expected prize. Sometimes we would strike- a idace 

 where the ])ull had stopped to listen ; and again where he 

 had gone around a windfall, showing he was hard hit if 

 not inorlallx- wounded. I low did we reach these con- 

 clusions.'' Simpl\- enough. The hunter, if he l)e any- 

 thing of a detective, \\hich lie should he, on seeing, as 

 we saw, a ])lainly drawn half circle of blood, would say, 

 • Here he stopped and lurned halt round to listen." In 



the second instance, if 

 he had not heen hard 

 hit he would have 

 gone over the windfall 

 and not around it. 

 ( )nee we saw where 

 he had leaned against 

 a tree, either to rest 

 or listen, or both, but 

 nowhere was there any 

 evidence that he had lain down. Twice in our ]>ursuit 

 we heard him crashing through the brush ahead of us, 

 but at neither time were we fortunate enough to catch a 

 glimpse of him. 



( )ur hrain befuddled witli the chase, 

 W'c look no note of lime ur space, 



and before we were aware of it the morning hours had 

 gone and we found ourselves on the borders of another 

 lake, miles away from our canoe and from our camp. 



It was three o'clock in the afternoon, when we built 

 a little fire, heated some water in our tin cuji and boiled a 

 bouillon capsule for each of us whicli we drank. The 

 next consideration was " what shall we do now ?" The 



ON A PILE OF SAWDUST. 



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