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RECREATION. 



Another shot, an exclamation, "Mine's 

 the leader," a few war whoops, congratu- 

 lations, my Eastman No. 4 shot a few times, 

 our old reliable Marble hunting knives put 

 into action, and it was all over. Our bucks 

 lay within 10 yards of each other and 80 

 yards from us, both hit near the heart; not 

 because of wonderful skill, but it so hap- 

 pened. Neither moved from where he fell, 

 dying before we reached them to cut their 

 throats. We would not have exchanged 

 places with even a dining-car conductor or 

 a prestidigitator. Our happiness was com- 

 plete. We did not congratulate each other 

 on account of any skill exhibited; indeed, 

 there was none. Under ordinary circum- 

 stances my friend would have killed both 



bucks, with 2 shots ; but he admitted, 

 "Billie, I was never so excited in my life," 

 and every real sportsman knows why we 

 acted 15 years younger. 



What a chance for the camera, if we 

 had only known ! There is no doubt we 

 could have approached within a few feet 

 of the fighters, but when we thought of my 

 kodak it was too late to improve the op- 

 portunity of a lifetime. 



Two days later the head of my buck was 

 expressed to that world renowned taxider- 

 mist, C. E. Aiken, of Colorado Springs, 

 and it is now added to my collec- 

 tion of trophies, each of which tells 

 a silent story of the happiest days of my 

 life. 



A PAIR OF SEATTLE RAZORBACKS 



This picture comes from Seattle, Wash., Halls will attempt to justify themselves 



and is accompanied by a newspaper clipping when assailed, but if I should print some 



stating that the pair of swine shown there- of the letters that have come to me from 



in are named D. H. and Virgil Hall. It their neighbors, they would know what 



is said that these men killed 150 ducks, 30 other people think of them. It is to be 



D. H. AND VIRGIL HALL. 



geese and several swans in 2 days. The hoped these 2-legged rooters may realize 



extent of the slaughter is not so bad as the that they have disgraced themselves and 



taste displayed by the men who would thus that they may reform. 



stand up and be photographed about the D. H. Hall is game hog No. 889 and 



corpses of their victims. Of course, these Virgil Hall is No. 890. — Editor. 



