IN THE GOAT AND GLACIER FIELDS 



to think it is time something was doing in the 

 firing line, after the long wait for active hos- 

 tilities. He will also want to know what kind of 

 shooting irons each member of the party carried, 

 and before any blood is spilt I believe I'd better 

 give out this information: Harry James carried 

 one .35 Remington auto and one .30 U. S. Win- 

 chester; William James had a duplicate of his 

 father's order; Rogers carried a .303 Savage; 

 Hubrick a .250-3000 Savage, while I took two 

 guns of the .30 U. S. Winchester make, one bored 

 for the '03 shell and the other for the '06. One 

 of the guides had a .35 Winchester, while another 

 toted a gun the make and caliber of which I have 

 forgotten. 



On reaching the "bench" above, a quick sur- 

 vey disclosed four white spots lying in various 

 positions of disorder 200 or 300 yards ahead of 

 me, and kneeling at one of these and in the act 

 of evisceration were seen Harry and Hubrick. 

 William was running wild-eyed in search of a 

 crippled lamb. About all I could hear from him 

 in passing me was an uncomplimentary remark 

 concerning some one. I afterward learned that 

 his reference was to Hubrick, who had fired at 

 the goats before giving Harry a first chance. In 

 this he committed a grievous mistake, as James 

 was naturally entitled to not only the first shot, 

 but to all if he wanted them. 



While my talk with Harry drew out no com- 

 plaint with regard to the manner in which the 



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