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them and spoil our shot. Wasn't he a generous 

 soul ? I know what every sportsman will say 

 if he puts himself where I was. Well, did he 

 succeed? We'll see. He got so near with 

 his cattle-blind that, had he been generous 

 enough to own a gun, and not too cowardly to 

 fire it, he would have had a splendid chance, 

 as he got within 35 yards of them before 

 they stopped feeding and raised their heads. 

 How I wanted, just then, to be standing where 

 he was ; but he kept the steer moving, and so 

 they had to raise, and circled right towards us. 

 " Look out now ! Be ready ! They are coming 

 too close." So just as they cleared the fence 

 about 10 feet above it and about 15 yards 

 distant, I threw up my gun and shouted, when 

 they turned from us and huddled together, 

 not suspecting any danger till then. This 

 was our time, and we embraced it, unloading 

 the four No. 10 barrels into them. Down 

 fell seven shot, and within 200 yards four 

 more, while still another 100 yards further 

 away was added twelve birds, four white and 

 eight Canadian or grey geese. 



Weren't we proud ? The old bach had done 

 us the greatest favour possible, of which we 



