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operations. The room was full of loungers, many of 

 whom were good shots, and were to accompany our 

 friend on the morrow. Shooting soon became the 

 absorbing subject of conversation, and so admirably 

 did T. blow and expatiate on his skill explaining and 

 proving, in the most scientific manner, how every 

 man, no matter what his infirmities, might become a 

 perfect crack that the listeners got scared, and pre- 

 ferred remaining at home to being beaten by a " city 

 gent." 



Our day terminated with a heavy bag, and my 

 friend T. to this day enjoys among his circle of 

 acquaintances the reputation of being the very best 

 theoretical, and the very worst practical, sportsman in 

 the State of Ohio. 



