62 THE ADVENTURES OF 



they rode along with us to a spring, near 

 which they said there was plenty ol deer. 



We camped for the night by the spring, and 

 in the morning I took my gun and went out 

 to see if I could get some of them. Before I 

 had gone a quarter of a mile, I saw plenty of 

 tracks and began to keep a lookout for the 

 deer. I walked cautiously up a hill, and when 

 near the the top peered over and had the sat- 

 isfaction of seeing four walking single file along 

 a cow path. I aimed at the leader, which was 

 a fine doe, and at the crack of the gun she 

 sunk to the ground. Two more shots brought 

 down two more deer. The fourth was a large 

 buck and came running up to the bluff to near 

 where I stood, but I was ready for him too, 

 and wound up his career in a twinkling. I 

 then went in and got a horse, and, putting three 

 of the deer on him, led him along toward 

 camp. On the way I met Armstroug, who 

 looked a little surprised, and said, "Hello! If 

 that is the way you are going to do, I will have 

 to take back what I said about being a 'world 

 beater'" We hunted too^ether about two 



