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to save his life. He did make that last trip, 
however, as I knew he would, for he is a 
thorough sportsman in every sense of the 
word. It was hard walking; the tangled 
masses coming at times almost to one’s 
waist, and being matted down with the 
snowfall of the night before made it all the 
tougher to tramp through. But it was much 
harder on the little Irish Setter than it was 
on us. She was tired almost to utter ex¬ 
haustion—yet she would not quit while 
there was still work to do. 
Pretty soon we noticed that she was 
“making game.” It was terribly difficult 
for her to get through those tangled masses; 
and yet she must get through in order to 
make her point. She dared not go too fast 
nor get too close for fear she might flush 
the bird. The pheasant was moving and that 
but made her work the harder. Her man¬ 
euvering to bring that bird to a stand—her 
efforts to do it without a flush—and the way 
she finally accomplished it—would have 
been a credit even to an experienced pheas¬ 
ant dog. Time after time she came to a 
stop—and time after time went on. But 
