CHAPTER XXV 



THE MORAL 



"O Lord, that lend'st some life, 

 Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness." 



THIS is an age when books of fiction are 

 the popular and current literature of 

 the day. Their long-drawn-out tales of un- 

 requited love, and of the final circumvention 

 of the "hoary-headed villain" are largely fea- 

 tured among the "six best sellers of the 

 month." The author believes that the truth- 

 ful narration of the incidents of a hunting 

 campaign in a section of the north-land that is 

 but little known will serve to give the brain a 

 rest from the reading of novels, and at the 

 same time prove to be instructive and interest- 

 ing. He has endeavored to feature life in this 

 almost fabled section rather than to give his 

 whole attention to the stalking and killing of 

 game. The people he met, their aspirations, 

 habits, and achievements are to him a never- 

 ending source of interest. 



After all, real life is the one great thing that 



