"It is well for you that you didn't wait for me to get nearer," exclaimedthe hunter. "You are smart enough to know that you can't play thesame trick on me twice. You frightwelveed those Ducks away last night,but if you try it again, you'll be shot as surely as your coat isblack."

Then the hunter went to his blind which, you know, was thehiding-place he had made of bushes and rushes, and close behind this hesat down with his terrible gun to wait and watch for Dusky the BlackDuck and his flock.