Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-04-17

VI
My soul and body. SIR says John. the guide.
never see such luck In all my life: most as bad
as we had two years ago when We was campo 1
away down east by the head OF Martins river
You remember. sir. the night We saw the litti /,
IRE III the woods close by, when there was no
one there TO make IL. Very curious that was
can't make that out at all. What was it, do you
Think"
Perhaps ghosts making fire, John" said L.
Yes. sir. meb5c; some or our people believes
Ia ~ si.osto, SIT; very foolish people, some In
Don't you. john"
"Uh nc. sir. / never seed no ghosts. have
seen and heard some curious things, though. |
was huhtiDg once with two gentlemen near
EocKy Riyer-you know the place well. sir
We were all sitting in camp; winter time, sir;
pretty late. about bed time. The gentlemen
were drinking their grOg. and we was smoking
and talking, when We heard some one walking,
coming up 70 the camp. Hello. said one OF the
gentlemen. who can this be at this time OF
night? Well. sir, we stopped talking and we
All he3Ic Tie man walk up TO the door. My
soul, sir. We could hear his moccaSins crunch
ing on the hard, dry snow quite plain. He
walked up 10 the door, bat did not open it, did
Lot speak. did not knock. So after little one
OF US looked OUt-nObOdy there: nobody there at
all, SIT, Next morning there was not track
On the SnOW-nOt track-aId 10 snow fell in
the night. Well. sir. we stayed there a fort
hleh aid most every night we would hear a
Nan III moccds1nS walk up 10 the door and stop:
and II We looked. there was no one there. and
Ne itIt no tracks IN the SNOW. What was il. do
YOU think SIR"
Don't know. John, am sure" said. "un-
The trees -
wei, sir. seed curious thing once. was
hunting with gentleman-frOm the Old coun-
try, think he WaS-my word sir a long time
ago, mebbe thirty years Oh more. My soul and
body. Sir, what a sight OF moose there was in
The woods in those days. ana the caribou run In
great herds then; all failing now. sir, all falling
We were following caribou right fresh tracks
In The snow; we were keeping sharp lookout
expecting 10 view them every minute, when
looked up and saw man standing right he
tween US ana " here the caribou had gone. He
was not more than two hundred yards OIL
could see him quite plain. He had on cloth
cap and green olanEet-coat, with a belt
around the n!dde-nOt q leather belt like We
use, sir. but WOODEN one Ike what the French
men use In Canada. There was braid down the
seams OF his coat and round his cuffs. could
see the braid quite plain lie had no gun nor
axe. nor nothing In his hands, but just stood
There with his hand on his hip that way right
1 tie path, doing nothing.
Our hunting all over Sir | said 70 tbs
gentleman, we may as we'll go home Why
What Is the matter, John?' saws he WHY.
lcoh at tle Inan there, right in The track: he's
scared our caribou, guess Well sir he was
very mao, the gentleman was aud was for
turning rght round and going home: but I
wanted 10 go up and speak 10 the man. He
stood there all the time and never moved. |
kind OF bowed. nodded my head TO him. and he
KIND OF nodded his head, bowed Just the same
way 10 ME. Well. started to 90 up TO hin.
when Up rose great, lat COW moose between
MA and fne- Look at the moose CAPTAIN
said !. Shoot her. Good heavens john he
says, If Go shall shoot the man toon NO
no. Sir never mind, cried, fire al the moosa
Wen, sir, he up with the gun. fired. and
oOWned the moose She Just ran few yards
pitched forward and fell dead When the
smoke cleared OF the man was gone; could not
81 MN hOwheres- My soul aud body VIII ats
become OF the man captaine' | saws .Dunno
S Sir perhaps he Is down, too says he Well.
IoCs 91 ns, !, you stop here, and VIII go and
yefH' NJ w. ne Is dead. mebbe not quite dead
frss n no there-nothing but little pia
tracks So no 1o sig M @ Of went all round sirao
snow What was IL. do Won thinr " 1ir ol tn
o,,~,o, vt J9nn replied. Il think thai wa =
curious instance OF refrac;ion." ..oh ,oaha, d
says John. vi, Lneooy,