Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-09-14
The Hunter Who Was Cured.

"t hls account:
The bird at which the boy bad fired
thrust down its legs aud wahbled as if
about to fair tlrrrr-rvruv itself aud
flew on, its legs dangling \ chance
Shot had apparently broken it's back
partlyzing the legs, bur leaving il still
strength enough to lily certain distance
Trained hunter rs he was. the boy
watched the wounded bird. and marked
the exact spot where il finally dropped
lust mt the edge 1T a corn6cld half
mile away
- think IN 60 after it, said the
youth
Nonsense. said Luther; it's half
mir away and You hay" ell YOU waHt
without it..
But the bIrd is wounded hate 10
have it lie out there and suffer,
oh, it's probably ttr7+ef-~ur--1r- il isn't
some skunk or weasel viii kill ii tonight
Come along.
1t was nearly sunset and the youth
was tired after the long tramp of the
day. Ii would hc long trip over To the
coruticd for weary lcgS-and then per
haps to find the bird dead. Already il
was supper time at home, and hc had
a hunters appetite. So he allowed him
self to Ice over persuaded. and the Two
trampcd homeward.
But the grouse that had fallen over
IN the corntield was not dead. Nor, rs
il Glanced, was its wound of kind To
produce speedy death The injury did.
however render the bird utterly help
less. Once il had dropped To the earth.
1t could not rise again. Nor could II
move about on the ground. for its legs
were paralyzed completely. 1t hay on
the bare earth. sheltered by the corn
stalks from the eyes of hawks, and
where there was not much danger that
"A maraudng beast would find il. But
there was no food at hand. II WAS
doubtful even whether the bird would he
able to sip few drops Of dew from
curnStalk NJ quenCh the thirst that It's
wound must develop
Quite obviously fate had marked the
grouse for II lingering death of torture.
Its wound. already painful, must become
more So with the lapse of time. Insects
would come in phalanXcS t" poster H..
Hunger and thirst would add thcW modl-
cum of agony. The greatest mercy II
could nope for would be the coming of
some skunk or weasel. a. the hunter had
suggested, to put it ont oi misery. But
no such messenger of speedy death
Glanced 10 come that way"
Ir. Williams describes the church ScrN-
cr the following Sunday morning. and
the awakening of the boys mind to a
fear thar the wounded grouse might not
have died all these days ana he goes
on.
The sauth soul was undergoing de-
velopment in that half hour He was
making one of those short cuts from
point OF view to point oi view. He Na~
passing-little as he realized it--fr"m the
barbarian hunter stage to piano Of
broader SympathicS.
AN through the lesson ho SAT brood
ng the Snnie thoughts. and us h" lett
the church the idea of the wounded
chicken had taken full possession of his
mind Instead of goiuS home. he sci ant
for the field where he had shot tGC
grouse. He believed he might find the
bird even yet. At least hc would try.
"A good mem~Fs and keen eyo en-
abled him To 90 about the point al the
field from which the grouse had Hustled.
and over lay the comhcld h" noted the
exact puiut--markcd by "a peculiar irHVr
poSt-.Whprc the wounded bird had @ou"
down. He went directly ia it. and had
scarcely entered the cornhold when his
uo% came IL a puiui. There ahead on
the ground lay the bird. stretched ut
full length IT made ~" effort tn "~cap"
rs h, came up. 1t was too near dctl!
to fear him or anything. its eyes half
closed, its hill aCapc. nS il freely SaSp"d
for breath.
In an instant The youth WAS ON his
knees beside tho bird. a great lump IN
his thruHt. his eyes staring as # tllcl
would ~tarj from their sockets. Tine
mcauiu-. uf IL all came tu iiu With tit,
force Of q blow McchanicalIH hr brushed
away the insects that gathered about the
wound iu ia" birds back lie s.:rnh,u
the sailed pluma@c lcndcriy. He found
himself calculating the hours that the
grouse had lain thor" SUFFERING ii bad
happened Wednesday. and this NH~ sun
day twenty fort -rigit. seventy