whisper to look for something moving : that gave it 

 to me ; I saw the movement of the head as it cropped. 



" High : right ! " was Rocky's comment, as the 

 bullet ripped the bark off a tree and the startled 

 stembuck raced away. In the excitement I had for- 

 gotten his advice already ! 



But there was no time to feel sick and disgusted ; 

 the buck, puzzled by the report on one side and the 

 smash on the tree on the other, half circled us and 

 stopped to look back. Rocky laid his hand on my 

 shoulder : 



" Take your time, Sonny ! " he said, " Aim low ; 

 an' don't pull! Squeeze!" And at last I got it. 



We had our breakfast there the liver roasted on the 

 coals, and a couple of 'dough-boys,' with the unexpected 

 addition of a bottle of cold tea, weak and unsweetened, 

 produced from Rocky's knapsack ! We stayed there 

 a couple of hours, and that is the only time he really 

 opened out. I understood then at last that of his 

 deliberate kindliness he had come out that morning 

 meaning to make a happy day of it for a youngster ; 

 and he did it. 



He had the knack of getting at the heart of things, 

 and putting it all in the fewest words. He spoke in 

 the same slow grave way, with habitual economy of 

 breath and words ; and yet the pictures were living 

 and real, and each incident complete. I seemed to 

 get from him that morning all there was to know 

 of the hunting in two great continents Grizzlies 

 and other * bar,' Moose and Wapiti, hunted in the 

 snows of the North West ; Elephant, Buffalo, Rhino, 



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