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Turning sharply on my heels I found myself face to face with an astonished old gentleman, and felt what must have been a very powerful dog make a lunge at my back. My friend had been approached by a somewhat younger man than I had; but before we could give expression to our surprise the older of the two interlopers burst forth in the following threatening and heated strain: "No! TURNING SHARPLY ON MY HEELS I FOUND MYSELF FACE TO FACE WITH AN ASTONISHED OLD GENTLEMAN AND FELT WHAT MUST HAVE BEEN A VERY POWERFUL DOG MAKE A LUNGE AT MY BACK MY FRIEND HAD BEEN APPROACHED BY A SOMEWHAT YOUNGER MAN THAN I HAD BUT BEFORE WE COULD GIVE EXPRESSION TO OUR SURPRISE THE OLDER OF THE TWO INTERLOPERS BURST FORTH IN THE FOLLOWING THREATENING AND HEATED STRAIN NO
 of the little uneven plateau, and not very far away, there stood the mighty trunk of an oak-tree, prominently visible against a background quite bare of trees and consisting merely of low undulating hills in the distance. Working together, we had once carved a pentagram in the side of this tree-trunk. Years of exposure to rain and storm had slightly deepened the channels we had cut, and the figure seemed a welcome target for our pistol-practice. It was already late in the afternoon when we reached our improvised range, and our oak-stump cast a long and attenuated shadow across the barren heath. All was still: thanks to the lofty trees at our feet, we were unable to catch a glimpse of the valley of the Rhine below. The peacefulness of the spot seemed only to intensify the loudness of our pistol-shots--and I had scarcely fired my second barrel at the pentagram when I felt some one lay hold of my arm and noticed that my friend had also some one beside him who had interrupted his loading. ON OURSELVES AT ONE END OF THE LITTLE UNEVEN PLATEAU AND NOT VERY FAR AWAY THERE STOOD THE MIGHTY TRUNK OF AN OAK TREE PROMINENTLY VISIBLE AGAINST A BACKGROUND QUITE BARE OF TREES AND CONSISTING MERELY OF LOW UNDULATING HILLS IN THE DISTANCE WORKING TOGETHER WE HAD ONCE CARVED A PENTIGRAM IN THE SIDE OF THIS TREE TRUNK YEARS OF EXPOSURE TO RAIN AND STORM HAD SLIGHTLY DEEPENED THE CHANNELS WE'D CUT AND THE FIGURE SEEMED A WELCOME TARGET FOR A PISTOL PRACTICE IT WAS ALREADY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON WHEN WE REACHED OUR IMPROVISED RANGE AND OUR OAK STUMP CAST A LONG ATTENUATED SHADOW ACROSS THE BARREN HEATH ALL WAS STILL THANKS TO THE LOFTY TREES AT OUR FEET WE WERE UNABLE TO CATCH A GLIMPSE OF THE VALLEY OF THE RHINE BELOW THE PEACEFULNESS OF THE SPOT SEEMED ONLY TO INTENSIFY THE LOUDNESS OF OUR PISTOL SHOTS AND I HAD SCARCELY FIRED MY SECOND BARREL AT THE PENTIGRAM WHEN I FELT SOME ONE LAY HOLD OF MY ARM AND NOTICED THAT MY FRIEND HAD ALSO SOME ONE BESIDE HIM WHO HAD INTERRUPTED HIS LOADING
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