knees he crept slowly to the brink and looked 
down. Very soon he discovered a duck hawk 
sitting on a ledge almost directly beneath. 
Carefully pointing his shotgun he fired, and the 
bird fell forward with expanded wings. His 
load of shot had found its mark. | At the report 
. another duck hawk sprang from a ledge a little 
to one side, and taking hasty aim, he fired at it 
also. The bird gave a faint scream and shot 
~ out of sight downward along the face of the cliff. 
Ah! this was good fortune indeed and Mr. Percy 
Wing’s face beamed with joy. But he must have 
that bird down there on the ledge. What a 
trophy it would be mounted and set up in his 
den, especially as he had such a fine long story 
to go with it! He stepped into his car and was 
driven back to the house, where he was much 
pleased to find that the superintendent was quite 
willing to be let down along the face of the cliff, 
provided this were done with a stout rope and a 
few trustworthy men to handle it. 
The men and the rope were easily procured, 
and before very long the brave superintendent 
was standing down there on the ledge of rock. 
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