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moose jumped. Eover seized him again. E. 

 levelled and fired, when, instead of the moose 

 being down, our poor Eover lay there bleeding, 

 with the bullet through his head. 



" That's bad gravy ! " said E. " A valuable 

 the most valuable dog we had dead, and to 

 be paid for ! If you had fired at that fellow 

 when you ought to, this would not have 

 happened," E. said rather crossly. " How 

 am I to tell Mr. D. his dog is dead ? I would 

 rather have lost ten dollars than it should 

 have happened." 



When the dog fell, the moose, released, 

 started off at a hurricane pace, Eeady in close 

 pursuit. Presently we heard Eeady bark, and 

 away in the distance could we see the moose 

 at bay, the dog at his heels. A moose is 

 bound to stop when the dog bites him on the 

 gambol muscles, and will turn round and face 

 him, which he was then doing. E. still had 

 the gun, while my weapon was his axe. His 

 first lesson had made him cautious, so as he 

 approached and came within 60 yards of him, 

 I was sure he was ours, and so was E. He 

 would have been had she been in my hands, 

 for I had learned that firing a blank range or 



