“ The bullet struck so low down that probably his antagonist would never have aimed at that part of him—people never do; he would have aimed at his chest or head; so that probably the bullet hit him accidentally. I have been told this by competent authorities.”
“ Well, a soldier once told me that they were always ordered to aim at the middle of the body. So you see they don’t aim at the chest or head; they aim lower on purpose. I asked some officer about this afterwards, and he said it was perfectly true.”
“ That is probably when they fire from a long distance.”
“ Can you shoot at all?”
“ No, I have never shot in my life.”
“ Can’t you even load a pistol?”
“ No! That is, I understand how it’s done, of course, but I have never done it.”
“ Then, you don’t know how, for it is a
