
AN IOWA TURKEY HUNT. 15 
“T’ll get this one,’ said Ben, turning 
aside. Scarcely a dozen steps away, the 
turkey rose with a_ prodigious flutter. 
Bang! roared Ben’s shotgun. As the smoke 
lifted we saw the turkey flopping in the 
snow. At the report of Ben’s gun a mag- 
nificent gobbler got up in front of Joe and 
me. Crack! went the old rifle, but tne gob- 
bler sailed away. Taking careful aim I 
fired, and the old fellow dropped. A third 
rose only to fall riddled with two heavy 
loads of shot, for Ben and I both fired. 
Joe shot at the fourth and again missed, 
but Ben, by a long and lucky shot killed it. 
Some time was spent in looking for the 
remaining 3. After an extended search I 
discovered -where one had climbed directly 
up the bluff at the outer edge of the flat. 
With considerable difficulty I followed, and 
puffing and panting reached the top, when 
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PHOTO BY SMITH & ZIEGLER, PALMYRA,N.Y, 
the turkey rose within 6 feet of my face. 
So startled was I that I pulled the trigger 
before the gun reached my shoulder, but 
the second load was better aimed, and the 
bird fell far out on the prairie. Ben easily 
killed the sixth. Over on the East edge 
of the flat Joe flushed the seventh and last, 
only to miss, and the turkey sailed away 
across the river and into the timber. We 
marked the locality where it disappeared, 
but though we searched long and diligently 
we failed to find even a track. 
However, we were well satisfied—Ben 
and I. Joe was disgusted. We didn't say 
much to him then; he felt sore enough. 
Ben insisted that he, Joe, must carry two 
of the turkeys, for, said he, slyly, “we might 
meet somebody, and we want to preserve 
the family reputation.” 

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RETURNING FROM A GROUSE COVER. 

Lawyer: ‘You say you were in the saloon 
at the time of the assault referred to in the 
complaint?” 
Witness: ‘‘I was, sir.” 
Lawyer: ‘‘ Did you take cognizance of the 
barkeeper at the time?” 
Witness: ‘“‘I don’t know what he called 
it, but I took what therest did.”—Boston 
Courier. 
