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February 13, 2016, by JimC

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“You want to trade banjo? One pelt. Squirrel.”

When I stumble across my big silver strike like Ed Schlieffen, or hit that El Dorado of prime beaver pelts in the mighty mountain range of my imagination, or score big on the ivory trail…

…I’m buying some paintings by Martin Grelle, Muzzleloader Magazine’s cover artist for the current issue. For that wood-paneled Victorian library with the arching elephant tusks and floor-to-ceiling bookcases and crammed gun cabinet….

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