SELECTING KEPKESENTATIVE HEAD. 155 



Tuesday, October ^d. Thermometer 32 ; clear. 

 The writer watched his blind in the morning, and 

 saw but one deer which was in range but allowed to 

 pass. In the afternoon went to South Hills near camp, 

 and could have killed two does. Indian Jim and 

 the Kid went south this morning and returned before 

 noon, the Kid walking proudly and Indian Jim bend- 

 ing under the weight of two immense antlered heads. 

 As this was the Kid's red letter day the author will 

 allow him to tell how it happened : 



" Jim was a few steps ahead, no deer were in sight 

 from the Lower Lookout, and as the main lead to the 

 South Hills opened into the Big Marsh just below the 

 Lower Lookout tree, he swung his long right arm to 

 the right, pointing down a little stream, as he said : 

 'We walk half an hour, find big grandfather stag.' 

 4 All right, Jim, we will walk.' Half an hour later 

 found us passing out of a little valley into a large 

 marsh, or rather series of marshes. Just then three 

 deer, all does, rounded a little point of woods. Jim 

 crouched down on the marsh, and the deer came to- 

 ward us at a slow walk until within seventy-five yards, 

 Avhen they began to be suspicious and halted. As we 

 had plenty of meat and the deer had no antlers, I 

 did not intend killing any, but was just admiring 

 their sleek, round bodies when Jim's Indian instincts 



