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" Oh yes, he lived a long time after that, quite well 

 and hearty." 



" And how was it, Maxl, that your brother Henry 

 got wounded in the foot so badly ? " 



" That the poachers did : those of Miesbach and 

 Schlier See are the worst ; they fire directly they see 

 a forester, no matter whether he attacks them or not. 

 It was near Schlier See that it happened. Henry 

 came suddenly upon five or six poachers, and imme- 

 diately called to them that he would stand aside and 

 let them pass, without attempting to stop them or to 

 fire. And so he did ; but one of them, when he got 

 near, fired and hit him in the ankle. He fell directly, 

 and the poachers went on and left him there. With 

 great difficulty he dragged himself to the nearest Senn 

 Hiitte, and the Sennerinnen bandaged his foot and he 

 was carried home." 



" And what about Kreuth, is there much poaching 

 going on now?" 



" It is not long ago that Ignace, the son of my old 

 uncle, he whom we met yesterday as we were coming 

 home, had an adventure with some of them. It was 

 just on the hill where you shot the kid. He was going 

 up the mountain and saw the footprints of several men 

 in the snow. He wondered who could have been there, 

 so he followed the track for some time, and presently 

 observed a fellow with a rifle in his hand, waiting and 

 watching for game. He drew nearer and looked well 

 at him, but still without knowing him. At last he 

 asked him what he was doing there, when up jumped 



