He Looked Round for His Gun
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He looked round for his gun, but in place of the clean well-oiled fowling-piece, he found an old firelock lying by him, the barrel encrusted with rust.
(P. 65.)
Description:
An old man with a long gray beard and tattered clothes wakes up in the forest and, while still sitting, grabs hold of his rifle and checks his head.
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