BLACK WARRIOR OF THE PALISADES 
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R. PERCY WING, of New York City, 
M had inherited a large fortune, and as 
he did not care to work he, of course, 
had much time to devote to amusements. One 
of the ways in which he enjoyed himself was to 
go hunting, and this he did very often during the 
shooting season. One autumn afternoon he 
went out on Long Island to a shooting club he 
had recently joined. There were yet two or 
three hours of daylight when he arrived, so taking 
his gun and a guide he walked out on the marsh 
to see if any snipe were to be found. 
Tramping about for an hour.or more, he 
flushed three or four snipe, but although he fired 
both barrels every time one got up, its twisting, 
erratic flight was too much for his slender skill 
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