Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-10-12

ter Of the banker. He had met her hal
q dozen times in society, and 1t wa
whispered around the clubs and else
where that he had been more than "at
tracted." But she was the last person
he expected to meet In the deep woods
of Maine.
"Our camp il only two miles away
she explained as he gave her q hand Il
help her out of the II came III
the pond hoping to get a shot at a wild
fowl, but have had great luck. While
/ was resting and looking around q
great moose pushed his way through
the bushes to drink, and, though fired
only one shot, ! brought him down,
Such antlers! Why. all the girls in the
city will envy me when | get back. Do
you think they viii have it in the pa
persT"
Il am very much afraid So" he said
In a serious voice.
why what is itT'
Didn't your father or brother tell
you that it is against the law to shoot
a moose this time of year,"
"Why, no."
well, it is, and you have, as I said,
laid yourself liable to a heavy fine.
There may be Imprisonment as well,
but l am not sure about that"
"And what--what am | going to doT"
she asked in ~faltering tones. IF you
and keep still about it, how are they
to know that shot the moose?"
There's where the trouble comes in.
You see, am a deputy game warden,
and it is my duty to arrest you and see
that you are punished"
"And I've got to go twenty-five miles
through the woods with you?"
1.-THE nearest magistrate is that dis
lance away"
The girl sat down on a log and began
to shed tears. 1t would be in the pa
pers with a vengeance if she were
brought before the law.
After regarding her with a sympa-
thetic look for a moment young lay
lor made his way down to the edge of
the pond to look at the moose. That
the animal had fallen at the discharge
Of the rifle and foundered about for
several minutes was a fact beyond
dispute. The branches were broken
and the grass all beaten down, but
there was no moose. The bullet had
hit an antler and stunned him, and on
coming TO the cunning animal had
skulked away with no more noise than
a rabbit. He said nothing of this.
however, OH his return to the weeping
girl.
"When-when are you going to take
me!' she asked as she looked up
through her ears.
Wei, / suppose we ought to go to
camp and see your father first. / don't
see what he can do In the mat
ter, but
Mr.. Taylor, you must get me out of
scrape somehow. Why, I'd be a
la~ughingstock If the papers got
hold of it. Can't father pay the amount
Of my fine TO your
lie might, but there's the imprison-
nent, you see. Can you say that you
the moose was an elephant or
r~hinoceros!"
IL can't tell a lie, Mr.. Taylor"
Can you say that you shut your eyes
when you pulled the trigger?'
Nope"
But there must be a way of saving
he said as he sat down on the
OF beside her. Il think you shot at a
Wild goose. If not that, then the gun
vent Off by accident. As yet | have
lot seen the dead moose, and / can't
that you will give testimony
against yourself. l think
"What?"
IF you are TO be in the woods for
he month, and If l stay here as well,
md If visit your camp every day to
that the law is not being violated,
md if you find am not altogether-al
ogether Indifferent. why-why"-
A month later as they were getting
to go out of the woods Miss
said:
What Go you think became of the
'ody of that moose? Father and Fred
vent for the horns next day, but the
ody had m~ysteriously disappeared
Il think the body walked off on its
Wn legs before we got through talk
lg,' he truthfully answered.
Her eyes flashed for a moment. and
hen she blushed and smiled and said.
Il didn't think there was such a
lean man in all this world"