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WllEKIO THE h;P()KTS.MAN LOVES TO LINGER. 



foet, ri'iiiarkiiio-, 'J)i(l yon licar that?' Like the animals 

 that roam tliose forests, the guides acquire a keen sense of 

 siglit aiul iu'ariiig. 'JMie guide continued calling willi re- 

 newed vigor. Soon tlie Avhole camj) heard, far away to- 

 Avard Blount Katahdin, the faint ans\Ner of the monarch 



Our Chicago Friend's Camp, Sourdnahunk Lake. 



of the forest, ihw of tlu^ gui(l(^s estimatcHl tlie distance as 

 at least seven miles. One could lieai- tlie answering call 

 plainly, and then hardly ])erce|)l ihle ; yet we could tell that 

 the animal was gradn^illy npiM-oaching. Thi-ee of us hid 

 behind trees a shoi't distance luu-k from the tot(^ road. 



'*Aft(U* two hours of patient waiting, and just as th(^ sun 

 was sinking, Avitli tlu^ cracking of dry-ki and smashing of 

 limhs, the Imge, jiaiitiug beast came in siglit on a ledge 

 some distance up the vo-id. lie was mud to his belly, 



