Henry waited. He glassed the place where the deer enteredthe woods and marked it in his memory.
Henry went out to where the deer had been when hit andfound his bloody arrow; it had gone through. He noted thetime, 8:15. He moved back to the woods, found his cap andjacket and then went through the agonies of waiting until9 o'clock. He knew the deer was hard hit; when a deer clampshis tail, he is usually mortally wounded. He knew that if sucha deer is immediately followed, it will keep on going as longas it has the strength to move. But he also knew if it is notfollowed, it will travel a short distance, lie down and not getup again as long as it is not disturbed.
