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We gladly joined our friend, and added to his toast the wish that "his 

 life might be long and prosperous," that " his shadow might never grow 

 less," and that his next 3 T ear's fish might break his record. 



As we shook hands with the guides and bade them "good bye," the 

 dear old Judge slipped into the hand of each a golden eagle, as a present 

 above the stipulated wages. 



"Good bye, gentlemen," exclaimed Hiram, as we stepped into the 

 wagons; " God bless you all, and may you come up again next summer in 

 the best of health and strength, and may you have as pleasant an outing 

 as this has been." 



Reader, my story is told ; it is not a thrilling narrative of "hair-breadth 

 'scapes, and moving accidents by fiood and field," but is rather a simple 

 record of incidents which have occurred in my experiences with some of 

 my congenial friends by lake and river side. It is "a plain, unvarnished 

 tale," and it quite inadequately describes the pleasures, the fascinations 

 which every lover of Nature finds in the grand old woods. Incomplete 

 though the story may be, I hope that it may serve to awaken pleasant 

 memories among those who have tasted such delights as I have attempted 

 to describe, and prove an incentive to those who have not partaken of 

 them, to follow the path which leads to their abiding-place. 



Photo, by W. L. Underwood. 



Halcyon Days. 



