My dogs were in a better humor, for the fight had just taken off the wiry edge.

So I placed the strangers at the stands through which I thought the elk would pass, sent the driver way up ahead, and I went down below.
"Everything was quiet, and I leaned old Betsey 'gin a tree, and laid down.

I s'pose I had been lying there nearly an hour, when I heard old Tiger open.

He opened once or twice, and old Rattler gave a long howl; the balance joined in, and I knew the elk were up.

I jumped up and seized my rifle.