The Serene Duck Hunter 



ations which are rational, exhilarat- 

 ing and only moderately fatal. 



The Honorable Order of Serene 

 Duck Hunters 



It must be frankly confessed that 

 the members of this fraternity cannot 

 claim the ability to kill ducks as often 

 as is required by the highest averages. 

 This, however, does not in the least 

 disturb their serenity. Their com- 

 pensations are ample. They are 

 saved from the sordid and hardening 

 effects induced by habitual killing, and 

 find pleasure in the cultivation of the 

 more delicate and elevating suscepti- 

 bilities which ducking environments 

 should invite. Under the influence 

 of these susceptibilities there is de- 

 veloped a pleasing and innocent sclf- 

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