
“Occasionally she would seem to feel the call of wilder places” 
The Bride of the Ww himinog! 
A Story of the Moose Tamers of the North—Conclusion 
the wierd tale, crept under the 
blankets; and, as the youngster 
crept closer to his brother, he whis- 
pered, “Do you think we'll ever see 
Floating Cloud?” 
Although the dipper had swung far 
round on its course, when McNeil finally 
turned in, he rose early. 
When the last hot cake was eaten and 
the hot tea swallowed, they started 
again. During the morning the blue 
dome of the mountains towards which 
they traveled became more distinct, till, 
in the late afternoon they came to the 
foot of a steep ascent, where the trail 
dwindled and died out. They climbed 
upwards, slanting across the face of 
the hill, until they emerged on a small 
green plateau. 
“What a sight! and what a camping 
place!”’ shouted both lads at once. 
“‘Aye, it is that,” replied their father. 
“Tt’s eighteen years come August since 
I first stopped by yon rock. There’s 
fine water comes from under it, and 
there’s wood on the hill side and grand 
feed here for the horses.” 
They were full of eager questions; so 
he took them aside and described the 
lay of the country. 
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Vy YHE boys, chilled to the marrow by 
By JOHN DUNCAN 
“You see, lads, off to the North here 
are what.I call the Three Peaks. Up 
among them the river rises and comes 
out over the falls to the East with the 
Whirlpool below. It’s just beyond yon 
tall pine—that is where Bounding Elk 
tried to swim it, and, Floating Cloud 
or no floating cloud, I’m telling you it’s 
a fine place to keep away from! 
“Down to the South East there lie the 
great muskegs that drain into the river. 
They’re a grand place for the moose 
to plunge in when the weather’s hot 
and the flies are bad. Farther to the 
West ye see all these hardwood ridges? 
That’s where they go when the cooler 
days come in the fall. 
“Now just look carefully at this lake 
over Northwest here, with the fringe 
of green coming out on it already. I’ll 
warrant you there’s cow moose and 
calves enough around that lake to stock 
all the Parks in the country. Let’s step 
lively now. Tie up the dogs, and let 
out the team, for here’s where we stay.” 
AX/eeue supper was on the way Mc- 
Neil sat down on a rock with his 
glasses, adjusted them, and began to 
examine the lake he had spoken of to 
the boys. 
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He had watched it for some time, 
studying each object within range, 
when at last as he was about to leave 
for supper, there through the glasses 
he saw a moose, knee deep in the lake. 
It hadn’t been there a moment before 
and now it filled almost the whole field 
of the glasses. He beckoned over his 
shoulder to the boys, who were impa- 
tiently waiting supper, and pointed to 
the lake. “Follow the westshore with 
the glasses and see what you pick up.” 
‘|S youngster’s keen eyes picked out 
the brown object unaided, and in a 
moment Bruce had located it through 
the glasses. “It doesn’t seem to have 
any Antlers, and it looks like a cow,” 
was his comment. 
“Yes,” said the father, “it likely is 
a cow, although the absence of Antlers 
isn’t a sure sign exactly, for the bulls 
are having a bad time with their bud- 
ding ‘horns at this season and won’t 
likely be on the lake. Now we’ll watch 
this one and see if it looks back towards 
the shore.” 
“Hello, 
over !” 
Bruce handed the glasses to his 
brother and rushed to save the coffee. 
there’s the coffee boiling 
