1 8 How I Became a Sportsman. 



" went off." Great was the commotion amongst 

 the whole family. My father was in the house, 

 and somehow he intuitively fixed upon me as 

 the culprit. The whole story was got out bit 

 by bit. I was forbidden to go near " Willum " 

 or Ben, and in other respects it would have 

 been as well for this child if I had never 

 found or seen that gun. I did not see it again 

 for many years ; how and when will be here- 

 after related. 



However, I learnt one lesson from this 

 catastrophe — never to take a loaded gun into 

 a house again ; and I never have from that 

 day to this. 



