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the arrow that had behaved so famously, 

 I walked away without looking back. 

 Your archer, a lonely and selfish churl, 

 makes no acquaintances in the field or the 

 wood. He has learned his lesson, one 

 important chapter of which teaches that 

 any man or any boy of whatever breed will 

 follow the bow and worry the bowman 

 with breathless remarks and difficult ques- 

 tions. Many a time have I had at my 

 heels, upon setting out for the woods from 

 a village, a mob of curious, nay, fascinated 

 louts, of all sizes and habiliments; nor 

 would they accept mere coldness or lofty 

 inattention as sufficient rebuff to turn them 

 back. Even a decided scowl only checked 

 them and kept them at a certain distance, 

 from which they cast upon me longing 

 glances and prophetic remarks. 



" Bet ye he 's half Injen," said one lop- 

 hatted lad that I remember very well, " an' 

 I 'spec' he kin hit a rabbit every time." 



" Don't yer b'lieve it," spoke up another. 

 " He 's not airy Injen ; he 's er wil' man 

 got away f 'om er show ! " 



A very sensitive person winces under 

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