| Show A fierce BATTLE j now a lamn atri n ier ad Stat lt ducr have not been so i foi acara in the capon as arc thi season by abo hap of legislation they leavo greatly sportsmen from abo valcy tho nearest civilized county birdy get farther than tho s the first distinctive araugo i hils west of tho blue ridge so cers have tho fun and tho profit ol 01 alio launt to themselves during the win they do little else between tho r arff swift ones being the south capon and lost river jl otar nd ii wild and coons possum turkeys and deer arc thick in tho wooded hills the most noted hunter iu abo state west of moorfield is gabriel cooped deeds harp caused him to be known by hi neighbors as danl beono danl keeps two dogs and a brown marc and ho knows every hog path and leer trail in west virginia it is said that the wild know dana so well that when they see haru and his brown maro they lice tho country what danl boguc cannot tell in the hipo of a hunting adventure is not worth hearing every stream in giamp aciro county haa his traps set along its banks with am trusty winchester rifle ho has brought down twenty eight deer this season one dav dana was visiting his traps on lost river A mile above where this river disappears in the earth h a bend the stream is broad and deep danl keeps a little skiff in the bend for his private use while slashing sloshing shing up and down the bank of the river ho started a big buck with six prongs the animal sprang from cover into tho water ami headed for tho opposite side danl leaped into his skiff and a few powerful strokes brought leini nearly alongside of tho buck his purpose was to secure him alive but alien within ten feet of him the buck turned about and swam straight at the boat the hunter recognizing his peril drew his sheathe knife and caught the creature by tho hora aa ho mado a vicious lunge at the boat danl held on to the horn and the buck lunged and butted furiously the hunter tried to gel at its throat and in alio effort the skin up ct and binl and deer acro left to fight their battle out in he water twelve feet deep to escape from the maddened buck was impossible and of swimming from it tho woodsman dived under alio water and coming tin by thu bucks itin again md wilfo aco alio surface himself for air alic wild fiudo by he wounded bant acro alio wis byod rud with blood for twenty fart around where thu raged As thu hunter poked liia abubo tho to get air the animal cut with its horn 11 long furrow in liis side it was tho bruckn but expiring effort with i gas and a shivering kimn it hink nut u night and the battle was ended r vu |
