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cniwliiig I _i;(il U[) uiulcr >liL'llcr ol" the [>\\r ^>i' sioiics IVoiii 

 wliicli \]\c 1)ii('ks were not iiiore tliaii a liuiidrctl yaids 

 distant, and I licL:,aii to liopc tliat tlic cliaiicc was willilii 

 my grasp. Alas! when I lnokcd (i\ri- it a[>|)('an'il iluii. 

 tliniiLi^'li tlii' conipauion Kiirk oU'rrcd an easy shot, — and 

 a ver\- tine one lie was too — the ' Ohl Sohlicn-' had so 

 phiced himself that only his jiorns coidd ])c seen. I 

 might lia\e killed tlie other witli ease, l)ut waited, linking 

 that the ohject of my desire would stand ami show him- 

 self. I thouoht he woukl do tliis as soon as eitlier of 

 them canglit siglit of tlu3 doe, wlio was slowly ti'avelling 

 along the roeks ahove, but instead of that, when tlie old 

 fellow at last rose, he perversely moNcil oil' under comt 

 of the stones, and I ('(tuhl not catch sight of him until he 

 had reached too lontj a ramre and was o'oino- hai'd. A 

 running shot at a chamois at any distance is a douhtl'ul 

 business. At a hundred and lifly yai'ds the chanee is 

 remote indi'cd, and he would not halt till he liadtfeMeil 

 that inler\al. I gave him one more parting message at 

 that long range, and knocked the snow all o\'(M' him. but 

 that w;is all."' 



That was the last shot anv of us ever had at him. but 

 it was not (juite the last 1 saw of liim. We were due on 

 a certain dav at (lavarnie, hoiuewanl liound. and deter- 

 mineil to have one more try for tlie Old .Monarch whose 

 territory lav on the way. 'J'he da^' was unfortunnteh' 

 again cloudv, so that it seeme<l lio|)eless to do anxihiu"-. 

 but now and again tln' eloud- bfted for a few minutes at 

 a time, and eaeh of these brief opportunities was bu<il\' 

 used with the telescopes. Suddenly through such a lift. 

 I saw the " Old Soldier" about a (piarter of a mile oli" like 



