The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-04

h. heard rus,Iing N 'hr 'all gr.>~s ahead
OF him and imne,Iiar-Iy "a red haired. red
faced Young farmer crawI"d into view
Both men stared a. zach other III aston
,,hIn.nI and then smiled and began talk
ing IA whispers They had become "a
well acquainted IN rha' instant ~ II they
| had known each e. her Tor wears
. 4 raised VIZ u white. ago and they saw
me-. and now they Ar" way out on the
sand ~ th. middle uf the river bed sad
! the rcd iac.d mau saw ',sn when they
| inst cam ,awn. and have been trying u
turn Mr. old Winchester pump into EN-
Got any hurE>hut" asked the q, her
man
Mop"
We'll TAX these and the red faced
Young man cIugh' the TWO shells and
slipped hem into his gun
say gardner whispered the red
faced young man, maybe you'll have 80
shoot iurr her than gun ordinarily will
carry. 80 YOU a better take Your knife and
Int your shells rearly in two just al The
wadding You can kill a COOS. ij0 wards
away that way because he shot and half
the shell go out together and IN" shot
STAY IN the shell for long distance h-'ur.
they begin scattering
Now - continued the red faced young
man. I'm going zap the river 10 cross and
sneak down IN the grass 'o that point over
there and maybe | can get shot. II that
old gander that : bos-ing The ,ob gets l"ary
, he II lead the others back N this direct on.
| so you had better max" wi,s CIRCUIT
and hid. in tn. tall grass on the edg" Of
A H.. L.. - E.alH
The two hunters separated and IN. par
ticular man upon whom tn" eyes M the
woman were liked began stopping. sku'S e
J ing crawling and stumbling toward his
hiding place. II was n long, long wav
| IN" afternoon -In was hot, The dust IN
. the field ma,ie hl- hands and fingers seem
! sim and blunt The thick grass. shedding
its seeds heat against his face and his
/ eyes and chok-d him
The man az intervals lav fiat on the
ground his tongue dry and his thirst nv
brarablc But he knew tn" slightest
y-lhl. movement would he fatal Ia the
enterprise. veteran Gandrr seems able
to =rn-c danger with hi= eyes shut
\; last this hunter had measured the
earth with his PROSTATE body 20 the tall
grass thar overhung the river bank Then
he parted the grass carefully and looked
out across tn" sand
Those geese actually seemed frivolous.
Occasionally one would bow his neCE
and deliberately scratch his head with his
webbed toe Then he would stand up
r. ght and expand chestIly. a. II saying.
We'll what are you gong 10 DO about H..
YOU buffers The disianc. " a. such that
even an expert rife shot could not have
brought him down.
The hunters eyes were fixed and his
heart was set on one part ocular goose.
ganser Of treme ndous size and gen
eralisslrno Of everything in sight. He
stood apparently more than three feet
IN height Warily he watched every
point 0f the landscape At his slightest
movement the others moved and fol-
Lowell in his wake. never ahead Of him.
Again when h- stood still IN" other
geese walk cd freely from place to place
A. II certain that the old EandeT could h.
relied upon TO protect them Frequently
the geese would be in u straight he. eacn
COOS. erect and al full attention.
thing of thai kind gets on man :
nerves especially II the man has hun
gerei for years for the .neHpressible salts
fact ion 81 killing Wild goose To stalk
a Wild COOS. under such circumstances
uutwlttlng hlm AT every turn and finally
bringing him 'umblIng TO earth. il an
achievement worthy OF any man = mettle
The far sid. Of the river was swept with
the binoculars to locate the red faced
young farmer. There was no more sight
~ HIM than IL he had been no larger than
the point of Cambric needle. Yet the
glnder generaissGno with waddling stride
hal begun moving toward the steep bank
with n. roof 81 green alfalfa. his fit cen
companions following in his wake. They
made not the slightest sound. though oC-
CasjpnpIly all 81 them stopped. A. N IN
f.4la u
the grass Srippcd his gun until his fingers
achad
The gees. were still far out II range
though moving straight toward the man
IN the grass. when from a wall of reeds
on the other side Of the river came "A pun
Il smoke and the crack 81 a gun. The
red faced Young farmer had opened up
mis- batteries. but out of range.
With q mighty honk tn" old gander
Tapped int . he air follow ell by his friGh
en"i companions They waverId md va b.
hlei - If about TO fall back 10 earth IN
their struggle - gain headway and mo-
m-ntum What tapping OF wng~'
4 What a ii-corrtanr uproar Of honking,
felt a. II h.' were braCing himself To Jump
from = mighty precIpIc" His muscles
hal become iron. mis- brain stone.
Neck and neck the geese were sweeping
toward him III straight line and level
with his place Of concealmsnt. The hun
about wing shooting. Should h" shoot
straight ahead or higher II was VIII or be
forever an Oui cast among men.
One Two, three: nearer vet they should
come b..for.. death and de-t ruci ION should
be turned Ipus. Tn. moment hal come.
II ws.- impr,Ii"nr p, wait longer. and crash
went TN. BB's Tn. hunter mouth lll",i
with bite taste and mis- heart winged
~ II struck bv fire. Not even n feat hey
marked III. flight Of the whist ling bullets
In. hunter. crushed III tn" very aSunv
Of d.-p"rr' ION fearful ihRt IN" great
chanC. h.i come and was vanishing
snr;.na - his feet The geese We're s"rnu
bling 10 hall their speed that they mIgir
rise allow" and heyond rang. 81 the spot
II danger
S.xrnai bGcksnot in the good right bar
rel w.r" sent at rakIug angle Tn"
niraCl. took plac. Two G..-sa. dead IN
mil ar fell 20 tn.. sand Df the river 4
third with crippled wing shot downward
III" - card thrown .-Ig"wI-e and struck
tr. water.
sans CpIt sans gun. sans reason. che
hunter went over m" bank bv III. alfalfa
7 field md INTO tn. water with n mighty
splash III. goose div.i and III" hunter
b missed -..izInP IL with hi- hands
| A mpm"nf later the gnOs. was out If
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