Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-10-08

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strike him If possible below the
waist line," my gun being load.
ed with BIB" shot, and | had no
time to reload before the deer
would be out of reach of my gun.
He staggered and threw up his
tail, hut recovered and went up
the mountain side on a run and
was soon lost to my sight. On
reaching the spot where the
deer was when l fired | found a
quantity of blood. Hastily re
loading the gun l followed the
trail of blood. When at the top
of the mountain | saw he had
turned to the left towards the
river, and l followed down the
ridge for perhaps q mile when
the trail led into what | sup.
posed to be another hollow, and
on the way down into it | saw
where he had fallen. Near the
foot of the mountain lay my deer
as dead as the proverbial door
nail" But where was l, and
how was | to get that deer to
camp even il | knew the direc.
ton? l called in as loud a voice
as | could, hoping some one
would hear and come to my as.
sistance. Nothing doing. 1t
was getting dark. I could not
carry the deer alone and il | left
it here and did succeed in find
ing camp | could not find my
way back after night. If [
waited to return until morning
there would be no deer for
wolves and other wild animals
would have it devoured. So l
concluded to stay with that deer
until morning.
l built up a good fire and
gathered more wood, principally
pine knots from the hillside, for
use during the night, and put
ting a couple of buckshOt shells
into the gun, made myself at
home with a rocky bed beneath
me, my deer for a pillow and the
murky, cloud. ladened sky for a
covering. was only disturbed
once during the night. | awoke
with a feeling that something or
somebody was near. | reached
for gun, which was at my side,
and demanded who are you?
I'll shoot" l had the gun
pointed in the direction from
whence a rustling noise came. |
saw something move and seeing
it was not a person was near the
act of pulling the triggers when
a hound came from behind a
stump showing the usual canine
sign of recognition. | knew the
dog, and it was a good thing for
him | did or he would have been
in dog heaven" 10 less time
than it takes to tell it. | coaxed
him up to me Il had hunted
with him on former occasions
and after petting him pulled his
tail to make him howl, which he
did Justify a few times, or until
he pulled loose. | knew it his
master heard that howl of pain
he would lose no time in getting
to him, and l was right. In a
short time | heard his master
call by blowing a horn. l then
helloed to him to come down
here The was above me on the
.mountain) that the dog was here.
He came down and was sur.
prised to see me and asked what
| was doing. ] told him lost"
Another man was with him
whom / also knew, and they gave
me a horse laugh" but were
not nearly so we'll tickled at
what they considered a joke as
they were surprised when l
called their attention to the deer
lying almost at their feet, but
which they had not seen on &C.
count of the bright freight
partially binding them as they
approached. Taking ont their
hunting knives, instruments car.
ried in the fall by almost every.
body In that country when hunt.
ing at night, they soon had the
deer ready to carry to camp,
which they did on a pole. 1t
was only about a half mile to the
month of the hollow. and a half