human
I suppose you didn't meet Trooper Probyn?
gpt
No, he said shortly.
human
I don't know that I want to. What is he doing here?
gpt
He went out to meet an Indian who's to show us a trail across the divide, said the corporal.
human
Rode out 'most an hour ago. He'd keep the range side.
gpt
Then, as I came down the south fork of the creek, I wouldn't have met him, anyway, said Tomlinson promptly. He stood still a moment, and then turned to Ingleby.
human
Hang that deer up, Walter. I'll have supper, if it's ready.
gpt
Did you get that deer a little while ago?
human
No. It was two hours since, anyway.
gpt
Still, we heard you shooting.
human
Well, he said,
gpt
I guess you may have done so, but I didn't get the deer. It was in the fern, and the light was going. I just got the one shot, and it was too dark to follow up the trail.
human
One shot? said Ingleby, with a little smile.
gpt
The corporal heard two, both close together, and there certainly was another.
human
Then it was another man who fired it, said Tomlinson shortly.
gpt
I guess I don't often waste cartridges.
human
A forty-four Marlin! It was full when you went out?
gpt
Yes, sir. Two cartridges gone. You'll find one bullet in yonder deer.
human
You use nicked bullets?