| Show ma Valu ul it lllnial I There It I nothing like n climax tll make a good story It It always sure to delight Ito listeners and tho mora unexpected It It the better U take The stories of an Allegheny hunter have of late lost their Interest by reason rea-son of a surfeit of the Improbable and he has at last assumed hit former method of holding hla hearers nttcn lion The other day ho was relating one of hit adventures In long dlstance shooting It happened whllo ho Will making his way along u iiindy baron bar-on a recent hunting trip Alter n search of invcntl minute for torn thing to shoot at ho descried n large leon looking crane ttnnillng on n lit I tie hillock about threaqunrten of n mile distant Ho was afraid to approach ap-proach nearer at there were no ob jecta behind which ho could advance and the crane would probably lake flllht Tho only thing to bo done Will to try to bring down the bird from where lie Will ttandlng Arranging the sight of his rifle for what ha I thought was tha proper distance ha took careful aim and fired The crane never moved for the bullet plowed Into the sand about half way up to It Again the sight was adjusted and this lime the bullet came a little nearer the mark but ttlll the bird refused to move The hunter would not give UI The tight wai again raited and title lime ho aimed about a foot over Ibo cranes head I fired laid the Nlm rod and then nn everybody was iuc peeling him to tell how ho brought tlla bird down ho corcluded And then 1 looking toward the mark I taw Ibo bullet fall at the cranes fet It got I up hook Itself and flew away Am one of the listeners RB unkind enough to ask If It carried the bulls bull-s ay in its mouth IMttsburg Chiron IcleTelcgraph |
