The diamond drill., 1919-04-05

7 81 .#1Nl+f. N3n htuiVi
nov. .t.,,, .il, s.e saw big buck
come down % the shore of the cove
near us aud on our side Of the stream.
He looked 10 right and left. Then he
made long leap into the water and
waded slowly until II covered him. He
raised his nose and laid his antlers
back over his shoulders and swan
quietly downstream, his nose JUST
showing above the water. His antlers
were like bit OF driftwood. II we
had not seen him take the water his
antIers might easily have passed for
a bunch OF dead sticks. Soon the buck
slowly lifted his head and turned his
neck and looked at both shores. Then
very deliberately he resumed his place
under water and went on. We watched
him as he took the farther shore be-
low us and made off In the woods
again.
II couldn't shoot at him. II was such
a beautiful bit OF politics." said the
senator.
Soon the hound reached the cove's
edge and swan the river and ranged
up and down the bank for half an
hour before he found the bucks trail
again.
"Tve seen many rascal, driven TO
water by the hounds, go swimming
away as slyly as that buck, with their
horns in the air. looking as innocent
as a bit OF drlftwood. They come in
from both shores-the Whig and the
Democratic-and they are always shot
at from one bank or the other"
i remember Il surprised me n little
20 hear him say that they came In
from both shores.
"Just what do you want to dof" he
asked presently.
'I should like 10 go down TO Wash
ington with you and help you In any
way that can"
"All right, partner-we'll try IT," he
answered grnvely. II hope chat don't
forget and work you as hard as / work
myself. II wouldn't be decent. i have
o great many letters 10 write. I'll try
thinking out loud while you take them
down in sound-hand Then you can
draft them neatly and I'll sign them.
You have tact and good manners and
can do many Of my errands for me and
save me from those who have no good
reason for taking up my time"
you Will meet the best people and
the worst. There's just chance that
II may come 10 something worth while
who knows? You are young yet 1t
will be good training and you will wit
ness the making of some history now
and then"
What elatlon / felt
Again the voice of the hound which
had been ringing 1, the distant hills,
was coming nearer
1--WE must keep watch-another deer
is coming" said the senator.
We had only a moments watch be-
fore fine yearling buck came down
ing across the river. The senator
raised his rifle and fired. The buck
fell In the edge OF the water.
''How shall we get hlm1" my friend
asked.
1T viii not be difficult" answered
as l began TO undress. Nothing was
difficult those days.
swan the river and towed the
buck across with beech withe In his
gambrel joints. Tho hound Joined me
before was half across with my bur
den md nosed the carcass and swan
on ahead yelping with delight.
We dressed the deer and then ]
had the great Joy of carrying him
on my back two miles across the coun.
try to the wagon. The senator wished
10 send guide for the deer. but I'm.
sisted that the carrying was my privi.
lege.
well, I guess your big thighs and
broad shoulders can stand It." said he
''My uncle has always said that nc
man could be called n hunter until he
can go into the woods without a guide
and XIII a deer and bring II out or
his back. / want 10 be able TO testify
that i am at least partly qualified
"Your uncle didn't say anything
about fetching the deer across a deer
river without boat, did he?" Mr.
Wright asked me with n smile.
Leaves OF the beeches, naples anC
asswoods-yellowed by frost--hunJ
like tiny lanterns, glowing with noon
day light above the dim forest alsl,
which we travelled.
The sun was down when we got I,
the clearing.
"What a day II has been I" said Mr.
Wright when we were seated In tn
wagon.
zone Of the best In my life" I nm
swered with n Joy in my heart the llk
Of which have rarely known In thes
many years that have come to me.
We rode on In silence with the cali
OF the swamp robin and the herml
thrush ringing In our ears as the nigh
fell.
"Its n good time 90 think. and ther
we take different roads," said M
friend. "You viii turn into the futur
and / into the past"