H FOLLOWING 
THE DEER 
its gallows, fumbled a pointed stick 
out of his pocket, ran it through the 
bird's neck to make a bullet hole, and 
stowed the poor creature that had 
died miserably, without a chance for 
its life, away in one of his big pockets, 
a self-satisfied grin on his face as 
he glanced down the hedge and saw 
another bird swinging. So he fol- 
lowed his hangman's hedge, treating 
each bird to his pointed stick, care- 
fully resetting the snares after him 
and clearing away the fallen leaves 
from the fatal pathways. When he 
came to the rabbit he harled him 
dexterously, slipped him over his 
long gun barrel, took his bearings 
in a quick look around, and struck 
