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lar to a penny doughnut that the State would go 

 u-nan-i-mus for Powers." 



" What thing ? " asked his companion. 



" Why, some smart cuss might hear of my bet and 

 vote for t'other fellow so as to make me lose it." 



There are a number of little steamboats on Moose- 

 head Lake, which ply backwards and forwards, carry- 

 ing freight and passengers. Upon a time-card, a sort 

 of free-and-easy -go-as-you-please schedule, we were told 

 our boat would leave promptly at six in the morning. 

 So on Tuesday we were up before five o'clock in order 

 to see that our stores, baggage and hunting outfit were 

 aboard on time. Then we had breakfast in a hurry, 

 first asking the landlord to tell the captain of the boat 

 that we would be aboard at six and not to start with- 

 out us. At six we were pacing the deck of the steamer, 

 listening to the captain and pilot piling their " cuss- 

 words " on the head of the engineer for not making 

 his appearance. As the boat couldn't well go without 

 an engineer, we waited. Half-past six came and still 

 we waited. The whistle was blown repeatedly, but it 

 brought no sign of the man who handled the stop- 

 cocks. At eighteen minutes to seven we saw the stop- 

 cock knight coming down a hillside as leisurely as if he 

 were an hour ahead of time. He came aboard and we 

 made a start, crossing to another landing where we 

 took in tow a scow with four horses, a party of ladies 

 and some lumbermen. At a quarter to eight we were 



