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• the rail; then I tried the barn door; but I 
!j couldn’t hit the barn door. There was nobody 
in danger except stragglers around on the flanks 
of that mark. I was thoroughly discouraged, and 
I didn’t cheer up any when we presently heard 
pistol shots over in the next little ravine. I 
knew what that was—that was Laird’s gang out 
praticing him. They would hear my shots, and 
of course they would come up over the ridge to 
see what kind of a record I was making— see 
what their chances were against me. Well, I 
hadn’t any record; and I knew that if Laird came 
over that ridge and saw my barn door without 
a scratch on it, he would be as anxious to fight 
as I was—or as I had been at midnight, before 
that disastrous acceptance came. 
Now just at this moment, a little bird, no 
bigger than a sparrow, flew along by and lit on 
a sage bush about thirty yards away. Steve 
whipped out his revolver and shot ;ts head off. 
Oh, he was a marksman—much better than I 
was. We ran down there to pick up the bird, 
and just then, sure enough, Mr. Laird and his 
people came over the ridge, and they joined us. 
And when Laird’s second saw that bird, with its 
head shot off, he lost color, he faded, and you 
could see that he was interested. He said: 
“Who did that?” 
Before I could answer, Steve spoke up and said 
quite calmly, and in a matter-of-fact way: 
“Clemens did it.” 
The second said, “Why, that is wonderful. 
How far off was that bird?” 
Steve Said, “Oh, not far—about thirty yards.” 
The second said,. “Well, that is astonishing 
shooting. How often can he do that?” 
Steve said languidly, “Oh, about four times out 
of five.” 
I knew the little rascal was lying, but I didn’t 
say anything. The second said, “Why, that is 
amazing shooting; I supposed he couldn’t hit a 
church.” 
He was supposing very sagaciously, but I 
didn’t say anything. Well, they said good morn¬ 
ing. The second took Mr. Laird home a little 
tottery on his legs, and Laird sent back a note in 
his own hand declining to fight a duel with me 
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