The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1906-12-29
He GOT THE DEER
BeInp a veracious Narrative Of
a Mighty Hunters Exploit

W. III. Taylor OF Payette, known TO ev-
erybody in Idaho ar ''Long Taylor, the
politician" has been spending a few
days in the city
Taylor has ranch mp in Long Valley.
This valley was not named from the
length ofits citizens as might be sup
posed by looking at Taylor, but was
named before he went there. But in
connection with this ranch there is an
interesting story in which Taylor fig
ured
Fish. the kind that make your mouth
water and that give that longing sensa-
tion to fishermen III the hot days of sum
mer. are not the only sports that are
furnished by TAYLOR to visitors at has
place.
There are deer, bear, elk and other
wild game in the valley.
There is only one thing ON earth that
Taylor likes ami that is to play at the
game OF pois,ics. Next to that he likes
to kill a deer.
affections, but they are always. first i'll
his thoughts and are never permitted To
want for all the advantages TO be OH
tanned. That is why they are now at
rayette, enjoying the opportunities of
church, s,'c,ety ami schools.
But that isn't the story.
The story is how Taylor killed deer
one morning last lall.
1t was one vi those mornings which
every Hoosier recognizes by the descrip
ton of "when the frost is on the pump
frost was considerable up there, too,
that morning, though there wasn't any
fodder.
Taylor didn't have anything to do and
concluded he would stay in bed and take
it easy. All the coaxing of his wife was
OF no avail in getting him out OF bed, SO
for the first time in her life, she got
up and built the fire. (Lord, that's
a whopper, but it's a part of the
story.)
Soon she called to Taylor and told him
l.I.. i. 81. l..
. L hat brought him out of bed. Just say
/ deer" to Taylor after he's dead and
/ he'll at least groan. Say politics" and
he'll come to life.
As he ran, he grabbed gun. There
. stood the deer right in sight but a hun.
dred yards or more away. He shot
The deer looked up with kind OF sur
prised, pained, well-I-am -astonishec
look in its eyes and walked away.
Taylor swears the deer winked at him
: much as man holding his thumI
against his nose and wiggling his fing
J ers.
That made Taylor mad, and he puilee
the gun 10 tlnow out the shell, when IN
found that he had grabbed up his little
's boys % rifle and there was not anothe
= shell in it. He called franticAlly 70 hi
)" wife TO get him another shell. She beg
9 ged him to come in the house a momen
as she wanted to say something to him
but he refused. He got the shell an
ie STARTED for the mountains to head tina
- deer off.
y He was minus shoes and stockings
~ ditto coat and hat; mis- trousers wer
* still lying across tine back of chair.
a was this little fact his wife wanted to te
him about but which he refused 1
~ bear.
~ The thin muslin garment Taylor wor'
Z had been made out of sbrinkable good
. and there wasn't even much of that
u and what little there was stood straigI
o out behind as lac famed the mornin
g. mountain breezes.
Us He tried to be as light as possible o
p those bare feet of his. but he had to h
- the ground occasionally, and with ever
- contact with the earth a section OF ski
ct and flesh was left behind. Just fe
v feet from the door was an extrao
e dinarily high pole fence 1t stood muS
al higher than raylor's head, tail as he j
Part of his clothing, scant as it was. WI
ny lett hanging to the top pole of this fem
~ az he went over
'eS He tried to keep an eye on the dee
''7 The result was his toe struck a log Al
Taylor's length was marked full on Il
he other side with just soft muslin 'rtic
ne to soften the fall. He decided to wait
eh rub his shins after he headed that de
s off.
ie- There came another high fence.
De concluded to climb this one. pole by po