Book/Printed Material Stories of some shoots;
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Image 1 of Stories of some shoots;- Contributor: Drain, James A.
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Image 2 of Stories of some shoots; Class S N SQl Book J GpightN?- COPYRIGHT DEPOSIT.- Contributor: Drain, James A.
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Image 6 of Stories of some shoots; Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2011 with funding from The Library of Congress http://www.archive.org/details/storiesofsomeshoOOdrai- Contributor: Drain, James A.
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Image 8 of Stories of some shoots; Copyright 1912 By ARMS AND THE MAN PUBLISHING CO. Published Mag, 1912 4CI.A319143 A, i- Contributor: Drain, James A.
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Image 9 of Stories of some shoots; STORIES OF SOME SHOOTS OR The Chronicles of a Gratified Gunner. By James A. Drain. II- Contributor: Drain, James A.
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Image 10 of Stories of some shoots;- Contributor: Drain, James A.
- Date: 1912
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Image 11 of Stories of some shoots; CHAPTER I. THE CHIEF TEMPTS ME. THE way it began was thus The three of us were talking com- fortably one evening over our cigars, only mine was a pipe, when the...- Contributor: Drain, James A.
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Image 12 of Stories of some shoots; 10 CHAPTER I. Not at all, laughed the Chief, his eyes twinkling compassionately upon me. I expected to get a rise out of you on that, so I m not surprised. You...- Contributor: Drain, James A.
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Image 13 of Stories of some shoots; THE CHIEF TEMPTS ME. 11 used to be rather gone on it. I haven t pointed a rifle at a deer since I lost my right hand ten years ago and I...- Contributor: Drain, James A.
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Image 14 of Stories of some shoots; 12 CHAPTER I. Letters came along from the Chief, judiciously dropped in every month or so, reminding me of the promise to come, remarking upon the word he had received from his...- Contributor: Drain, James A.
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Image 15 of Stories of some shoots; THE CHIEF TEMPTS ME. 13 As I leaned over the rail high above the bobbing tender which was to take me ashore at Plymouth, a steward calling my name proved to be...- Contributor: Drain, James A.
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Image 16 of Stories of some shoots; 14 CHAPTER I. the kind they have over there, marmalade, hot scones, and almost coffee, gave a foundation for the pipe which drew well and kept burning with an incense sweeter than...- Contributor: Drain, James A.
- Date: 1912
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Image 17 of Stories of some shoots; THB CHIEF TEMPTS MB. 15 Upon the platforms of the frequent little stations the natives flocked in their Inverness capes or sturdy Scotch tweeds, with thick stockings of wool and low shoes,...- Contributor: Drain, James A.
- Date: 1912
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Image 18 of Stories of some shoots; 16 CHAPTER I. my trunk, now for so long as I should stay abroad, a box. That big, Yankee box, slipped gently from the van, and then the train steamed on into...- Contributor: Drain, James A.
- Date: 1912
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Image 19 of Stories of some shoots; CHAPTER II. BEN MORE LODGE. IT was up and down hill, mostly up, and the driver apologized for the bad roads. To me they seemed passably good, but then I am accustomed...- Contributor: Drain, James A.
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Image 20 of Stories of some shoots; 18 CHAPTER II. by. Over yonder three black cock, magnificent fellows, rear their heads and give a preliminary look before they whirl away. There, a hare, mate to the jack-rabbit at home,...- Contributor: Drain, James A.
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Image 21 of Stories of some shoots; BBNMORB LODGE. 19 that will let you stretch your legs after the cars, and you may get some meat for the pot. The Lodge is about two miles up, and you can...- Contributor: Drain, James A.
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Image 22 of Stories of some shoots; 20 CHAPTER II. From the table, with fragrant cigars glowing, the Chief and I made our way back to the rest room, where in long chairs before the fire the talk gradually...- Contributor: Drain, James A.
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Image 23 of Stories of some shoots; BENMORB LODGE. 21 rule number one. Number two is, don t shoot anybody, not even yourself. And that s all. Of course, there are other rules, but they will have to be...- Contributor: Drain, James A.
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Image 24 of Stories of some shoots; CHAPTER III. MY FIRST STALK. ALBERT, the butler and general handy man that man could do anything from serving a dinner to acting as loader, with running a motor car for sauce...- Contributor: Drain, James A.
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Image 25 of Stories of some shoots; MY FIRST STALK. 23 I made many a noble resolve while I was in Scotland to learn the names of at least a few of the most familiar spots I visited. The...- Contributor: Drain, James A.
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Image 26 of Stories of some shoots; 24 CHAPTER III. .280, in a full-length black soft leather scabbard. The rifle was mine, but the scabbard was not. We followed a winding well-made path by the burnside, skirting the edges...- Contributor: Drain, James A.
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Image 27 of Stories of some shoots; MY FIRST STALK. 25 I had not thought any place or time or situation could fill me with so deep, so strong, so pure and unadulterated a happiness. I looked upon the...- Contributor: Drain, James A.
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Image 28 of Stories of some shoots; 26 CHAPTER III. his feet and said in a low voice I m thinkin there s na shootable staug in that lot, sir, and passed on. I silently mounted and followed. Soon...- Contributor: Drain, James A.
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Image 29 of Stories of some shoots; MY FIRST STALK. 27 You understand that when we commenced to walk we left the path and assailed the slope where there was no made way. Fine, noble, rocky peaks and ridges...- Contributor: Drain, James A.
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Image 30 of Stories of some shoots; CHAPTER IV. IXUSIVE STAGS. WHEN at last we reached the top my legs were as wabbly as if they were filled with water, and the labored breaths I drew seemed to me...- Contributor: Drain, James A.
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Image 31 of Stories of some shoots; ELUSIVE STAGS. 29 was water and slippery earth. On top of it water and slithering sleet. I congratulated myself on the forethought, almost inspiration, as I was ignorant of the country, which...- Contributor: Drain, James A.
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Image 32 of Stories of some shoots; 30 CHAPTER IV. Then to the lunch which, praise be, was good. Sandwiches of fresh bread and sweet butter, cold breast of grouse, scones spread with rasp- berry jam, sponge cake with...- Contributor: Drain, James A.
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Image 33 of Stories of some shoots; ELUSIVE STAGS. 31 I suffered in this climb, but old ways and the training of years began to assert themselves, and though my muscles stiffened until they cracked every time I paused...- Contributor: Drain, James A.
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Image 34 of Stories of some shoots; 32 CHAPTER IV. the gillie was called up while the stalker gave him some more of those confidential instructions. This time I caught the word ponies and a movement of the hand...- Contributor: Drain, James A.
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Image 35 of Stories of some shoots; CHAPTER V. I GET A SHOT. THE physiologies used to tell me when I went to school the number of bones in the human body. I ve forgotten the exact count, as...- Contributor: Drain, James A.
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Image 36 of Stories of some shoots; 34 CHAPTER V. It was not a long stalk. Not over two miles and the ground was not too rough, though I promise you it was no tennis court surface we traversed....- Contributor: Drain, James A.
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Image 37 of Stories of some shoots; GET A SHOT. 35 I would have hit the stag if I had not been shooting with a rifle with strange sights. The rifle itself, although a familiar model, was a new...- Contributor: Drain, James A.
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Image 38 of Stories of some shoots; 36 CHAPTER V. I did not have deer stalking in my mind as a very serious or desirable occupation. The rifle came, and it was all that I desired in every way...- Contributor: Drain, James A.
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Image 39 of Stories of some shoots; I GET A SHOT. 37 Maybe it was a little fault in the wind, perhaps something else caused the alarm, anyway the deer as I lay watching them, growing colder and colder...- Contributor: Drain, James A.
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Image 40 of Stories of some shoots; 38 CHAPTER V. For as I swung, against my will and for absolutely no cause what- soever, without intention and just through sheer idiocy I gave the trigger a jerk; whang went...- Contributor: Drain, James A.
- Date: 1912