H FOLLOWING 
THE DEER 
^ showed blood stains where the crust 
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had cut into their le^es. 
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j^fV 1 waited there on the trail to see 
, --^1 ft-., what was following, ready to give 
J "^^ i., ..^ ^ right of way to any hunter, but with 
a good stout stick at hand for dealing 
with dogs, which sometimes ran wild 
in the woods and harried the deer. 
For a long quarter-hour the woods 
were all still; then the jays, which 
had come whistling up on the trail, 
flew back screaming and scolding, 
and a huge yellow mongrel showing 
hound's blood in his ears and nose 
came slipping, limping, whining over 
the crust. I waited behind a tree till 
he was up with me, when 1 jumped 
out and caught him a resounding 
