ON PLAIN AND PEAK 



had a loaded rifle and a steady "pot" at the biggest 

 old buck " whatever was seen " for the proportions 

 of the animals we do not get always exceed the 

 others ! 



These sentiments I sadly laid before the faithful 

 Wechselberger. But as he philosophically said : 

 " That is all very well, mein Herr, but we could not 

 know that the other chamois would come, and, with 



hick, you might have got one of the first two." 



* * * % * 



There is luck in most things besides chamois- 

 shooting. 



To the fortunate few, success comes quickly; to 

 the great majority, only after years of working and 

 waiting if it comes at all ! 



" Everything comes to him who waits," says the 

 proverb. Possibly, but it often comes too late so 

 late, that one has almost ceased to care for what 

 one once so eagerly sought. When one has grown 

 tired of the longing and striving, when the power 

 of enjoyment of the heart's desire has well-nigh 

 gone then it comes ! 



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