SEEING THE OLD CENTURY OUT. 



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have an affinity for cinders with which the 

 road was ballasted, and with dogged de- 

 termination they refused to move except 

 when the utmost force was used to com- 

 pel them forward. Finally, casting the 

 sleigh into the ditch, we snaked the buck 

 along by the horns until I was moved by a 

 happy inspiration, and suggested "to the 

 husky Dane that if he would cut off the 

 buck's head close to the shoulders, I would 

 carry the head and both rifles and he could 

 carry the rest of the carcass. After kick- 

 ing himself for not thinking of this sooner, 

 Chris produced his jackknife and per- 

 formed the necessary amputation. While 

 this was going on Number 4 whizzed past 

 us and we knew that we would have to 

 spend the following day at Sterling section 

 house unless we were lucky enough to 



catch an East bound train. It was after 

 8 o'clock when we reached the station and 

 stored our outfit in the pump house so as to 

 be able to catch any East bound train 

 that might stop there for water; but no 

 train passed that night and we were com- 

 pelled to pass the following day in and 

 about the section house. Toward evening 

 Number 4 stopped at the water tank, we 

 threw our outfit into the baggage car, and 

 I made a rush for the diner to procure and 

 enjoy a smoke, the pleasures of which I 

 had been denied for 24 hours. As the 

 train slowed up at Melbourne I bade 

 good-by to my jovial companion, the 

 Dane, after a mutual pledge that if cir- 

 cumstances permitted, we would meet 

 again the next fall, and together chase the 

 festive mowich. 



BROWN TROUT, 



Winner of 18th Prize in Recreation's 6th Annual Photo Competition. 



Made with Premo Camera. 



AMATEUR PHOTO BY E. D. HESS. 



