Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-16

TO the deer lick, anu He SiiP" -
and begins to climb up. Suuueni!
through the leaves are seen the taii ant.
lers of magnificent stag. lie Is just
ahead of the herd. He moves quleuy
along until he comes under the out
stretched branch. The head OF the ser.
nent drops In a fash and winds ltseil
ahout the quivering flesh. The stag at
tempts to make leap forward, put t,ic
tail holds true. The spiral COILS Vi uio
sernent begin to stiffen, the DoneS
crack and the deer drops dead IN his
tracks. Thus, my friends, when you
think of God providing the water
brooks for the deer when they are
chased nv the hounds, think, too, OF the
woter brooks as the places of danger
and death. ,4 an.
But these water courses Suggest AN
other thought. What bountllul Prov
s;on Cod has made for the wants OF al
creotures How the forest teens WILL
berbage for the hungry deer ana "a'eI
for him when he is thirsty mus It's
God g:ras drink ana tcod TO 'lle ue.i
7 find that he is daily providing lol ou,
hunger and shaking our thirst. Wouiu
tbat we might all feel that as Gou -
foodino the birds Of the air and Is max
ino tbe grass Of the fields to grow anu
g. oorino for the timid deer OF the Ior-
est and the prairies, so he Is lee'iin5 ~
opd clothing lis. "As the hart pahle'l
oftor the water brooks for dally suS'
| % aanorco 60 may my heart pant after
thee, o God!' ..ononoe
t Rnt not alone for daily sustenanct
4 must the deer go to the water proohs
+ Io must also run there for saletN
t whom the hounds and the hunters se
r flor him. He must run even rs tu
t human soul must run to the ui'in ~
It water brooks when temptations "H'
e prosecutions get on his trail.
e sotan,s Pack of Hounds.
st like the noble hind were you starr
IS cd forth in life. Tall, straight, Droa
'e of antlers were you. The rlcn' soo
u blood Of many noble generations wa
t. eowine in your veins. Your eye wa
er ouic, and clear, your ear Keen an
~
IT, aIort your foot was as swift as u
ee wild gazelle's. If simply one uos n'
ut come near you you could nave sla
= n1o1 with him and overcome nm, D
Satan as a sportsman never hunts
game with but one NANCY cur n'
'So NO starts forth for his prey ne It
III. loose a whole pack of hounds AS y
look back into your past life II Is Il
40 having Of one dog that you ne;
hrt of myriads of dogs. Their ca
soom 70 have come from all dlrecuo
. when one of these hounds gave
lgs s,onal that he had struck your 'r'
,er, Won knew then, as the stag hho
ing whom he hears the call of the Ut
for throated hound, that your salety
to NOT in the point of your antlers' Du'
rith the swiftness of your hight'
ext When the hounds of temptatioh
: to persecution get upon your trail you
IS I in. almost exactly the same position
the tho belated Russian traveller "no
the canohf in a snowstorm upon the "
s SO desolate moOrs. You nave oi.Tn ~,
" tho stories of those tragedies. NO"
ao, coo the man bundled up Ill
o all f,rs IN the sleigh quietly driVlhs
tho ,rord his home. The hour grows
tho ,ho etors begin to come out. Suuu
=. as there comes echoing over 'nUSo
trdv sion moors weird call. Inc
Il shudders He turns his head sna
orod oror his shoulder to listen lie
mo Sors ~ there is a mistake. Then &C
boor thot strange call again. He mutte
= hi,,solf. evolves. Wolves!
NJ Of save me. The wolves" he gripS
o,.oot limos and the whip and begins 10
? tho BE borses into mad run. Nearer
ond nooror w comes the call. Then sha'
,tinoI forms are seen leaping atter niin.
oon firms and raises his rine
sends a bullet between par :, .
. cleaning eyes. For a niue "nir
houses eocl holts to banquet off the qulN
a"e al, Of one of their own dead.
wide ~ ond on comes the pack again
l,oin tbe rifle speaks. Then one
is sacrificed. Then ahotner' !,
stream is run for life. II the nian :
nh,o 70 reach the inclOsure OF the
out to he himself must be one.eu w -,
climb unappeasable hunger y, ' 90
little Is not that the way trl"i1 '1 'n .ho
E banl, tons tI r come after you? Did the
beau come C,Ulle as a pack of hungry wolves
e first they not come as Wiiu O07
t upon track of a deer!
exist The Coyotes Call
| that ", could have stood the p'