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WOODMYTH & FABLE 



Manitoba. I have heard for certain of 

 his having been seen in the cane-brakes of 

 Kentucky and amid the valleys of Cali- 

 fornia. Even in England he was well 

 knovv^n till quite lately, and bore the name 

 of "The White Hart Royal," and in 

 Scotland he is still famous as "The 

 Muckle Hart of Ben More." Nay, more 

 than all this, St. Hubert himself w^as 

 blessed with a sight of the tri-cerate head, 

 in the forests of Germany, and he, in fact, 

 is responsible for that story of the central 

 crucifix. The great Miinchhausen, too, 

 has much to say about this noblest of 

 deer, and what need have we of further 

 witness? 



But it matters little where he dwells; 

 no human hand has ever touched his 

 glossy coat. He seems endowed with a 

 charmed life; no bullet cast of lead can 

 ever reach him. Of course a ball of sil- 



