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E HAD ELUDED ME for years and I was determined
to get him this time. I had spotted him， positive
I had， the day before， when I was walking along the shore
of Clam Pond， a square-inch flash of bright yellow， a
swatch o~ lemon patched to pitch-black， spotted him and
spent the rest of the day in preparation.
I poked around in the garage at the old unoccupied
house next door and found just what I needed， three
rusted screened doors， so all I had to buy was four
hinges， some sort of camouflage netting and a camp-
stool. I got the hinges at North Walpole hardware， which
didn t stock campstools， no call for them. But the musty
garage also provided the answer to that， a wooden chair
with its spoked back cleanly snapped off. No doubt a
story in itself.
The big problem was the netting， which I had to have
to stand any chance of success. I was almost broke， what
else is new， but I threw budgetary caution to the winds，
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