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zled me still more — a star peeking through the trees 

 and close to the earth. While I was wondering what 

 business a star had there when there was none over- 

 head, it suddenly flickered out. In the fraction of a 

 second a double star took its place. My comprehen- 

 sion at last was master of the situation. The light of 

 the match, the star and the double star were one and 

 the same — phosphorescent gleams from the eyes of 

 the big moose. He had crept stealthily down to the 

 water and was now close to me — so close that his 

 breathing — and he had no " bellows to mend " — was 

 plainly audible. I was lying behind a log and at one 

 time fancied he might take a notion to step over it, 

 and drive me into the earth with those big feet of 

 his. But he didn't. I had my electric lamp with me 

 and turned its rays to the right and to the left of me, 

 then to my head and to my feet ; yet I saw nothing 

 around me but the ghostly, cedar branches. How- 

 ever, the three moose must have seen the illumina- 

 tion, and yet strange to say, it didn't startle them. 

 Just then 1 heard a whistle out on the road. It 

 mocked the note of a bird and was a signal from the 

 guide that the moose had passed him on the road to 

 the water. Ah, he little knew how near I was to the 

 big fellow ! However, there was one thing that I 

 knew — ^it was essential that I get away, and get away 

 quickly lest some tale-bearing zephyr should inform 

 the intelligent noses of these animals that a human 



