nioiv urgent mid coimnandiiii:;' one, ami, l;i--l]\ , tlic long, 

 resonanl, loving, coaxing, bcsetrching ai)pfal, wliicli no 

 living bull moose willi ;iii\- luiwels of compassion can 

 resist. To inddiu-t.- this call the guide winds the horn 

 around in conlinuL-d circles, the motion giving the sound 

 tiiat trciuMin^, undulating effect which the genuine 

 article always has. 



Immediately after the ''call" wc heard a branch 

 break in the woods to the right of us, a hundred yards, 

 peilia])s, awaw I took up my field-glass and watched 

 until I saw a cou])le ol" bewitchiiifj eyes, a pair of ears, 

 erect and xi^ilant, and the pecidiaiiy graceful neck which 

 I knew could belong onI\- lo the doe deer. She stood 

 between two cedars and tor a while watched us intently, 

 then stole carefidlx u]> the stream to where it turned shar]> 

 to the left and where a bank cox'ered with marsh gra.ss 

 made a prett\' foreground tor tlie picture. Here she 

 planted herself, rigid, with nostrils dilated, ears standing 

 stnught u]), e\'es tixed on us, and with c-x-ery other indica- 

 tion tliat We were the onl\- objc-ct that at present occu- 

 pied her attention and curiosity. The guide gave the 

 moose "calls" every tew minutes and they could be heard 

 nules away, yet there she stood. tiul\-, ' 'a thing ol" beant\- 

 if not a joN- forever. 



The day waned, the sun sank liehind a mass of 

 clon<ls, twilight came and went, still lliere she stood, 

 motionless, entranced, bewitched silhouetted against the 

 evening sky like a graceful slalnc. .\nd wl-.eu the cloak 

 of night shut us tVom her sight then her curiosity seemed 

 to become uncontrollable. We could not see, but heard 

 her cross the brook softly, then steal down the left bank 



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