Logan Republican | 1903-01-06 | Page 2 | Story of "Tom" Ochiltree

8TORY OF "TOM" OCHILTREE. Gallant Colonel Had Science of 8hootlng Down Fine. Col. "Tom" Ochiltree was once invited in-vited to spend a weok at the deer hunting lodgo In the Maine woods or one of his friends, and tramped tha-wllds tha-wllds for a week without bringing down anything. On the last day ot , his visit ho was approaching thr jf lodge In company with his entertainer-just entertainer-just aB dusk, and seeing soratthlng in the thicket, fired nt it. It turned out to be a calf, but the Honorable-Tom Honorable-Tom missed It as gallantly as it It had. been a buck of many antlers. "What this," shouted his host, "you pretend-to pretend-to be a7 hunter and can't hit a calf?" "Well," Tom replied, "I wasn't 'just .sure what it was, so I shot to hit It If It was a deer and miss it If It was a. calf."