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94 rocky cliff, and being unable to leap to the top, the deer came to a halt.

"Do you see em?" panted Darry, almost out of breath with running.

"Yes there they are!" returned Joe. "See?"

"I do. They can't get up the rocks. Joe, we've got em after all. We must shoot&mdash; Gracious!"

The boy broke off short, and with good reason. The deer had spotted them, and now without warning turned and ran straight for both, as if to gore them to death!