and three and a half pounds heavier 
than ours. The preacher has uttered 
his last sermon from his watery pulpit, 
and we have made the finest catch of 
the season. 
HE sun has dropped behind the 
serried pines upon the hill, and the 
tired fishermen will all be gathering 
homeward. We think of the proud mo- 
ment when we shall display our prize 
before their envious eyes, and hasten to 
lift him into the canoe. He takes up so 
much space that we wonder where we 
are going to put ourselves, but we tuck 
our feet under us and make room for 
him. Now we envy no Roman conqueror 
with his captives at his chariot wheels. 
The Indian returning from the fight 
with his bunch of scalps at his belt 
leaves us cold. For we come bearing 
the Big Muskie, the king of the river. 
Now evening comes on. The river is 
a polished mirror, reflecting every cleft 
in the rock, every fluttering birch which 
leans to look at its image in the stream. 
Nothing moves except an occasional 
leaping fish which breaks the water into 
widening circles. These die away and 
all is still once more. Only the whisper 
of the paddle breaks the stillness of 
river and shore. The sky is pale blue, 
flushed with pink and lilac. Then the 
little fluffs of white clouds are dyed red 
by the vanished sun. A few pale stars 
come out. Suddenly the sky darkens 
and the sunset burns like a living flame 
behind the dark pines in the west. In 
the east, red Mars, so large and so 
near to us now, sends a rosy beam of 
light across the water. And above the 
sunset hangs the slender moon, making 
a path of silver straight to our canoe 
and shining upon our gleaming prize. 
So we float, through heavenly peace, 
till the white tents of home appear. 
There leaps the camp-fire, and around 
it sit shadowy figures, spinning yarns 
of the day’s adventure. We glance 
proudly at the silent shape in the bot- 
tom of our canoe and hasten to the 
shore. For this has been a glorious 
day, and the ending is the best of all. 
Henry Braithwaite’s Tales 
of the Forest 
(Continued from page 471) 
something I can punch the water with 
to imitate a moose walking, or I take 
a bark horn, put my hand over the 
small end and dip it full of water; I 
hold it up as high as I can and let the 
water dribble through my fingers. In 
this way I have got moose that I could 
not get an answer from, or bring out 
any other way. 
REMEMBER of once calling for a 
sportsman and getting two answers 
' from different directions. Both moose 
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