Moose -Hunting. 



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THE DARKENING PINES. 



on in surprise, I made it out to be the old and long-deserted works 

 of some lumberers, or, mayhap, a block-house of the olden time. 

 The walls, built of huge logs, had originally risen to a height of two 

 stories, but the roof had been crushed in by a tree which had fallen 

 across it, and many of the logs had dropped out of place. Out of 

 the middle, several good-sized trees were growing, proving that it 

 was a structure of some antiquity. All the surroundings were moss- 

 grown, and a peculiar gray light pervaded the place, — an air of un- 



