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His readiness to shatter the door of his own
lodge was evidence of his obsession, Jack firmly
believed and from which he deduced the
opinion that as long as his equipment held out
he was ready to keep up that hot bombardment
under the belief that the enemy were falling like
dead leaves in the frosts of late Fall.

This being the case, Jack understood how exceedingly
careful he must be not to expose even
the tip of his nose, since everybody said Oswald
was a most wonderful hand with firearms.

No sooner had he turned the corner of the
rock shack than he made a discovery that gave
him some satisfaction. At least the man inside
had not considered it necessary that he extinguish
the lamp for there was a certain amount of light
coming from the window--only tiny lances,
showing that some sort of shade had been drawn
down as far as it would come.

So Jack crawled hastily forward, bent on
taking a peep if it could be accomplished without
too much risk. Having gained a position
directly under the window, he considered just
how he must go about it and so discovered that
a plant of some sort--perhaps a young orange
tree, was growing alongside the shack.

Taking hold of a sprig, he gently moved it
across a portion of the opening and on finding it
attracted no attention from within he next

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