Fifteen Direct Shots at the Upas Tree of Intemperance: Or the Temperance Argument in a Nut Shell (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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He aimed the gun, which it was impossible for his aged hand to direct with steadiness his eye ran quickly along the barrel, at the right instant he fired; the squirrel fell quickly at his feet with a streak of daylight shining through his head, when he exultingly turned to the young lad iof sixty and exclaimed: Didn't I tell you I could fetch him. Whereat the youngster, very crestfallen, and scarcely looking up, retorted: Well, I should think you'd ought to hit him; you fired all over the tree.

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