The Caribou.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3020, 4 October 1888, Page 3

The Caribou.

During tho month of Ootober, 1880 as the stoamor Molechunkauiunk, was making her iWning trip to Birch Lodge, the sighted an animal, whioh afterwards proved to bo a two- . year-old caribqu, feeding oiv lily-pads at the Mill Brook, Inßtantly 'all was exoitomcnt. A double-barrel-lod spy-glass, something less than twenty feet long, was levelled at tho innocent and hungry caribou, and the person who squinted through it, saw the animal raise its head and look warily around, This increased the nervousness, if possible, of all on board, and a sportsman present, who was accompanied by a- four legged dog, offered a five-dollar counterfeit noto if he would put tho steamer to Whittler's Landing in time for him to get a shot. The captain pocketed the note, spit a fow mild briny oaths out of his mouth, that were interfering with his digestion, then seizing the speaking trumpet yelled to tho engineer to let her go. The engineer declared ho waa not hindering her, then three reofs wore shook out of tho Brooke-stack and the anchor hove overboard, which considerably accelerated the |(fe's speed. Then the captain rubbeu salt pork all around the outside of tho boat, along the water-line, and tho way that that steamer weak through the water; was a caution to snakes, The log was hove and the mato reported the .speed knots, When the captain h|>rd it hishair stood on end so quickly that it shot his hat up through tho hui'ricane deok and it sailed away into infinite space. "Great tear's Ghost I" ho oxclaimed, "I shall lose ray money at this rate. Tie ten knots lnoro in that log-lino and throw it over again:" and at a speed of forty knotsaminute (ho steamer tore through the water and landed high and dry on the beach. All hands immediately made tracks for tho caribou, the sportsman and bis dog taking the lead, covering 20 feet of ground at a strido. Tho entire crew of tho steamer' followed, tho engineer armed with a doiiblo-barrelled gnn-ono barrel straight and tho other crooked, s,Q he could shoot easily around {Ofners-and the rest of the crow frantically «|fog handspikos, bolayjrig pins, arMcather : du6tors, They were joinqd in their flight by several from the camp, and in a few'moments rea'ohed Mill .Brook, and, oh, jb) I {hero behold the carifioi' The sports;,jp wjth h|B rifle tfli the enginw ■V-.

with liis peculiar gun both-blazed way, Tho caribou was' not' hit, although tho disl'iii« was oiily 25 yards; but tho btiHt-c from the crooked barrel of the oiighrar's gun did good execution, as it circled around to tho west shore of the lake and went through tho brain of an elephant that was in tho act of climbing ut tall maple to gathor spruce gum. Then the party, with ut lofty disdain, of the danger they incurred, waded Mill Brook, which at that timo was a raging torrent two inches deep, and charged on the caribou. This was more than any well-trained animal ; could stand, so he bowed to his wouldIbo captors and trotted leisurely into the woods. At this tho party divided, half following the animal into tho Woods, tho rest remaining on tho I bead). Soon the caribou appoared again, further along on the beach, mid ono of the thirstors for blood walked ,ip to within ten foot of llie animal, Tho party, in tho woods now obtained a squint at him, and, crawling through thounderbush towards tho beach, they stopped six feet from the caribou, and, resting their rillos carefully over a stump, pulled trigger and missed. The caribou, with a'taunting laugh, and a parting bow, said." Good day!" mid was oft' like the wind,-Courier,

Hodges, tho lad convicted of rupo on jn little girl nttho Hull, was sentenced at tho'Supremo Court to-day to six months hard labor and two Hoggings with cat of 20 lashes each.

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