where the Sportsman Loves to Linger, 



CHAPTER T. 



NEW YORK TO MOOSEIIEAl) LAKE. 



As one of tlie officers of tlie ''North Star," of the ^Maine 

 Steainshij) Coiiipaiiy, as she lay alongside of IMer 32, East 

 liiver, in New York Harbor, on a hot afternoon in Jnly,was 

 calling-, ''All ashore! ^\\\o is goiii^ aslioi'i^?" tlicre ra]tiilly 

 drove on to the i:)ier a wai;onette. The footman jumped fro;ii 

 liis seat and assisted a careworn genth^man to aligiit. The 

 occupant of the wagonette was a member of the New York 

 bar, and, being far from well, an old friend had reroin- 

 mended a canoe trip tlirough the Avoods of Elaine. Before 

 the setting of the sun tlie ''North Star" was Avell on her 

 way along the ^lediterranean of America, Long Island 

 Sound, and the next day at 1.30 v.m. she was rounding 

 Cape Elizabeth and entering the harbor of Toitland, one 

 of the finest, if not tiie finest harbor along the entire At- 

 lantic Coast. 



Every stateroom of tlie ''North Star" was occupied, the 

 boat b(Mng crowded v»ilh tourists bound for the resorts of 

 the Pine Tree State, New P>runswick and beyond. The 



