He 'll start for the nearest woods . I 'll go up there and wait for him . I 'll get that Deer if only to spite that fellow back there who drove me off . Had it not been for him , I 'd have that Deer right now . He was too tired to have gone far . He 's got the handsomest pair of antlers I 've seen for years . I can sell that head of his for a good price . '' So the hunter tied his boat to a tree and once more climbed out . He climbed up the bank and studied the land . Across a wide meadow he could see a brushy old pasture and back of that some thick woods . He grinned . `` That 's where that Deer will head for , '' he decided . `` There is n't any other place for him to go . All I 've got to do is be patient and wait . '' So the hunter took his terrible gun and tramped across the meadow to the brush-grown pasture . There he hid among the bushes where he could peep out and watch the land of Lightfoot 's friend . He was still angry because he had been prevented from shooting Lightfoot . At the same time he chuckled , because he thought himself very smart . Lightfoot could n't possibly reach the shelter of the woods without giving him a shot , and he had n't the least doubt that Lightfoot would start for the woods just as soon as he felt able to travel . So he made himself comfortable and prepared to wait the rest of the day , if necessary .
Now XXXXX 's friend who had driven the hunter off had seen him row down the river and he had guessed just what was in that hunter 's mind .
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