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THE COMPLETE SPORTSMAN 



he has one), of the little ones at home crying 

 for new boots, of the books he has forgotten to 

 order from the library; and just as his mind 

 has become completely immersed in similar 

 metaphysical speculations he is roused from his 

 reverie by the whirr of wdngs, and finds that a 

 large covey has flown over his head unnoticed. 



With a muttered imprecation he concentrates 

 once more upon the matter in hand, determined 

 that nothing shall interrupt his vigil; but in a 

 short time he again lapses unconsciously into a 

 condition of mental coma, and is so startled 

 by the sudden appearance of a single bird at 

 his elbow that he has no time to take aim before 

 it vanishes unscathed into the offing. 



