shoulders. Twice we obtained a fair 
view of him, and twice 1 vainly tried to 
get a snap-shot, but each time, with 
almost uncanny precision, he managed 
to put a barrier of lopped tree tops be¬ 
tween us. Then, in a flash, he was gone! 
, The thing had happened so quickly 
>t ' that Rube and I were left literally with 
our mouths open. But the incident was 
typical of hunting the white-tail, and 
disappointed as we were we could not 
help but admire the craft and sagacity 
which the old buck had displayed in 
outwitting us. 
“Going to follow up his track, Rube?” 
I asked. 
No, I guess not,” my companion 
threw over his shoulder. “I’m goin’ 
ter take a circle and see if we can’t 
cut him off.” 
The next few minutes we spent in 
deciding what direction the buck had 
taken. This knowledge we acquired 
without difficulty owing to the tell-tale 
snow. Then we swung off to the left 
and commenced a careful and rapid 
. detour. 
Time being precious, it seemed for 
this very reason that twilight must 
close about us in a greater hurry than 
usual. The woodland distances sud¬ 
denly grew veiled and dimmed, near ob¬ 
jects loomed up darkly, while those 
farther away melted into gray uncer¬ 
tainties. A seam of burnished sky 
which had illumined the west with a 
transparent daylight, was now turning 
silver, and eastward the faint pin-point 
of an early star glimmered vaguely be¬ 
tween the lacework of leafless trees. 
Under these adverse conditions, how¬ 
ever, Rube’s spirits did not wane. With 
his keen woodsman’s eyes wandering 
light and left he fell into a swinging 
gait. Coming to a log trail that led 
down the hillside toward Rock Pond, 
he halted for a moment and appeared 
to consider the situation. 
There ain t much use in goin’ any 
further,” he said as I came up with 
him. “It’s getting too dark, but any¬ 
way we’ll take a look up this log road 
before we quit and go home.” 
We struck the log road in question 
and no sooner had we done so than I 
caught the vogue outlines of a deer 
coming over the hill in our direction. 
The glimpse I had was momentary, nor 
could I distinguish any horns. I touched 
Rube on the arm. 
“Here comes the doe,” I said, and 
quietly we both dropped down in the 
snow a few feet beyond the skidway. 
About half way between our position 
and the point at which the road broke 
over the ridge, stood a gnarled yellow 
birch. This tree most effectually shut 
off our outlook until Rube, who could 
stand the strain of uncertainty no 
longer, risked a motion and craning his 
bead off to one side obtained a view of 
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