ft- -A ' 



Whatever it 

 was and wher- 

 ever it came >"/ " , ^ 

 from I now 

 determined to 



discover. The direction of the breeze was soon: 

 ascertained, and I started out to follow up the 

 scent like a hound. I had walked about ten 

 feet, with my nose tingling, when the odor sud- 

 denly left me. I paused at a large maple -tree, 

 and awaited the trail. It came. This time it 

 proved to be a hot scent, in truth. I needed 

 only to follow my nose around the trunk of the 

 tree at my elbow to be brought face to face with 

 my game. It was no banana peel, nor pineapple, 



