Good Hunting 



dog barely had time to give one yelp be- 

 fore his life passed. 



It was, however, several seconds before 

 the goat could disengage its head from 

 its adversary, and by that time the en- 

 raged hunter was close at hand, and with 

 a single bullet avenged the loss of his dog. 

 When the goat fell, however, he began to 

 feel a little ashamed, thinking of the 

 gallant fight she had made for herself 

 and kid, and he did not wish to harm the 

 latter. So he walked forward, trying to 

 scare it away; but the little thing stood 

 obstinately near its dead mother, and 

 butted angrily at him as he came up. 

 It was far too young to hurt him in any 

 way, and he was bound not to hurt it, 

 so he sat down beside it and smoked a 

 pipe. 



When he got up it seemed to have 

 become used to his presence, and no 

 longer showed any hostility. For some 

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