Ill I I) UP' BY A CARIBOU STAC, 



' It .id ' or path until presently he stood confronting the two men 

 .1 magnificent animal, snorting with rage, pawing up the stiff soil 

 until showers of debris fell over his broad brown bark. He pre- 

 srnted a perfect picture of evil fury incarnate. 



Harry levelled his gun at the heart of the stag, but at the pres- 

 sure of the trigger there came no report only the snapping of tin- 



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BOTH MEN WERE DRIVEN TO MAKE A HASTY RETREAT. 



percussion-cap. The powder in the nipple of the antiquated weapon 

 was wet from contact with the rain-laden bushes. 



An attempt on the part of Alfred to finish the career of the stag 

 ended with a similar fiasco. Thereupon, as though recognizing 

 their helplessness, the enraged animal immediately charged home, 

 so that both men were driven to make a hasty retreat. Happily 

 for them a large clump of ' tucking bushes ' offered a convenient, 

 and for a time ^n effective shelter. 



