HABITS, HAUNTS, AND ANECDOTES 



require several trips to the woods to 

 assure them success. There are excep- 

 tions to this rule, however. 



I recall the case of a sportsman who 

 went into the wilderness for a two-weeks 

 stay with his wife, and brought down a 

 moose the first day out. He had no 

 thought of getting one when he started, 

 but it being his wife's birthday, he in- 

 dulged in a dream and told her that she 

 would be presented with a pair of moose 

 antlers by him for a birthday present. 

 This naturally pleased her ladyship, and 

 her liege lord took his gun, his guide 

 and canoe, and started out to try to 

 fulfil his promise. 



When the canoe emerged from the 

 stream into the pond the hunter and 

 guide were surprised enough to see, at 

 58 



