FOREST AND STREAM. 
Sept. 8, 1906.] 
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HEAVILY CHARGED. 
John H., as is apt to be the case with whole- 
souled sportsmen, is a thoroughbred joker, and 
lets no opportunity go by when he can raise the 
laugh in a quiet way against any of the boys. 
Sitting in a hotel the other day conversing with 
a friend about a recent trip to Sandusky Bay, 
some remarks were made touching some extra¬ 
ordinary shots at ducks. These remarks caught 
the ear of a commercial traveler, who, all un¬ 
asked, chipped in and immediately monopolized 
the whole conversation with glowing accounts of 
his wonderful skill with the gun. “Ninety-six 
glass balls straight was a bagatelle” to him. 
“Nine out of ten shots at grouse in the worst of 
cover, you know,” had been his season's average 
for years; and the number of matches in which 
he came out victorious was simply countless. 
John listened attentively, and after the first lie 
or two sized his man; and when the fellow stop¬ 
ped for breath, asked in an innocent voice, "What 
charge did you use in that last match with 
Bogardus when you beat him ten birds?” 
“O. just an ordinary charge,” answered the 
C. T. 
“Well, but how much by actual measurement? 
I would like to know.” 
“O, just the same as I use at all times.” 
“Well, what do you use at all times?” 
“O, sometimes more and sometimes less, just 
as it happens.” Then, thinking to see his way 
out of a difficulty, he continued, “How much do 
you use, Mr. H.?” 
“Well,” replied John, “in my everyday field 
gun; which is a very heavy piece, a thirty-six 
bore, weighing eighteen pounds, I use seventeen 
drams of powder and four drams of shot.” 
The commercial man’s face brightened, for he 
now saw his way out, and speaking up boldly, 
he said: “Well, you shoot a heavier gun than I 
do, so of course you can use a bigger load. Now 
I only dare use in my thirty-five bore, fifteen 
pound gun, sixteen drams of powder and three 
and a half drams of shot, and I tell you even 
then I have a pretty sore shoulder after an all¬ 
day’s shoot.” 
The boys had by this time gathered around, 
and all saw the point, but the C. T., who, 
shouldering his gripsack, moved complacently out, 
scowling fiercely at the roaring crowd, as much 
as to say, “What in thunder are you laughing 
at?” H. W. D. L. 
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