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Show Merely Nltro-Glycerine. irljmr'l An enthusiastic hunter, having lost il his way, wandered helplessly about in jJi:'llll'!H an apparently endless ceder swamp un- jlii, ! til dark, when a distant light attracted Si! Jill I him to a log cabin near a new mining- l jii 'i jH location. Tho cabin's solo occupant J?i ; li lf proved to be a stolid but hospitable fl?'il 1 Swede,0 who obligingly consented to Upi share his supper and his bed with the u tired and hungry stranger. ff A.i Ij ' After a hearty meal the men oat L.f III 1 quietly smoking their pipes beside the' K H fire. Suddenly they wcie startled by ''inlPII the sound of stealthy footsteps, followed t ''Iflllj' bj- sharp, scratching noises, which 'iHH Hl seemed to proceed from the lean-to shed ' i ' 1 at the rear of tho cabin. ! p' H Cautiously opening tho door, tha ( ' III1! ' ll Swede held his "candle aloft; and llll'llll the hunter, who had hastily- seized ; I r j H his gun and loaded for bear, peered I lit eagerly over his shoulder. The flicker- j' 1 lng beams dlsolosed a fat porcupine, jl 1 1 sharply outlined against a background m U I H of square pine boxes, ln the act of help- Ir (, H lng himself to the Swede's potutoe. -i( nl "'Guess I'll shoot him," whispered the F I ulll hunter, svinging hit. rifle to his choul- II' j'lllHlil der. "But say, Qit, is there anything j, U j f H ln that stack of tir.:xcu that a cartridge I II ll would be likely tc- damage?" lirlHIil "No," replied Old, lmpcrturbably. as 1 m 'j f H ho stondlcd his andlo to old the hunt- , I'l IH er's aim. "There's yoost notting at J1 J Iriillllll ln dem boxJfl but dynarqito." LesUVu ill II II 1 |