H FOLLOWING 
TH£ DEER 
Snow Bmow^ 
their mercy. At the thought of their 
wolfish cunning I gripped the club 
hard, promising to stop that kind of 
hunting for good, if only I could get 
half a chance. 
Presently, above the scrape of my 
snowshoes, I heard the deer coming, 
cr-r-runch ! cr-r-runch ! the heavy 
plunges growing shorter and fainter, 
while behind the sounds an eager, 
whining trail-cry grew into a fierce 
howl of canine exultation. Some- 
thing was telling me to hurry, hurry ; 
that the big buck 1 had so often 
hunted was in my power at last and 
that, if I would square accounts, 1 
must beat the dogs, though they 
were nearer to him now than I. The 
