FOLLOWING 
THE DEER 
for their morning trail, till the red 
and brought them nearer for another 
look. 
Thus the long hunt ended at twi- 
light within sight of the spot where 
it began in the gray morning still- 
ness. With marvelous cunning the 
deer circled into their old tracks and 
followed them till night turned them 
aside into a thicket. This I dis- 
covered at daylight next morning. 
That day a change came; first a 
south wind, then in succession a thaw, 
a mist, a rain turning to snow, a cold 
wind and a bitter frost. Next day 
when 1 entered the woods a brittle 
WINTER 1TRAILS 
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flag caught their eye again, and 
strong curiosity had halted them 
