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the sky, but all swollen and discolored, with the eyes 
wide open and starting out of their sockets, and his 
tongue sticking out of his mouth, and the blood frozen 
round his nostrils and the corners of his lips. He must 
have been dead for hours. We had a hard time to roll 
the log off, and then he was mashed all out of shape, so 
we carried him the best way we could to the shanty, and 
next day wrapped him in a blanket and took him down 
the river. His wife was all struck of a heap when she 
saw him, for Sam was a good husband ; if he did swear 
more than he ought, he never swore at her." 
" He would have been squelched sooner if he had," 
put in Dalton, sotta voce. 
" We felt pretty bad," continued Duncan ; " but after 
a few days had to go back and finish hauling the logs, 
for we had a lot cut. It was cold weather, and the wind 
howled through the pines till sometimes, at night, we 
almost thought we heard hallooing in the woods, but no 
one cared to go out and see. About two weeks after our 
return, I happened to leave my axe where I was chop- 
ping, and as snow had begun to fall pretty fast, and it 
might be snowed over, I went back after it. I had 
forgotten precisely where it was left, and lost a good deal 
of time looking about, all the while the snow coming 
harder and harder, so that the track was soon covered. 
That was not much matter, for I knew the country well ; 
but it was growing dark, and the snow blinded me, so 
that I could not see plainly. 
" You may believe I did not delay any ; but after hur- 
rying on as fast as possible for an hour or two, thought 
things looked strange ; the trees grew thick and the 
