Soon they had the turkey on the ground surrounded, and John Barrow caught up the game and wrung its neck.
"I guess I missed my mark," came rather sheepishly from Tom.
"You!" exclaimed Sam, in surprise.

"I was just going to say I had missed." "Nobody missed," put in the guide.
"Nobody ?" came from the three Rovers.
"Somebody must have missed," added Tom.

"We fired four shots and only got three birds." "One of those that flew off was wounded.

He dropped a lot of feathers and went up in a shaky fashion.

Of course, he got away, but just the same, he was hit." "Well, I thought I missed clean and clear," said Tom doubtfully.
"And I thought I missed," laughed Sam.