The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-23
SHOT AT BIRDS, HIT HUMANS
I a. NNERS IECTI RI ON THE
NEED or BEING ca TIOI =.
Experiences mat mere ~,ariIInE. ThouEh
tie NaS BlamrIrsS I Bo, In az iri~
s'iump aud . " oman BrhinsI u IIrtigr
Pepperrd,NIIh shot GOod Lesson

Tue was ulaNletesN y uON AHl~
siuRip aud . Woman BrhInsI u IIrdS =
Pepprrrd.WUh shot NGS"d Lesson
No man can H. too cautions IN IN"
hunting field remarked man who wis
masking preparations for a VISIT 10 "A
Long Island preserve Tor few days
sport az the snipe and other hay birds
which have been unusually numerous ON
III" waterways bordering ~" Atlantic
this fail 4 remrml"r one "Npcri-nC"
that gave me quite a scar" aud ! was a.
blam"l"ss as any man ~ this patty
IL was "a low Louisiana aUd oG.
splendid morning IN tn" m'ddIr IT March
I mounted "A pony and rode % f,N mrl.s
Ia the plstur. land of my hu-t having
hc"n told that IN" ,ntr. w"r" usunilv Ia
h.. found there in goodlv unm'"r- Thor"
was quite 4 growih uf iris al ov"- tins
pasture and particularly on th" rig'. 81
4 small pond IA III, ,.utrr Of rh, n..ld
and | noticed WHOM closed ~" gl,"
aud tied my pony that q bunch ct ducks
took fghr from - and circrup about
dropped har X 81 a small huuch OF -.rtIh
tml-r I-iw,,a th. pasture and M. river
WHICH formed tE" western boundary Of
NV hos. pl1c'.
IT, fN''lf. l'HIk''l ~ 'ils' N''I 70 lI''ii ll'
rs | walked among them aud then pard
no NOR" attention. - 'h'y w"r" accus-
toned 80 having SOM one shoot IA th"
hrlI IL was a famou- snip" ground urd
Their" w"r" four guns ~ us" 80 tn. house
nearly all fh" tim" one CORNER Il ne"
nIg pasrur" hsd h,-rn tn, n N at
plough"d PREPARATORY - h"iug -,Si"d aud
a wir" barrier prevented IA" "ncrol'h-
m"uts ~ the cattln
In" birds wrr" mostly tam" and as
som" Of my shots w"r" A. y"ry clos
quarters IL usc,.--it,i"i IN. "NsroIs. ~
the greatest car" to '-cap" pupp'rIug
the steers II was considerable relief
th"r"fnr" 20 m when som" Of ~" h'rls
which som.' mos ros. IN couples when !
>rot nestled after q few Greetings in this
field u meant much safer work md 4
NOR" sporty game. for snip" will 10"
much closer m u plstIr" or marsh than
n" viii m plough"i ground where "a -" is
1n utter absence 81 cover
II means - course much quicker
handling II tho gun. a. most IT m" sh"is
vOu get VIII he a. ~ yards or over. but
that SOFT Il thing APPEALS 20 mo and u
was " IN a distinct feeling 81 az SfaC'ion
hat I craw'd through III. strands Of
harh.d wlr.. fret breaking my gun and
'"H"N"lH III" S"' "~ ~ '''' 49,
blhty e accident
4 had bully time Tha 'Gack earth
was a drfcult background and all rha'
had - shoot a. was gray 'r'l ard a
mumsu'arv fash rf hrrwn wings Dur
ng my wand ring, up and down th' field
which was literally alive with snip" !
noticed thai IN" r"pnr.- II INV gun. VII. Oh
were PROXY rrS,'"r. ha' ''h'in'n IN '
u"'A- "a'' ""s'-" W. ~ "'i' ."
pasture 'i'" NV urn" 80 w " I'' ''
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now i%Thap- qua y 'i MI" away
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"a'r"l H'''" MN "''l FH' 'n''Nh IL
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NJ na' F'y rh''h"h' MY near '''"h -''iI
ana '''"" 80 ~" nar 'aI-, "h my n"an,
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''s' ana l''Fha's H"'"n' E'f,H away
Wa sma'' negro ".N VINO hAh sprung
Ii'h '"" IT'S w '' ia NV
N'hN' ih'p'-iE Nlh IN" r'E"E' ~ ~"
gun IN" hrd rel M" boy shouted 10
alarm. capp"h one mana 7" MS hack ana
ran a. though pursued by the evil ono
Throwing down the gun | ptIrsued thu
y,,,,,,,ster ,xb,was n.k,ns spIs,d,d time
..,... = III k-'..IL1
~ w. "'' '-''''' ~ H''''' ""''r ma" nov
hitherto noticed shouting TO him 70
stop seemed only - increase h's speed
=, that no was aIrno., al the door ~ tho
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