THE LONG TRAIL 



we were encouraged to plan hunting trips 

 in the West. Father never had time to go 

 with us, but we would be sent out to some 

 friend of his, like Captain Seth Bullock, 

 to spend two or three weeks in the Black 

 Hills, or perhaps we would go after duck 

 and prairie chicken with Marvin Hewitt. 

 Father would enter into all the plans and 

 go down with us to the range to practise 

 with rifle or shotgun, and when we came 

 back we would go over every detail of the 

 trip with him, reveling in his praise when 

 he felt tliat we had acquitted ourselves 

 well. 



Father was ever careful to correct state- 

 ments to the effect that he was a crack 

 shot. He would explain how little being 

 one had to do with success and achieve- 

 ment as a hunter. Perseverance, skill in 

 tracking, quick vision, endurance, stamina 

 and a cool head, coupled with average 

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