see bullets splash
1 all around him and hear some singing
thru the air over my head, but as usua
I 4 the deer, I could see by his horns thai
| 4 he was monster, was untouched anC
/ kept on right for my island. Then
could see the gillies I had robbed max
Fl ing desperate rush fol-, their boat an6
/ q frantic search for their oars, but
let them search The buck, as if stand
/ ING right in with me, made right fol
| Il hhe point behind which L. was hid, made
d st easily, too, and stood within ten fee
of my ambush, a perfect picture 0.
Ri beauty. I really hated to do it, but
1 dropped him the first shot, and if eve
deer was bled, dressed, and rushed
into a boat in Dan Patch time that bucl
4 / was he And / made the water smok,
getting home I tell you. My farme
said he would weigh 800 easy, and w
\ took him q mile or SO out in the wood