more than an inch distant from the mark, and one--fired
by Joe Blunt--entered the tree close beside it.
"Ah, Joe!" said the major, "I thought you would
have carried off the prize."
"So did not I, sir," returned Blunt, with a shake of
his head. "Had it a-bin a half-dollar at a hundred
yards, I'd ha' done better, but I never
could
hit the nail.
It's too small to