Life — December 11, 1903 — page 9: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 607 **"Assault on Mr. Price"** is a humorous anecdote about Martin Price of Northfield, Pennsylvania, who went rabbit hunting on November 18. When he chased a rabbit into a hole and reached in with his gun to prod it out, the panicked rabbit ran directly into him, triggering his weapon. The gun shot off, wounding Price in the leg, destroying two fingers, and striking his face. The accompanying cartoon shows rabbits fleeing. The satire mocks the irony of a hunter becoming the hunted—a cautionary tale about overconfidence and carelessness with firearms. The text's tone is darkly humorous, noting that while sympathetic to Price's injuries, rabbits cannot be trusted around guns.