DIVIDING THE GAME 



rest of the party I heard a noise and looking 

 around I saw a large buck coming straight to- 

 v/ard me and the dog right after him, fie came 

 up to within fifty yards of me and then turned 

 off to the left. I got up out of the grass, gave 

 him both barrels and sav/ every shot strike him 

 in the side. He ran about seventy yards and 

 tumbled. The dog came up and saw what 1 

 had done and looked me in the face and wagged 

 his srub-tail as much as to say, "You are a 

 bully boy with a glass eye and have done the 

 right thing this time and I will stand by you." 

 And he did. He stayed with me all that day. 

 Some say that animals have instinct only and 

 not sense. Talk about instinct, Here is a gen- 

 uine, clear, solid sense and no fooling about it. 

 I believe that some animals have sense and 

 reasoning faculties as well as the human family 

 and far excel them in some things, protecting 

 their young and obtaining food and shelter for 

 them. I will nov/ relate the nearest special 

 providence and sense in any animal that I ever 



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