The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-04-20


'-' gentle action of the
Hearing crunhing sound below me looked from the win
big buck looking enormously bulky the dawn
light wreckng the doctors garden patch To reach for
and fred shot directly the
head the AS the deer less than twenty feet below
could hardly fact had been for anxiety
kill within gunsho sound of Miss B. would have been
tempted the beast chance for his life Although desperate
the animal succeeded reaching the edge of the forest
hundred away where oppled as fred
rapid The thought had occurred to that
other than that the head
ply would rebound credit Anyone could kill deer shoot
ing from window into unsuspecting head
the sound of the shots brought
of the the where stood leaning proudly
usty trying look completely carefully and abo
explained the difficult of the shot hundred
yards early dawnight Of fawn against the
My idea skin the deer where he lay
vounteeredo do this work with the of
breed boy offered do this that Miss b and
others might deprived Of their usual but
the remains of the late lamened
his greed for vegetables The only bitterness
happiness the Count, who, that
viouy remarked you
head directly between the
position window he thought the
vegetable patch the
rather peculiar noticed decided GOODNESS in Miss B-s manner
towards from that time onward to the day OF her
Her words something the effect that
my methods too ambitious"
point extending the lake about
hundred line with cabin which well covered
underground Several good shots tried
peaedy point this shaped
land. Now there we'll defined
about the difficult of all fowl of the and
hit Lake Labele strengthened
this belief The looms generally families of from four
twelve way set
heading for their the banks shores of islands that
have heavy underrush These nesting places hard find
they partly submerged for the loon equally home submerged
the the air. although they fly height
makes the fact the first nd
cation danger like flash. The slightest
unfamiliar object will result plunge, and all
clear shot vanishe We found impossible shoot
when succeeded getting within
extremely difficult successful shot with the rifle Many
the loon dives the flash of the others
equally their belief that the of the fearm
the lead strike rapid is
plunge they safe under the fraction of
second only further down the lake utterng their weird
laughter which, heard from the banks the
summer evening sounds positively ghostly.
We hundred shots looms during
succeeded bagging of them; both with
high Savage rifles carrying 3O3o steecad bullets and
say both shots made from the mainland distance of
yards while the marksmen, shooting from
point the peninsula full hundred feet the mark,
were unable Both specimens and
carried magnificent the beautiful eahery pumage
which makes them desirable for hghclass
creations of the mliners
The first loon was by rapper neighborhood
credit the second and largest
the pumag of which he gaanty presented Miss much
and the adys pleasure caused
think purely accidental vowed that when
eyes ganed their strength would devote vacation the
purpose but for and then another
this been satisfied Besides Miss B.
charming matron and probably Counts
and students.
As the summer prepared
city proered exceptional opportunity reimburse
my outlay cash connection with vacation and
remembering advice cut down expenses gladly seized the
opportunity regain practically all had that
and decisive stroke that would convince
their lay the making of 6nancer of quail
The half breed Tone poor smpemnded Indian lad
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