“Gladly, son, gladly,” said the smith, placing the rifle in the boy’s hands. Then he added: “She’s a genuine full stocked Hawken, son, caliber about .40. She was a flintlock once—made in St. Louis and ...

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This story, originally titled “Old Haw,” ran in the April 1953 issue of Outdoor Life. AS I WHILE AWAY my time in the sunset of life, here in the beautiful Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas, I often sit ...