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' in letting them go, and the
of the rings' face was like a
thunder cloud, I believe he would have
strangled
great grass cutter could
he have had him in his hands. But the fates
were kind, left to the left
with his donkey ran straight across
the highlands.
With even then my ringers would
not hurry. His motto was 'slowly slowly'
& we seemed barely crawling up the
slope of a shallow valley which I hoped still
held its sheep. It seemed never let me
run for as he said quite truly, 'If you
can't shoot when you have got death.'
On the summit of the draw the old
hunter noticed me behind him & could
could raise his head. Then a little further.
Another step & a long creak. He stood on
tiptoe & quietly settling back quietly returned
to rest up beside him.
Just then a gust of wind swept across
the hill top & raised the savine. There was
a rushy beat, a clatter of sliding rock,
a three again dashed into view on the oppo-
site side! They stopped two hundred yards
My hunter was frantically exclaiming
"Come here. Don't shoot! Don't shoot!" But
I was at a loss &
Then were my sheep within draw. The
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