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SHORT STALKS 



proceeding. I have done it myself, but it is dull ^YOl•k — so 

 dull tliat one of my companions carried a French novel to re- 

 lieve the tedium, with the result here depicted. It is only 



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ERNEST IS STALKED. 



fair to say that Ernest, who is smart at a " back-hander," 

 dropped the animal after all. The important point is not 

 to relax attention till the beaters actually appear, as elk 

 under these circumstances are very suspicious, and keep 



