The daily Alaskan., 1922-03-14

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 "But couldn't very well have missed Itt" he replied Co Lennox's cheer. You see. | aimed at the mid debut just grazed the edge
 The second shot was not so good missing the tree altogether And it was singular th.r rhat he aimed longer and tried ha~Her on this shot than on the first. The third time he tried Srill hurder and made by far the worst Shor or an.
 "What's the matter?" he demanded "Tm getting worse an Ihc time"
 Lennox didn't know for sure. But he made long guess. ''Iy might be beginners luck." he said. ''huI I'm in- clined 70 think you're trying Too hard Take It eaSier-depeud more on your instincts
 Dams reply was to IIft the rife lightly tO his shoulder glance quickly along the trigger and fire The bullet struck within one Inch Of the center Of the pine.
 For long second Lennoy Eazed at him In opcr-m0uthcd aSfoniShment My stars. hoy," he cried at last "Was ! mistaken ln thinking you were horn tenderfoot-after anF Can t he that a little of your old Crandfa- ther's skin has been passed down to you2 But you can't do lt again"
 Rur Dan did do it again. IT any thing, the bullet was a little nearer the center And then he aimed at more distant tree.
 But the hammer snapped down h. effectively on thc breeoh. Re turned with a look of question.
 "Your gun only holds five shots Lcnnoy explained. Ro'oadinC. Dan tried a more difficult tareet-a trunk almost one hundred yarIs d5srant. or course It would have hec0 only Childs nlay to an experienced hunter: hur 10 a rCudcrCroI It was a difficult mark Indeed. Twice out Of four shots Dan hft the tree trunk. and one of his } two hts was practically a hu'Ns-eyc . His two misses were rho rosuIr of the same mistake he had made before attempting ,o hold his aim too ,onC.
 
 Dan and Lrn0ov sHrof together rn the bong slope o1 rhn ridge nan . alone armed. 1.arruv went wJ'h h'm l solely as a rrrae The door season had Inst opened aud Ir might he that Dan would want ga procure one Of these . creatures.
 "Ew I'm nof s~~p , want 70 hunt lccr" Don fold him "Nou speak Of them a. being $. naruuTu'-"
 "Tnov are beautiful and vour -randrarne- would newer hunt rhem, either. except for meat Iur maybe voum char-o your mind when v0u see a hnrt. Besides va might run 'ur0 . Iynv or g panther. Ru- no, very like . .y. without fr-~"
 They ,rrd-nf m. over 'he ro-ne' o' nine raefrns They fan-hr rHrr way rnrougn a rhr.lc- or nrrthrGsh Once . they saw rhe c~ny squirrels in rhe tree . tons. And before Lu-noy had as much : as srrnoso6 they wore near rhf ha-urs Of hfg game. 8 yea-.'nG fna su-aug up . iron. fr> haf in rha rr'ararS ! For 0n instant sha stood mor'nD'cSs 3rcSnu.f~- unrrerr target Ir was evident rArr she ha1 herr7 the sound 1 or rha a0u~.arhfre hur-ors. hu' had moi ms Ear 1u.a.af or identified them with her nrs---s-l-aa eyes Lenrny whlrrrd ro Gut Dan standing very l still. rre-nc along n, harrnI os his rifle. Hu. rr 2Har shoot The deer seeing Ivnnny move. 'cr"o5 into her 1 rpr~ornaea-rhar as-nur1.0- mn tha' I is ono aS rnn ra,.r-. -.'r> In ,he whole animal world Tn rho wink or an eye ] she vas onr of sight.
 "why didn't you shout| LcnnoS de manded.
 "SAoot? ', was a doe, wasn't itT' 1 "G0od Lord. Of course fr was a doe! l But there are ao same laws that % { back this far. Ie>.des-you aimed at ] h."
 "I aimed Just To src 1T I could catch lt through my sights. And ! could. : My glasses sort of made i, h.uT-but i l ,htuE-nrrNams-lAat could have shot it. But I'm not going to kin does l There must he some reason for the i game laws. or they wouldn't exist
 You're funny one. Come three thousand miles Go hunt and then pass 1 up the first deer you see. You cou.c 1 almost have been your grandfather, l to have done that Ue thought Killing deer needlesSJy was almost as bad as l Killing a man. They are beautiful. l things, aren't tleyT
 ! Dan answered him with startling emphasis But the look that he wore said more gLau his words
 They ruG-rd on. and LeD0oz grew thoughtful. He was recalling the pic lure that he had seen when he had | wh.r'cd 10 look gr Dan. Immediately I after the deer had loa0ed from it's bed. It puzzled him a little. He had turned 10 find the younger man in perfect posture to shoot, his feet placed in exactly the position that years of experience had taught Len nux was correct: and wIthal. absolute