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The axeman came back to say there were no signs of any wapiti, though the little Bush deer were evidently about, and it was decided to try for one that night with the pitlight, a mode of shooting now and then adopted when the deer are shy. They ate their supper, and afterwards lay down with their blankets rolled about them, for it grew very cold as darkness crept up the valley.
In the glow of my pitlight I hoped he could see my face and the grin. "They'll never catch me," I said. "I'm traveling fast tonight." "Chase you out," he persisted. "The patrol's keeping them low. General Orders, an hour ago. Didn't you know it?" "No." "Well, you ought to. You ought to know everything in your business. Besides, the lights are up."
Nasmyth, who was quieter than usual, watched the filmy mist creep about it as the soft darkness rolled down the hillsides. Gordon rose and hooked a pitlight into his hat. This pitlight consists simply of a little open miner's-lamp, which has fixed beneath it a shield cut out of any convenient meat-can. The lamp is filled with seal oil.
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