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from Schlier See. A great number of the foresters had 



had a rendezvous, to watch for poachers. I don't know 



how many there were, but from all the neighbouring 



forests some came — from Tegernsee and Baierisch Zell, 



Schlier See, Kreuth, and Fallep. There were altogether 



fifteen Jager. They had already been out three days, 



and it came on very bad weather, with pouring rain. It 



was useless staying out any longer, so they separated to 



go home. The others had gone some distance, when 



Joseph Solacher and an assistant-forester who was with 



him heard a shot. They both ran forwards as fast as they 



could to where the report came from, and said, f There 



are those rascally Kranzberger boys* shooting again ! but 



we have caught them now, and they shall repent it/ 



The Kranzberger boys were two youths who lived in a 



hut not far off, and who, it was known, used whenever 



an opportunity offered to carry on poaching in a small 



way. Well, as I said, Joseph, and Bauer, who was with 



him — you know Bauer, don't you? a fine handsome 



young fellow as you would wish to see — he and Joseph 



ran forward, and when they came to the brow of the hill 



they heard some one loading a rifle, ramming the ball 



into the barrel, and a moment after saw before them, 



about eighty or ninety yards off, the two fellows standing 



over a roe they had shot. It was a little green spot, 



with a tree or two on it, and not too far, — just a good 



shot from where Joseph stood. But he did not want to 



fire at them ; he thought he would take away their guns, 



and give the young fellows a sound thrashing, and then 



send them about their business. So, as I said, he did 



* In the mountains the word "boy" ("Bube," or in the dialect "Bua,") 

 does not always imply one in the age of boyhood, but is used when 

 speaking of young men generally, as Burns does the word " lads," which 

 is equivalent to it. 



