HUNTERS WHO HAVE BUCKFEVERED 

 was but one dog in the chase. About half a 

 mile up the swamp we heard the crack of a 

 rifle four times in succession. We gave up right 

 then and there that somebody had got our 

 deer and that we weren't in it. I sat down on 

 the log again by the fire. The dog was running 

 yet and I told /Ar. Spencer, as that was his 

 name, that there was some hope for us yet as 

 the dogs were still running. For the tounging 

 of the hound was coming closer all the time. 

 Just then we heard two reports of a shot gun in 

 rapid firing and I knew it was Garrison for I can 

 tell when he is shooting because he always 

 shoots his "second" barrel first, referring to his 

 quickness with his second shot. Following this 

 we heard the crack of a rifle and again four 

 shots had been fired and yet the hound was 

 coming on towards us. Two or three times 

 since the dog had reached Peach Ridge had I ' 

 urged my companions to sit down or conceal 

 themselves so that the deer would not be 

 turned. r3ut /Ar. Know-it-all and don't-want- 



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