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zled me still more a star peeking through the trees 

 and close to the earth. While I was wondering what 

 business a star had there when there was none over- 

 head, it suddenly flickered out. In the fraction of a 

 second a double star took its place. My comprehen- 

 sion at last was master of the situation. The light of 

 the match, the star and the double star were one and 

 the same phosphorescent gleams from the eyes of 

 the big moose. He had crept stealthily down to the 

 water and was now close to me so close that his 

 breathing and he had no " bellows to mend " was 

 plainly audible. I was lying behind a log and at one 

 time fancied he might take a notion to step over it, 

 and drive me into the earth with those big feet of 

 his. But he didn't. I had my electric lamp with me 

 and turned its rays to the right and to the left of me, 

 then to my head and to my feet ; yet I saw nothing 

 around me but the ghostly, cedar branches. How- 

 ever, the three moose must have seen the illumina- 

 tion, and yet strange to say, it didn't startle them. 

 Just then I heard a whistle out on the road. It 

 mocked the note of a bird and was a signal from the 

 guide that the moose had passed him on the road to 

 the water. Ah, he little knew how near I was to the 

 big fellow ! However, there was one thing that I 

 knew it was essential that I get away, and get away 

 quickly lest some tale-bearing zephyr should inform 

 the intelligent noses of these animals that a human 



