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"but her smooth run was as smooth as the d
had been on the ground," I told my s. One
only it glanced back at Quite. She was com
ing like a bird in her chestnut party. Her
hair had loosened and was flying back
like a veil behind her head. She was the
incarnation of drama, the brunette, tense
with excitement, heedless of all but those
shining yellow forms before her.
It was useless to look for holes. As I had
came in we men over or around it, my jump's
delayers was my only hope. His heel was
low, wrung out and the necked was the slightest
touch of my hand to quiet him. He knew
where she was going, what for, and
how to go after them.
Perhaps four hundred antlers were flying
along diagonally across our course. The
remainder had scattered into groups of
fifty or 100 and we were going in every
direction. We were almost near enough
to short gaining rapidly. In another
moment we would be almost on the
herd. Then they did the unexpected and
suddenly changed their course, running
directly away from us.
This was fatal for my hopes for it is
as useless to follow a herd of antler flies
it would be to chase an airplane
in an automobile. Hurry, why
their little rump patches are permitted