The book Wanderings And Fortunes of Some German Emigrants was written by author Friedrich Gerstcker Here you can read free online of Wanderings And Fortunes of Some German Emigrants book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Wanderings And Fortunes of Some German Emigrants a good or bad book?
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Suddenly, he heard something splash to his right ; immediately afterwards, a couple of dry boughs snapped, and yonder — ^yonder, scarce thirty yards distant from him — bounded a mighty stag, in an open place in the woods, where the water, too, seemed to be but a few inches in depth. For.a^moment, the hunter stood as if thunderstruck, for the whole had taken place so sud- denly, so unexpectedly, that he could hardly recover him- TfiS SBTTLBMBHT. 151 self; at last, however, he mechanically raised... the gun to his shoulder, and pulled the trigger. But, alas ! in vain did he press the trigger till he almost pressed it down — ^no hammer fell — ^no discharge followed ; the stag sprang about twenty yards further, and for some seconds more stood looking at the strange object in the water. Yon Sch wanthal pulled and pressed, till the perspiration stood in drops upon his forehead. But in vain ; the hammers descended, it is true, but the piece did not go off— >not so much as a cap even exploded.
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