H FOLLOWING 
THE DEER 
the woods that I would be glad to 
know, I had invited him cordially 
to join me. But he only withered 
me with the contempt in his hawk 
eyes, and wiggled his toe as if hold- 
ing back a kick from my honest dog 
with difficulty. 
" Go huntin' with ye ? Not much. 
Mister. Scarin' a pa'tridge to death 
with a dum dog, and then turnin' a 
handful o' shot loose on the critter, an' 
call it huntin' ! Here 's the way to kill 
a pa'tridge, the on'y decent way " — 
and he pulled a bird out of his pocket, 
pointing to a clean hole through the 
head where the eyes had been. 
When he had gone 1 kicked the 
hedge to pieces quickly, cut the 
