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Show AFTER HE HAD COUNTED THEM His -Companions Safe, Philadelphia Man Was Satisfied That He Had Really Shot Buck. Thomas Martindale, the Philadelphia Philadel-phia moose hunter, said, apropos of the opening of the deer season: "Buck fever is a strange disease. The victim of it does some remarkable things. "A Philadelphian was deer hunting in Maine. He shot four or five shots Into a- thick copse, and then he shouted: '"All of you come out of there!' "Half a dozen sportsmen issued from the copse hurriedly. "'Are you all out?' said the Philadelphian. Phila-delphian. 'One, two, -three, four. Where's Jake? Oh, there you are, Jake. Are you all out, sure?' " 'Yes,' they answered. 'We're all out; the whole party's out.' "'Hurrah, then!' shouted the Philadelphian. Phila-delphian. 'Hurrah! I've shot a buck! ' " |