"You have hit it," Jerry exclaimed. "Just grazed it at the top."
They walked across to the rock; there was a chip just on the top.
"It was a good shot, Pete; especially considering how you are out of practice. If it had been a red-skin it would have stunned him sure, for I doubt whether it is not too high by a quarter of an inch or so, to have finished him altogether."
[Image: JERRY GIVES TOM A LESSON IN SHOOTING.]
"It would have cut his top-knot off, Jerry, and that is all. I doubt whether it would have even touched his skin."
They returned to the spot where Pete had fired, and Jerry threw himself down on the grass and levelled his rifle.
"That is not fair, Jerry," Pete protested.
"It would not be fair if I was shooting against you, but we are only trying the rifle, and if that rock were a red-skin you may be sure that I should be lying down."
He fired: and on going to the stone again they found that the bullet had struck it fair, within an inch of its central point.
"That is something like a rifle," Jerry said delighted. "Now, Tom, you shall have a shot."