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"Mr. Graham went back worried, but not discour- 

 aged. He didn't drop the subject. He was determined 

 to look after those antelope in spite of a skeptical gov- 

 ernment and the frightened little animals themselves. 

 Finally, when Mr. Harkin had been worried with much 

 pleading, he suggested that the zoological chief take his 

 application to the deputy minister of the interior. 



" 'I won't sign it,' he said, 'but you take it to the 

 deputy, and if he and the minister of the interior will 

 O. K. it, bring it back and I'll sign it.' He supposed 

 that was the end of the wild antelope fence. 



"But to his amazement the application came back 

 with the 0. K. of the minister and the deputy, and 

 with the park commissioner's signature, the zoological 

 chief started west again to round up his antelope. Dur- 

 ing his absence the Indians had made a raid on his 

 elusive little herd. They had shot some and fright- 

 ened others, but still the shepherd of the antelope was 

 not dismayed. 



"He started his fence around nine sections of land. 

 He had a gang of men working swiftly but quietly. 

 Probably no fence ever went up with as little noise and 

 loss of time. Someone suggested that he must have 

 used padded hammers and velvet-headed nails; but 

 however he did it, and he had his antelope safe before 

 another snow fell." 



