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made a great flourish, — possibly, he imagined there'd been 

 a new style of moon invented for s]ieeially dtirk niglits and 

 that this was the way it generally rose, — pi'rhai)s, however, 

 he was just dazed and didn't imagine mueh of anylliing. — 

 At all events, iu^t the minute I thought I was near enough 

 to put a sure shot in, I shook the boat, just a trille, and 

 Horaee stopped paddling; — 1 sighted along ohl, "Sure 

 Death " and blazed away. 



" My ! what a splashing and dasliing there was! As 1).id 

 luck would have it, the gun kieked like fury, wlien I pulled 

 it ofT, and somehow the jack was knocked over and the 

 light put out. Where the candle went to, I don't knf)W. — 

 Horace had another pie(>e in his pocket, -uid we lighted 

 that, and then went hunting for our deer. I knew it was 

 ours, fast enough, by the kind of racket he made in the 

 water. He had managed to get ashore, but we tracked 

 him four or five rods and found him, and Horace cut^his 

 throat. Then we dragged him into the boat, came back 

 to the landing, and started through tlie woods. Just then 

 it began to rain. We were fairly walled up in the darkness, 

 and the rain just poured. We managed to keep our candle 

 burning about a (|uarter of the time, and the other three- 

 quarters we were plunging into holes, over rcjcks and bogs, 

 in the dark; and Horace was 'most as dead as the deer, 

 while I carried the gun and the jack, and was the worst 

 done-for man you ever saw. But I got my 1)uck! — and 

 there he is! and if you fellows are not grateful for the ven- 

 ison he'll make, — 3'^ou go, next time. My story's done." 



" For all such blessings may we be duly thankful !" sono- 

 I'ously responded the Professor, 



