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stayed at this horse-ranch overnight, and did 
not get back to our ranch until the following 
evening about supper-time. 
It leaked out that the cowboys had fairly 
screamed with delight when the truth was 
known, and would rather have been dis- 
charged than help the foreman pack in the 
five deer, Tle did pack them, however, in 
good faith; and both he and the cow-punchers, 
now that they had fresh meat, spared me 
their jokes, and for several days did not try 
to lend me their pitching ponies. 
Thus ended a most eventful hunt; and al- 
though it was unquestionably a very excep- 
tional piece of good luck to have killed five 
deer neatly, still it is none the less a fact that 
with a thirty-eight-caliber rifle I have always 
done the best work. With a fifty-caliber I 
have shot deer in their vital parts and then 
had them run great distances, whereas with 
the smaller bullet, when properly hit, they 
would almost invariably double up on the 
spot. I can give no explanation that will 
help to determine why the smaller-bored rifle 
has always, with me, been the most efficient. 
Bronson Rumsey. 
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