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"Thunder!" replied Draw, "don't tell me no sich thun- 

 derin' nonsense; I'll stand all day and be shot at, like a 

 Christmas turkey, at sixty rods, for six-pence a shot, 

 any how." 



"I'll bet you all the liquor we can drink while we are 

 here, Tom," answered Harry, "that I hit a four foot target 

 at three hundred yards to-morrow!" 



"Off hand?" inquired Tom, with an attempt at a sneer. 



"Yes, off hand! and no shot to do that either; I know 

 men — lots of them — who would bet to hit a foot* square 

 at that distance!" 



"Well! you can't hit four, no how!" 



"Will you bet?" 



"Sartain!" 



"Very well — Done — Twenty dollars I will stake against 

 all the liquor we drink while we're here. Is it a bet ?" 



"Yes! Done!' cried Tom — "at the first shot, you know; 

 I gives no second chances." 



"Very well, as you please! — I'm sure of it, that's all — 

 Lord, Frank, how we will drink and treat — I shall invite 

 all the town up here to-morrow — Come! — One more round 

 for luck, and then to bed!" 



"Content!" cried A ; "but I mean Mr. Draw to have 



an argument to-morrow night about this point of Setter 

 vs. Pointer! How do you say, Harry? — which is best?" 



"Oh! I'll be Judge and Jury," — answered Archer — 

 "and you shall plead before me; and I'll make up my 

 mind in the meantime!" 



"He's for me, any how," — shouted Tom — "Darn it all, 

 Harry, you knows you wouldn't own a pinter — no, not if 

 it was gin you!" 



"I believe you are about right there, old fellow, so far as 

 this country goes at least!" — said Archer — "different dogs 

 for different soils and seasons — and, in my judgment, 

 setters are far the best this side the Atlantic — but it is 

 late now, and I can't stand chattering here — good night 

 — ^you shall have as much dog-talk as you like tomorrow." 



•When this was written strong exception was taken to It by a 

 Southern writer in the Spirit of the Times. Had that gentleman 

 known what is the practice of the heavy Tyrolese rifle he would not 

 have written so confidently. But it is needless to go so far as to the 

 Tyrol. There is a well known rifle-shot in New York, who can per- 



