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THE PIONEERS OF BELLEVUE
the man had a fine rifle and was a good shot, probably as good or better than Lucas, but in order to win the money Lucas had to out-general him, which he did in the following ingenious manner: be had a particular place where he did his shooting, and it was a location that made it necessary to shoot directly across the wind. When Lucas shot he had a man stand at the side of the target holding an umbrella to shade it, pretending that he could shoot better to have the target shaded,
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