Show A SHORT STOP The Narrow Escape of a Hunting Parts A large party of young bloods left here Saturday evening for a twodays duck hunt at the mouth of the Jordan They were well fixed with guns and ammunition ammuni-tion and the other necessities which are always the subject of bad jokes There was the usual two days of rejoicing and the party then started home in high spirits A short distance this side of the Hot Springs the team and the whisky got the better of the driver anJ the former started to run at a rate too high for the pleasure of the party After a hopeless tug at the lines the kingbolt broke and while the horses were flying along the road with the front wheels the end of the wagon came upon the ground with such force that the jar was felt in China The hind end flew into the air ana aescnomg a perfect arcit came down in front with the boys mingling in indiscriminate indis-criminate proximity The cover on the wagon saved the lives of all the party but neglected to preserve their beauty One of the boys now sports a skinned nose cheek forehead chin shin hand lip ear etc etc while all the rest are more or less disqualified to sit for their photographs The beer keg which came down upon the head of one of the heroes was not damaged to any very great ex tent As a whole the escape was a most fortunate one or a most unfortunate one according to different ways of thinking and it will likely be the last expedition of the kind during the present duck season I |