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Show EXHAUSTED BUCK TOOK A TOW Strange Action of Hunted Deer Instinct Must Have Told Animal How , ujfo to Save Its Life. v . . Door In extremity wilt sometimes do strango things. Not long ago a guide, v.,VJJba- I.essale, with a companion, was ' In a birch canoo on a pool In ono of the upper reaches of the Wisconsin river. They had been looking for co-dar co-dar poles and wero floating Idly. i They heard tho noise of dogs In tho woods and supposed that some Indians from tho Flambeau reservation uero chasing deer. Tho Chippewa uses loer dogs In splto of tho state law, since ho lives on a United States reservation reser-vation and skips back to It when in danger of arrest. Flvo minutes after tho men heard x tho barks a big buck appeared on the bank of tho stream. It paused for a moment and showed that Itwns In tho last stago of exhaustion. Then It fell, rather than Jumped, in, though it saw tho men plainly. It struck out for tho opposlto shore, though able only to keep Its nobtrlls abovo water, and as tho boat was In Its way came directly toward It. A birch canoo Is n ticklish thing. Anton was excitedly afraid that tho deer would strike and overturn it, since It showed no disposition to go aside, so Instead of dipping his paddle and sending tho craft out of harm's way ho seized n slender polo lying in tho bottom and struck at tho buck. Tho deer, evidently fearing that It would drown or knowing that It would drown before It could get across, grasped the polo Instantly with Its teeth and hung on. Anton Jerked the polo a couple of times and though ho pulled the animal's noso under did not break Its hold. Tho canoo was rocking dangerously, and his companion, grabbing a paddle, began to work tho craft toward the bank. The deer held on to Its end and Anton held to his, and so the trio mndo their wny strangely and slowly. Tho doer old not strugglo onco It was permitted to retain Its grip, and was towed along. When shallow water was reached It dropped tho pole nnd started for shore. It was so weak that It fell on the edgo of tho water, but managed to scramble to Its feet and tho next, instant in-stant Into the woods at a walk. The men had no weapon and would not liavo killed it anyway. A mlnuto or two later thrco of tho gaunt wolf-llko dogs of tho Indians appeared. ap-peared. They had been running hard, but wero gamo for twenty miles more. They saw tho white men, wheeled and dartd back Into tho underbrush. |