| Show struck the staff stag tho the wood mood elver river times vines L I T of oct ath relates the fol fil lowing au an expert took a trip out to deer greek yesterday to secure some ore for f or assaying assaying from the bottom of a baft shaft which sam connor was having f sunk on t the lodge ledge laying down his gun and lunch he be swung down the wind windlass ass rope to the first platform and then descended again to the bottom while picking for ore samples the light was obscured from above and find looking up he saw a monstrous stag eating ili his s lunch up at the collar of the shaft it was but the impulse of a second and he drew li hia is revolver and fired the stag reared and plunged and landed across the shaft abaft where it lodged just long enough to permit t to scramble up one of the set it of if timbers under the platform and not nn an instant too soon as the stag came over end to the bottom an and is lying there yet the hero of this advent ad venture um threatens vengeance if his name is stated as lie fears that the police gazelle gazette will illustrate him |
