WILLIAM PAUL, THE MICMAC AND FAMILY. 



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nearer went the two deer toward the curling smoke, 

 seeming not to notice till within fifty paces of it, when 

 they both stopped with heads erect, and stood as 

 if paralyzed at what they saw. The next instant 

 I saw a little puff of smoke from old Paul's six-foot 

 muzzle-loading gun, and a convulsive leap into 

 the air by one of the deer followed by a loud re- 

 port like blasting rocks. 'There, he has wounded 



WM. PAUL'S SISTER. 



