. Redskin and cow-boy; a tale of the western plains. Westit is a common thing for a man to hold a copper coin betweenhis finger and thumb for another to shoot at. I have seen itdone scores of times, but it will take you some time to get tothat. You must remember that there is very seldom time totake a steady deliberate aim as you do. When a man shootshe has got to shoot quickly. Now, practise standing with yourface the other way, and then turn and fire the instant your eyecatches the mark. After that you must practise firing from yourhip. Sometimes there is no time to raise the arm. Out in the
. Redskin and cow-boy; a tale of the western plains. Westit is a common thing for a man to hold a copper coin betweenhis finger and thumb for another to shoot at. I have seen itdone scores of times, but it will take you some time to get tothat. You must remember that there is very seldom time totake a steady deliberate aim as you do. When a man shootshe has got to shoot quickly. Now, practise standing with yourface the other way, and then turn and fire the instant your eyecatches the mark. After that you must practise firing from yourhip. Sometimes there is no time to raise the arm. Out in theWest a man has got to do one of two things, either not tocarry a revolver at all, or else he must be able to shoot asquickly as a flash of lightning. I dont suppose I am ever going to the West, aunt; still 1should like to be able to shoot like that, for if one does a thingat all one likes to do it well. And so to the end of the holidays the revolver practice wenton steadily every morning, Hugh generally firing seventy or ?ill) • I in ???. AT? HIGH PRACTISES SHOOTING WITH HIS REVOLVER. MRS. TUNSTALLS PRECAUTION. 73 eighty cartridges. He could not do this at first, for the wrenchof the recoil strained his wrist, but this gained strength as hewent on. Before he went back to school he himself thoughtthat he was becoming a very fair shot, although his auntassured him that he had hardly begun to shoot according towestern notions. Mrs. Tunstall had one day, a year before this, driven overto Carlisle, and, somewhat to the surprise of Mr. Randolph,had called upon him at his office. Mr. Randolph, she began, I do not know anything aboutEnglish law. I want to ask you a question. Certainly, my dear madam. If a married woman was to leave a sealed letter in thehands of a lawyer, could he retain possession of it for her, evenif her husband called upon him to give it up? It is a nice question, Mrs. Tunstall. If the lawyer wasacting as the fiduciary agent of a lady he would at any rate seethat
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