The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-31
IT HAPPENED TO COL. PARKER
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II uas my hr-, trip throsGh tho Sin
n"rnAhonins country AAid John Gilbert.
ths. travelling kTo-eryman. -Old man
Podgrr- wa- driving me with hLa l-iaur-ly
odd gray hor~r Ging-Tnut. A. ws wers
passing along In the East Branch district
. odg-rs said: It's to had that you
wont 10 able Tn 800 col Parker AZ the
Salt Works Whils you're In the SHINE
mahnn. nsighborhood. You miss a hsap
hy not sc,'in' an hearin' him. It's too
had y1u cant
i hadn't said anything that might
have led Podg-ru To infer that I wo1lcin Z
h" able tn 500 Col Parker AZ the Salt
Works. wherever that might ~. while
was IN the SinnsmAhoning nsighbor-
hood OF that | couldn't s~e any one else
there or elsewhere II wanted to. All
,hs same being Prez~sd foe time didn' .
mys'.lf $500 how I could even n I wanted
To. not knowing Col. Parker and having
M business at the Salt Works
$50 ! said nothing one way or the other.
Podgrrs drove on a while and then said:
When Col Parker was ~ years old he
rrde "A Wild elk sixteen miles through the
woods an then drowned II in tho deep
wafer - ltAter Creek,
I looked at Podgers. He was gazing
straight ahead and trying TO flip a ny on
hts horses neck with his whip lash.
The old Colonel would tell you all
about Il. John said Podgers Ivy and by
n you could only drop in on him at the
Salt Works now. I've heerd him Co ~
II a hundred times I guess. Last time
dropped in on the Colonel no had jest
rot back home from a six weeks huntin'
trip IN the Rocky Mountains He was
jest then eXpectin' To 10 ~ years old
the comm month an he was fselin a
little stuck up over that trip o. hisn.
lie Was full ~ IL an hs says 60 me:
-Pudgers says he. 1T beats all how
thin an light the air ont in them noun
taius -. There amt no body to IT, an
you kin SEQ through IL more n fifty mile
AZ a stretch. There Amt no friction 20 it
neither. he SAYS. an bullets travels FIVE
times faster through il than they do
through the air We have here in the
Sinnemahon" country But. say.
Podgcrs says the Colonel. there's some
thin out there that travels FIVE times as
fast vii as bullets does. says he
Colonel says I. go way
-'-Podgers.- SAYS he. L tell YOU it's -o,'
Colonel says |. what kin IL he
thsns-
-'-P"hgcrs.- SAYS he. its antelopes.
I found " out says the Colonel. -by
wantin' to git an antelope an so Roin
ont - git it, I coms Ia tho top Of a
blur says he. an u didn't look TO me
TO be bit more'n fifty rod acrosst the
valley from that blum To the slopin' hill
IN tother side. but. Podgers.- says he.
1T was good thros miles I,ookin' along
that SLOPE. ~ 20 my right says tho
Colonel. 4 seon drove o. Antslopea
t"ariu' along IN. face ~ IL. mile down
tho valley The drove was all Of a
quarter of a mile in len'th Soon a.
they got nearly opposite to mo clear
acrnsst tho valley says he, I picked
out nice fat antelope in the middle o.
the drove an whanged away Mt him.
"-Podgcr-.- says the Colonel you
know that my bullets always goes where
| snnd EN-
colonel. says. i do
-'-Thcn. Pod,-rS.- saws he. you kin
uehhc imagine my surprise an disapp'int-
u"nt when | see tho bullet I had sent to
grt 'uc that nice fat antelope ploughin'
up the ground more than an eiRhth Of
mil" in the rear o the hind antelope in
that hig drove saws the Colonel 4
hadn Z time to think out how IL was that
/ had mad. s"t'h a wild shot though. for
uotIrin' that tn" leader o. tho drove was
q tremendous bug Teller ! pulled on him
an sent a bullet tn ketch him
Ppdger~ says the Colonel IL
had l""n most knocked out Inv the wav
INV first shot had went Wild | was jest
ahout teetotally kerfiummi Ked this time /
"A lssu instead "a that leahar N the drny..
drDppIn' IA hI- tracks the hind antelope
IN the drove tumbled an kicked his last, |
soon as ! got over my su prise, says the |
Colonel. u went over To where tho dead /
was layin'. there being nothin' /
l"fr a. the rect q drove to he seen 'cept a I
streak - dust My bullet had gone plumb |
through the antelOps's heart. Jest where !
| had aimed fer on the leader
Then says the Colonel. i seen 20 |
wunst What the sittiwation was hadn't |
shot Wild at all. Podgrrs, says he. AN /
there was 10 II was that them antelopes |
was travcllin 50 ightnin' fast that they /
1ll got out 10y the line o. NV bullet FORE |
10 could GIT IN tho spot where II was aimed 4
all hut that hind one lie come flyin' !
along Jest IN time 20 git the dose I had |
,hdkin his head over the amazin n css Of |
Il. an so
i interrupted Podgers with some |
luerIe- about col Parker for hegan to
laN" longing Tor MIN, ana didn I see /
but what | might take tho time after all |
% drop in on an interesting old landmark
u"h ~ he, So ! asked Podgers where the |
ialt Works VA
Som"thin' like twenty seven miles or /
o over yendcr To- the west said PodgerS
When Col Parker was 10 years old him I
md HE pap settled there cause IL was a
r,'mcndou- lag salt lick IN the wilderness,
IA 80 WIS an amazin place fer deer an
TX huntn'. an II you could only drop in
"a the old Colonel now he'd jest be tickled
III 60 piec.-s To- - able 10 tell you how
b" was struck when he first aot his eyes
n g. that big lick. with IL all trampl.d
~ So 10y deer an elk tracks that itcouIdnt
a. t.--n tore ny more II a drove o. Texas
attl" had h"on Etompin' round In Il
Tn" iirst night old man Parker an
i'm canI@d there. ~ I've heerd the Col
mel say time an time az in. elk an deer
"gun t. come ia n thick as flies an
TODD around stampin their feet an
l"kIn' the salty bottom. In less n f1f-
zen minutes. 50 the old Colonel would
l.hght ia the chance 60 tell you IL You
puld ,uly drop in On him now, John. he
punt"d I71 elk an 3i3 deer that had
pms in. an in the surroundin' trees
urty-nin" hig panthers. an lurkin' in
b" bushes SIXTY -snven wolves an seven
all fnH -, s.ss Of |