refused to comply witli Uk- .uiii''^'-^ maiulaU-. Mounlin.i,^ 

 n slump I -allK-ivd Io-vUkt wlial lilU^- sUvn-lh I had 



left ami pul it all inb . a sluml, '•Von Led d ! I'll not 



'come on' any more. 'C.tmc- on' yourself, that's what 

 I'm ])a\-iui; you lor.' ' 



His storv, by the way, reminds me of another which 

 is short enough and good enough to tit in lure. Two 

 would-be deer hunters, one thin and wiry, the other 

 round and oily, had struck a trail, and the thin fellow 

 lifting his eyes saw a big buck bounding directly towards 

 them. "There he comes 1 lie down !" shouted the thin 

 chap, but seeing no reduction in the obtrusive si/.e of his 

 companion again he shouted, "Lie down 1 Lie down !"' 



This time an answer came from the direction of the 



butter pile. 



"D n it all, I am lying down 1" 



wj'Ij^ j 1 you are 1 Then stand up and ])erhaps 



the buck won't see you ! "' 



We left Chesuncook Lake at halfpa>t one in the 

 afienuM)n, fixed our loads in the canoes for our up-river 

 trip at a landing stage, near the mouth of the river, and 

 still in the driving, pitiless rain, we started to ].ad<lle up 

 the river, intending to reach the •'Hallway House" (a 

 resort for lumbermen, freighters an<l sportsmen, about 

 eleven miles u]. the river,) l)etore dark. On the trij. up 

 the "sport " is expected to leave the canoe and walk 

 around the obstructions in the stream known as the " IMne 

 Stream I'alls,' -Rockv Rips," and the " Loxhole 

 Rapids, " while the guide with the lightened canoe poles 

 it up against the swift current which swirls and eddies 

 aroun.l the luige rocks lying in all sorts of ways and 



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