194 THE ROE-DEER 



away, I cannot banish a hope that my attacks have 

 taught him wherein Hes his safety, for no native 

 hunter could properly appreciate those rugged 

 little antlers, and that perhaps hereafter, in the 

 happy hunting-grounds beyond the distant hills, we 

 may yet meet and my shadowy bullet bring him to 

 a shadowy end. 



