My servant without a word loaded my rifle and handed it to me.
The guide immediately turned and in half an hour we were back at our lodgings.
He had seen me kill a galloping bear in thick high cover a few hours before, and he did not like the look of my double-barrel rifle pointing at his back.
CHAPTER LXII
INVENTORS
There are several types of inventors of firearms, including those who invent real improvements, and those who delay invention by making all sorts of things which are not only useless but are even dangerous.
Inventors, to do any good work, must be conversant with their subject, and, if possible, skilled mechanics as well.
This is the difficulty when shooting experts, who are not gunmakers, try to invent anything.