X. 



A SINEW OF THE LAW DISPLAYED 



HAT was the situation. 

 We had ended the mis- 

 ery of a doe wounded 

 to death by a mountain 

 lion, we had killed a 

 blacktail fawn by mis- 

 take for a "fantail." Both crimes 

 punishable by law, yet perpetrated 

 from the best of motives and by one 

 who believes deeply in game protec- 

 tion. 



Three days after the tragedy re- 

 lated, two men rode into the camp. 

 They poked about as though they 

 had right to do so, and my growing 

 indignation had almost produced 



