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ranges, and Johnny knew him no more. What 
fate is in store for him? Will his taming make 
him less suspicious of other men, so that he will 
fall a victim to their guns? Or will his in- 
stinctive wariness again assert itself, to protect 
him and his herd? Who can answer? I can 
only say that so far nobody has reported his kill- 
ing; he is still ranging our woods and swamps, 
and watching from the lofty mountain ledges the 
heave of the red sun ball above the eastern world 
rim. 
