The sun., 1909-11-14
RESCUE or A WOUNDED GUIDE


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SARANAc LAKE. N. ". Nov. is.-The
hunters are coming In svcry day. and
they bring stories Of how near they came
30 being plugged with bullet because
some careless hunter picked them out
Tor isor. Most Of the stories como under
the common beading Of marrow escapel
Not 90 with tho experience OF Hank
Lewis. He oame into town with vivid
description OF how he had TO stay IN bed
for ten days for no other reason than that
an amateur woodsman mistaking him
for a deer had sent bullet through his
body. The fact that the bullct had made
q neat clean hole through his left lung
was a trivial matter to Hank. Hank
seemed to reason that II bullet could
plough through his tough hard body with
out being stopped thero was no cause
FOR him TO suffer any discomfort save
for a few days Of inactivity. which he
considered great hardship.
Why. you Just can't kill Hank say
his friends proudly. and those who have
heard the story OF what happened to him
that day In the woods are not avsrse to
subscribing to the statement.
Hank doesn't look Q bit like q deer.
He has large round head. q 6otid face.
heavy. thick shoulders. Q body that's
corded and roundsd-a regular barrel
Of . man. In the neighborhood OF Lake
Clear Junction. about six miles from
here. where In his leisure moments he
bosses things At the wayside Inn. they
tell stories Of how strong he b when any
one. friendly or otherwise. cares to test
his strength.
A few weeks ago Hank. his con Tru-
man and his brother-in-law. Thomas
Wyman. went TO q small camp on Little
Fish Pond, which is about twelve miles
back Of Saranao Inn. Il is q good hunting
ground. not bothered much by the sum-
naer tourist and OF the beaten path Of
the casual hunter. Hank and his party
were having fair luck-one deer-when
the shooting Of Hank occurred.
Not far from their camp was q clear
ing on knoll. One Of the things that sp-
pealed TO Hank was a large rock which
made q comfortable resting place for him
while he waited for innocent. stray deer.
The rock was In the middle Of the clear
ing on the highest point OF the knoll
Something went bangl' ssid Hank
in telling the story. -and bounded
from the rock az II had been released
by q spring. I dropped my gun. 1t came
so sudden. and I ran ten feet. Why. I
don't know. Then everything became
black and went blind
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He came out OF the tangled brush that
lined the clearing waving his gun, wild
and hystericsl. Truman. Hanks son,
hearing the cries Of wyman. ran up.
Il took him for a DEER said wyman.
Il saw the horns and / saw them move.
They were real. Iwas sure Of it,
Truman didn't stop 70 think that his
fathers round head and red face. tho
upper part OF his body covered only
with white undershirt. must have made
a poor picture OF a deer's head.
making sircies IN the clearing. Offering
Truman took the gun and threw it aside.
We've got 70 get busy he said.
They turned TO Hank; "A man pamed
from the camp. Hank turned over on his
side and looked around. .'.s'
1T was a good thing my gun wasn't
handy. he said afterward. -Pd'a' killed
that feller who shot me:
Boys. said Hank. looking up at the
anxious faces. 4 guess I'm gone. The
bullet went through me. There's nothing
Il didn't look a. IL much could be done.
There was no doubt about the bullet
stuck IN the trunk Of tree behind where
Hank had sat. They were twelve milss
| from any help, twelve miles that would
have to be covered before they could even
send for medical help, It looked hope
less. 90 hopelss. that Truman Didn't want
For ten minutes nothing was done.
except that q futile effort was made TO
stop the how Of blood from Hank. In
that ten minutes Hanks strength came
back. and u didn't look quite 90 black TO
him an 1t did the second or 90 after he was
shot.
go for doctor. Trlmie.- said Hank.
and get few OF the boys TO help me out
In not going to die. That 80 won't
Truman started. He knew the make
up and character Of his father and knew
that he wouldn't die without the stifest
kind Of fight. II was this belief that made
Truman hustle over carries and across
three lakes, feeling that his father might
be alive when medical aid came.
The boy made good time. how good
may be judged when It Is taken Into
account that Millard Otis. q guide who
knows his North Woods, said he couldn't
have done better himself in his palmy
days. And they will tell you In the
Adirondacks that Millard Otis Was some
thing Of guide In his palmy days.
| Truman, pretty well pulled out, got to
the State hsh hatchery near Saranac Inn
as the afternoon was breaking. The
nearest doctors were ten miles away, at
Saranac Lake. They were notified and
two Of them got an automobile and made
the distance TO the hatchery at top speed
Before this had beon accomplished two
| guides who we're at the hatchery had
taken the trail, hoping to get " Hank
and be OF some help TO him Before he
died. for they did not think, aftsr having
heard the account OF the shooting. that
he could live very long. They found
Hank propped In an easy posture. the two
men who had been left with him having
| made Q litter Of a canoe.
The guides lifted him into this
improvised stretcher and carried him
to the water and, started with him
across Little Fish Pond. II 10 about
three-quarters OF mile wide. but they had
to be very careful With Hank. The
wound had been bandaged In amateur
fashion. IL was evident that he was
suffering great pain, but he made no COM