Leather-Clad Tales of Adventure and Romance, No. 38 — page 164: what you’re looking at

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156 IN THE SUNK LANDS. by taking advantage of every twig within reach, to reach the top. Then, after pour- ing the water out of our boots, we ran along the bank after the game, and also toward the cabin. By hard running we passed the deer and dogs, and almost breathless we tore into the shanty. MHastily tossing aside the blankets I unlocked the trunk. Sammy selected the little German rifle, which was loaded but not capped, and slipping on a cap, wasready. Itook Treve’s 10, shoved a ball cartridge into the rifled barrel, and we ran out to the bayou just as the deer and dogs got there. The dugout was floating just in front of them. The shots rang out, and the victory was ours ; but the body sank. We were not going to be cheated out of it after such an exciting chase, so we cap- tured the dugout, made along line by using the chain and pieces of Loafer’s harness, and carrying it out in the dugout, Sammy dived and fastened it to the horns. Then we carried the end ashore, and by main strength hauled it out and up the . bank, Eomichooks.co m