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wish, and though we might possibly have brought them a 

 few yards nearer, there was a possibility of their scenting us, 

 even across the wind, which, of course, we had arranged to 

 have in our favor, and I decided that rather than run the 

 risk of this and the consequent stampede, I would shoot 

 while I had a good chance. It had been arranged that I was 



THE ROUND UP. 



to open the ball, so I drew my peep and globe sights down 

 very finely, taking the white breast of the old buck for my 

 bull's-eye, and pulled. Huffman's Kennedy and Jack's car- 

 bine paid their compliments to the pretty visitors at almost 

 the same instant, and for about two or three minutes there- 

 after we fanned them about as vigorously as ever a herd got 



