1 8 THE ADVENTURES OF 



hunters at Golden City, who were just on the 

 eve of starting out on a big buffalo hunt, and 

 I thought that here was a chance to have some 

 sport, and perhaps make some money. Some 

 of my readers are perhaps not aware that sport 

 is not by any means the w^hole object in buf- 

 falo hunting, but many men have almost made 

 fortunes in the business. The flesh is ex- 

 cellent and when properly cured is readily 

 sold at good figures, and the hides are no drag 

 on the hunter's hands. 



While we were cleaning up our guns pre- 

 paratory to starting out on the hunt, I came 

 very near getting into a little difficulty. I 

 thoughtlessly put a charge in my gun and lired 

 it out of the door at random. Almost imme- 

 diately a policeman came running across the 

 street, and taking hold of my arm said, 



''Come along, sir." 



I saw that I was in an aAvkward predica- 

 ment, and concluded, like a great many men 

 who are caught in uglier scrapes, to try the 

 insanity dodge, which I played so successfully 

 that he said he would let me ofl' this time, but 



