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camp fire that night! And how care- 

 fully we prepared it any hunter will 

 understand. The next day we went 

 over the same ground again, but saw 



no game. The following day we went 

 still farther into the country, to a camp 

 at the foot of Big Bald mountain. i)n 

 onr way we saw many traces of moose 

 and caribou; but as the trail lay 

 through heavy woods, and as a light 

 rain, accompanied by a cold wind, had 

 formed a crust on the snow, the noise 

 we made several times started the 

 game ahead of us before we saw them. 

 That night nearly a foot of snow fell, 

 and the morning broke clear and cold. 

 A high wind made a tip-top day for a 

 still hunt, so leaving camp early we 

 soon got on a new track of 3 caribou. 

 One was a large bull, which we decided 

 to follow, as they were traveling slow- 

 ly and in the direction of the open 

 country where we wanted to go. We 

 had gone but about a J mile when we 

 caught sight of a big pair of horns 

 moving toward us. We squatted be- 

 hind a bit of snow-covered shrub, and 

 when the big bull came within 50 

 yards of us I fired and he went down. 

 His horns had 34 points — 16 on one 

 side and 18 on the other, and were 

 heavy and massive. Truly he was a 

 monarch of the barren grounds ! 



Since that time these horns have 

 been examined by many hunters, who 

 are unanimous in saying they are the 

 largest and finest they have ever seen. 

 Outside of Newfoundland I do not be- 

 lieve they can be beaten. I was so 



proud of the head I carried it all the 

 way ont on my own shoulders. No 

 one else could be trusted with such 

 a trophy. 



We now carried onr heads and meat 

 down to Smoky camp, intending to 

 spend some days hunting moose in the 

 heavy timber; but a succession of 

 heavy rains and cold weather kept a 

 crust on the snow, and we were un- 

 able to do anything for 3 days. We 

 saw during this time a great many 

 caribou, but had all we cared to kill. 



When you can see the game some 

 distance ahead, especially with a high 

 wind, it is not a hard matter to get 

 close, notwithstanding the noise made 

 by breaking the crust on the snow. 

 Moose keep in the thick woods, and 

 you don't see them until almost on 

 them. My time was now up, and I 

 had to start home. 



While in the caribou country we 

 seemed to be always among them. 

 Never before have I seen game so 

 plentiful. We gradually worked down 

 to our second camp on the river, 

 which, although frozen when we came 

 up, was now open again. Though a 

 heavy flood was running, we loaded 

 our canoe, and in 4 hours had run 

 down to where our team met us the 

 following day. I was back at home, 

 just 2 weeks after starting, with 2 

 grand caribou heads, lots of smaller 

 game and a stock of renewed health 

 and energy to carry me through 

 another year. Surely my cup of hap- 

 piness was full. 



' Your money is nothing at all to me! " 



The lover impatiently cried. 

 " Then get out; you haven't a business 

 head'! "' 

 Her rich old father replied. 



— Chicago News. 



