HFOLLOW/NG 
THE DEER 
^ _ scious tribute to the Wonder Worker. 
Even the trout brook, runnin,^ black 
WINTER ITRAILS . a 
^^^y as night among its white-capped 
boulders and delicate arches of frost 
^ and fern work, between massive 
banks of feathery white and green, 
had stopped its idle chatter and 
tinkled a low bell under the ice, as 
if only the Angelus could express 
the wonder of the world. 
As I came back softly in the twi- 
light a movement in an evergreen 
ahead caught my eye, and I stopped 
for one of the rare sights of the 
woods, a grouse going to sleep in a 
warm room of his own making. He 
looked all about among the trees 
most carefully, listened, kwit-kwiffed 
