Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 December 1908 — Compensation For Poachers. [ARTICLE]

Compensation For Poachers.

A gamekeeper on a northern estate tells an amusing story of the latest thing Id the compensation line. When he was escorting the gentlemen round the coverts one day the party were alarmed to bear a loud cry just after shots had been fired. Running to the spot, a thick bush growth, the keeper found a man lying groaning on the ground. "Some of them gents *ave shot me In the leg.” groaned the man. Examination proved that the sufferer had indeed received a bird shot pellet in his left calf. It was a trivial Injury, but was handsomely compensated for by the gentlemen in the party, who presented the victim with quite a good sum in gold. That same evening the gamekeeper came upon two men in a quiet lane em gaged tn a hot dispute about the sharing of some money. One of the men had a shotgun, and, tapping it significantly. be .said threateningly: "’Alf shares, or I’ll go straight to the p'lice ana split on us both. I’ll give the game away. I’ll tell ’em ’ow 1 put that pill In yer leg to knock money out o’ the shooters.” Then the gamekeeper disclosed himself, and the two conspirators decamped.—London Opinion.