MODERN TRAINING. 



subject of discourse for half an hour in assuring your com- 

 panion that you know your talk did it, and you regret it so 

 much. 



Take the first shot invariably, and all of them if you can. 

 You will be loved for acquisitive qualities common to cer- 

 tain domestic animals aforementioned. When you wish to 

 go hunting, borrow your friend's gun and dog if you can. 

 Ask permission to go hunting with your friend; for you can 

 safely assume that one of two propositions is true, namely: 

 If your friend desired your company, he would invite you; 

 if you desire to go, you ask permission or cheerfully invite 

 yourself now, if you are wrong, you are the next thing to 

 being right, which is a very good average and a friend is 

 no advantage if you cannot use him. 



Always inspect your friend's gun. Open it and peer 

 through the barrels, then slam it together. Cock it, pull 

 the triggers, and snap it. Open it and slam it again. To 

 do this correctly according to honored usage, it must be re- 

 peated six times at least, assuming a becoming look of 

 idiocy during the performance; thus you will show that you 

 know all about guns. 





