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up the ravine a piece, but, as they wouldn't come 

 quite close enough to suit me, I got out a red 

 blanket, tied it to a little pole, an' crept along up 

 the ravine till I got about opposite to 'em, an' 

 then raised the red blanket above the bank an' 

 planted the pole. 



"Soon as they sighted the strange red thing 

 they raised their heads an' stared at it a bit, 

 an' then come up toward it, all in a bunch, an' 

 stopped an' took another look. Then they seemed 

 to get frightened an' turned an' run away, but 

 I knew they'd come back. They circled 'round 

 an' come up again an' halted for another look, 

 an' then run away again an' circled 'round an' 

 come back, an' each time they came a little 

 closer. 



"I noticed that when they'd halt to gaze at the 

 blanket they'd line up four or five abreast; so the 

 idea struck me that if I could get back into an- 

 other little ravine that was close by, an' crawl up 

 that a little ways, so as to take 'em in flank when 

 they'd line up thataway, I'd get two or three of 

 'em. I did that, an' the next time they halted an' 

 lined up there were four of 'em in range, with their 

 sides to me, an' I turned loose an' killed three of 

 'em an' wounded the fourth so that I got him 

 next shot." 



'You did a good job, and did it well, too," I 

 replied, Just then Jack came up with his load of 

 deer meat. "Why, Jack," I began, "how in the 



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