Show t 4 kenworthy Pen worthy t 1 proves provest it dy AD SCHUSTER X ats 5 tS abodd ALL LL III lilg 9 married tire life Ten kenworthy worthy bodd had boasted of lilg his skill shift with the rod and guu gun in ills his attic there moro was ia a green tirl tin lox box filled with a tangle of line hooks books and sinkers and in ills closet neatly encased in leather and uval lable for frequent inspection was tile tl io prized shotgun wit which ell tied find been presented him by ills office workers years ago 11 subscribed to of mhd stream arn and forest ito ho could talk big game us as easily as tiry tife traveling salesman can talk tail time tables and hotels liot els and lit in till all ills fits accounts ho left the the inference that it was ills hla annual custom to stall stalk tile the bear deer dec r and mountain lion at airs r find heard all if or of his lea filli many fly till tonies ies site eve uvan a kne knew from lie he drew his material and could recognize tile the exact monic tit in each cacti tale when hede lie departed from the lie text test to clat elaborate wrate front from hla fits own imagination if was worth to see the gentle ly take tile the shining shifting shot shotgun 9 from its case throw it open with at t of the thumb and exhibit its well ivell perfectly perfect lu le ns then pert pen worthy sought to look fierce hi he drew down ills his brows and slapped ills open opell point upon ills knee when I 1 was lu lit uganda dat lie would start and mrs airs bodd fearful of being an a n a accomplice C ca I 1 III ilce to deceit would withdraw one day silo spoke lier her mind kenworthy Pen worthy lodd it meant something when she started spurted in ili this manner we ve have been married twenty years and not once have you been hunting not once to my knowledge lias has that gun been pointed at a stray say s ay cat let nione alone a 0 tiger or an cle elegant aagut if you are a knighty hunter unter li und d I 1 have been hearing you say so every day I 1 would woula I 1 lice to know about it it Is my belief find and she recalled tin nn expression e x press loll of youth you could not shoot straight elou enough 1 ah to tilt hit u barn door deeply offended Ilen worthy withdrew drew to his room where lie he examined tile the shotgun patted its stork stock and told it and himself hilli self he fie would bruve to the world he find not been making idl t boasts resolutely find and with the air of a man maii greatly injured lie he returned to tell of ills his intentions A martha lartha we go forth tomorrow tomorrow on oil a hunting expedition it Is true perhaps I 1 have neglected spurt sport for some time but it has been because of my illy love for home you hava seen titto doubt my word now you shull shall go with me file to see for your yourself we will hunt big game in ili an automobile loaded with food cooking utensils and blankets they set out and in time leached beached a forest in which Ien Ven worthy was confident confIde ut there was plenty of wild life ue he supervised the making of camp shouldered ed his gun and left parting directions 1 I will make a wide circle do not be alarmed if you hear bring at sunset I 1 will return perhaps the big game scented hla his approach kenworthy Pen Ilen worthy walked on without seeing as much as a squirrel the bear which was ills his ambition and goal shrunk to a deer to a coyote rind and then a rabbit when the sun dropped low tho the hunter yearned for tile the cliance chance to shoot anything at nil all if I 1 should see a bird now he said it would prove to her I 1 can shoot straight i i then lie ho began to wonder if lie he were not lost before long lie he should be reaching camp and there his wife would be walling waiting with dinner ile he hoped slie site was not planning to cook the game he had promised it if I 1 had fired a shot slie she would have heard me lie fie reflected and it if 1 shoot I 1 must bring something back to show roi for it the coffee boiling mrs airs sat eat on a 11 log behind a dump clump of brush reading a book and walting waiting the ur or rival of the warrior kenworthy Pen worthy dog tired stumbled on searching the trees and bushes for something that was alive find a target then lie he saw ohp bird a little red bird bobbing about in reckless wanner Pen kenworthy worthy sighted deliberately it was a pity to shoot so small und and unsuspecting a thing and yet a great question of vindication was at stake ive got to tilt hit it he said an arad d pulled the trigger tile the bird disappeared in a cloud of feathers almost us as if it lind exploded find and there arose a commotion in th alie P brush Im worthy a strong voice valet came out of the dusk if you ii avent shot the very bird off my list hat I 1 |