Papa's Trojan Doubles Again

[Harry Collins]

About 10 years ago Papa and I were in the field he first took me to retrieve. He was shooting the little 20 gauge Trojan he found under the Christmas Tree some 66 years before. I was shooting the 20 gauge hammered Parker. My little Boykin Spaniel and I were picking up Papa's dove. We sat down to count how
many birds we had and how many shells we had shot. Papa was out and I had two birds to go. Some birds were coming in and I asked to shoot the Trojan and dropped a double. Papa gave me his Parker that afternoon. Today I was in a field we had hunted before with the Trojan and dropped my first double of the year. Last Monday I was hunting with my nephew in the rain at 7:30 in the morning. He is in my will to receive his grandfathers Parker. I pray he docent inherit it any time soon.