UWIGHT-VVIMAN CLUB. ^^ 



WILBUR'S VISION. 



"THE event that made the greatest iinpression on my mind during 

 "' )he trip occurred the first morning I went on a run-way. 



Going about half way across the Ox Tongue portage I let two of 

 the dogs go on the track of a large deer whose footprints had re- 

 cently crossed the path. They soon started him and he came within 

 sight, but I could not get a shot at him. Moving about a quarter 

 of a mile further on, to where a good run-way ran parallel with the 

 path for some distance, I " took my stand " by the side ot two up- 

 turned trees that lay diagonally across the run-way. The deer ran 

 to the east of a small lake a short distance from me, and circling 

 round to the right gave me a good opportunity for enjoying the 

 music of the dogs, who were giving tongue in great style. 



I soon heard another pair of dogs to my left, coming rapidly 

 towards me, and for a short time I seemed almost in danger of dis- 

 locating my neck in listening for both pairs. The ones to my left 

 came so close that I felt sure their deer had passed round the brow 

 of a hill and gone off to the east of the small lake, when suddenly I 



heard a slight crash, then another, and looking around behind the 

 upturned roots of the trees I was standing by, saw a large doe com- 

 ing directly towards me at a terrific rate. From the top of the 

 small hill where I could first see her, to where I stood, was not over 

 60 yards, and almost before I could think she was within a few 

 yards of me. I quickly raised my rifle and made a noise to attract 

 her attention, thinking she would halt an instant, as most well regu- 

 lated deer do under similar circumstances, but she didn't want to, 

 or was going so fast she couldn't, and instead of stopping sprang 

 about six feet into the air, and as I pulled just at that moment, the 

 bullet of course went completely under her. Another jump brought 

 her close to the root, and the next instant she sailed past me so close 

 I could have punched her with my rifle, clearing both logs and 

 covering twenty-four feet in the jump. I hastily prepared for another 

 shot v.ith my repeater, an! stc^^ping from behind a tree that stood 

 in my \' ay, fired again as she wa^- about 40 yards away ; she dropped 

 on her knees, but instantly recovered and turning at right angles 

 ran off apparently unhurt. I had another shot a: about 80 yards as 

 she was disappearing in the underbrush, but she didn't appear to 

 mind it, and running about 300 yards she fell dead by the run-way. 

 The dogs were not 200 yards behind, yelling like fiends, and as she 

 passed me with her mouth wide open, her tongue out and her tail in 

 the air, I concluded that I had seen a vision of speed that nothing 

 but chain lightning could equal. 



W. C. M. 



