The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-03-31
DEER WAS A FIGHTER
NOTHING "WlLo.EYEO" OR Tim.
10" ABOUT THIS BUCK.
one Hunter Decidedly Of the ooin'ou
That When out Tor Venisou eau
ton 20 a Quality That 10 70
re HIehly PrIzod,

Whom anyone crows eloquent over
the "mnd.cycd, tIwid dnor' Jim ilr
low SMILES q knowing smile and shura
his shoulders Ne knows better tol
he has lived for thirty years IN fHe
bush and knows an about the drhuHe
powers and nrorousltios Of the bucks
/ When his father, who. with his elder
brothers, was getting ont logs brought
him 10 the bush he was a good sized
lad lie had socn a few deer shot
bled and hung up, but he had been in
the bush some months before be had
his own adventure It was ih the
early winter,
/ One day Jim heard his dog barking
furlousy IN the nearby swamp, iie
seiged his gun and went down. The
/ dog had a biz buck at bay, and the
/ buck seemed 10 be enjoying the snort
quite as much as the dog. The dog
tried oraIu ard again TO get a grin
on the deer, but its horns were Mwa's
f en- the way. Again and again the deer
rushed az the dog hut he alwaFs
+ lodged rFrfully ana snapped az the
/ dcers legs II looked to Jim like q
case OF endurance; but the end came
with startling swjtnels. Whether the
/ dog weakened or was caught oil his
/ guard Jim never know, but Ike a
streak of lightning the buck landed
on the dog with both sharp front feet
i There was Wild scream and the dog
/ lay perfectly euU The deer continued
/ to lean up and down and cut the dogs
body to pieces with his knifelike hoo's.
jim put his gun to his shoulder and
/ fred. The buck lifted its head and
charged. Jim threw another cartridge
I into the oldtashioned rifle and fred
a second shot That brought the buck
down with a crash
Jim drew his hunting knife and ran
to cut the dcor's throat. He put his
/ knife on the deers shoulder and had
barely touched the throat with the
/ knife when the animal sprang up Jim
went flying into the snow over the
bucks head, and he lost his knife.
The deer whirled round, and as jim
/ tried to get 10 his feet it hit him in
the back and knocked him down. He
+ tried to rise again. and was knocked
over again. The dear's sharp feet cut
through his coat and gashed his back
Jim could see his rifle, but it was on
the other side OF the deer. He felt
round in the snow but could not ind
his knife He thought that he must
get his gun or 1t would be all over
with him. He tried to edge away
toward the rife, but the deer was on
him Ike a fash Of lightning. The
sharp hoofs struck him in the side and
knocked him unconscious Whether
or not the deer hit him again he never
knew.
Late in the afternoon Jim's brother
came in with a load Of numbering sup
plies. He had his own dog with him
He drove near where Jim lay, and in
running through the bush the dog
found the boy. Jim was unconscious
and badly frozen, and not far away the
big buck lay dead. The brother
picked Jim up, carried him to his
sleigh and hurried him to the shanty
jim was reused to consciousness ard
told his story, but it was some time
before he was able to get out again.
The deer was brought in and
dressed It weighed over two hundred
pounds Jim got his rife, but it was
not until the snow melted the next
spring that he again saw his hunting
knife.-Youth's Companion.