90 wiii:ke the sportsman loves to linger. 



The (lay of the iiiciik^nt tlie mother uiifortuuatel}^ 

 dressed the litth- oiri in v^d. The bi-otlier liad taken his 

 sister to their favorite ])hiyinii; jiroiiiids, and, nnbeknown 

 to Lhe i)arents, liad ^oiic tishin^' in a nearby brook. 

 AVe heard a shot, and almost at the same time a eanoe 

 puslied ont from the o]»]>osii(' shore, hcach'd toward the 

 sandy beach, 'i'he canoe had uone only a few hMi^ths when 

 it tni-ned, and the occnpants ]>addled rajndly back from 

 wJiere it started. In the meanwhile we saw the little ^liirl 

 rnnninu' toward ns, ciyini;' as if her heart would break. 

 A\'e all rushed dow n to meet her. She was holdini; a little, 

 lu^adless doll in her hands. I'rom all a])i)earances the head 

 had been shot oil". Tiie Indian ^unides, who had heard the 

 shot and seen I he action of the canoe, infornuMl ns that the 

 little uiid had no (loni>t been taken for a deei*. In com- 

 pany with the I)(M-tor and the St. i.onis man we crossed 

 the river to the canijt, and it was with difticnlty we re- 

 strainecl the falhei- fi-oin uivini: the im jH>i-t ineiit fellow we 

 fonnd there the whi|»iiinL: he deser\(Ml. If there was an 

 examjde made of some of those careless hnnters, who shoot 

 withont knowing wlmt lluy are shootini:' at, there wonbl 

 be a few less dead men cai-ried ont of the Maine woods. 



Riii' Eddy was onr next cami)in:Li, place, and therc^ Ave 

 spt^Mit the most misei-able time (d all oiii* trip. Finhtimi: 

 black dies and "no se(^ em's" on a diet of salt pork and 

 prunes is not a very enjoyabb^ occupation. If it were in)t 

 for a smndu(^ eampers-ont Avonbl ]>ass many shH'pless 

 nights. 



The next three miles was over the roni^hest carry and 

 alon.iiside of the grandest <iorge in the State. Bi<>' Eddy 

 is at the foot of I\ip(\iienns (Tortie, the dr(^ad of the Inndter- 

 nien of the AN'est Branch. The water rolls ami tumbles 

 over and anions ^re;it ]n-ecipices, and when the drive is 



