The Irish standard., 1905-11-04

SpOrtSmen enter this Wilderness q
little way, rarely does one cross It:
lumbermen follow up its streams to
cut their quota of logs and return the
same way; and yet so broad is it, and
SO impossible by direct journey. that
events happening on one side are
rarely known on the other. It is
world by itself, as it were, scarcely
surveyed, with townships of primal
wilderness seldom crossed, lakes that
for years remain unvisited, and moun-
tains that are rarely scaled.
1t was the bold intention of Martin
and the doctor to cross this for an OUT
ing trip; and now, scared for a day
and a night by the visit Of q queer
creature. they had gone on, leaving
its locality many days journey be-
hind, and yet wildly retaining the inn
press 1t made.
For two weeks they had journeyed
onward, upstream, downstream, and
across lake and carry, hating to try
for trout in seductive pools or land
at some available spot and cook a
midday meal. Deer browsing upon
the first green shoots had been sur
prised many times; twice they had
come upon an lordly moose, to hear it
snort with alright and plunge out Of
sight in the underground. Once q
bear had been seen scampering up an
old log road, and often at night had
they heard a lucivee or panther utter
ing its peculiar cry in some neighbor-
ing swamp. OF humanity, they had
met not soul in all that time; and
now, somewhat wearied of ever con-
hnued pushing on, they had camped
ON the shore Of long and narrow
lake to remain and rest q few days.
This. known as the Second Musqua-
cook. lay at the apex of two narrow
valleys, through each of which flowed
stable streams. One, the larger, had
served as their waterway to this lake.
and entered at its foot the other mid
way. 1t was near this, and in q cove
outlined by pretty sandy beach. that
their tent was pitched. Above this
stream, and extending well into the
shallow lake, grew a bed Of rushes.
now putting forth fresh shoots. This
growth also extended up the stream a
few rods, while next to the cove its
bank was wooded. md where II ic.:--
the lake :, :ss::!.......d $3.50 :. J., jam !
out. The 8 - ..... ::
one Of the low ranae, -! =.
that shut them in, ere the c.-.~, ~,..
made comfortable, and just as Levi
had finished his watchful care Of q
fryfng-pan Of trout and another Of
suffering ham, and lifted the coffee
pot from the bending wambeck, the
moon. now almost full, looked over the
opposite range.
II wish" said the doctor, who had
seated himself by the little improvised
table OF saplings, and heaped his tin
plate with good things, that we had
stayed a few days longer on the
Moosehorn and tried to run that wild
man to cover"
Like many another man, DR.. Sol was
always courageous when either well
fed or about to be.
I'VE might go hack there" an
swercd Martin. with his mouth full OF
fried trout, while he gently stirred the
condensed -silk in his tin cup of cot.
fee: ut isn't over hundred miles.
"No-o-o." responded the doctor
| slowly, II don't believe we'd better
and yet, I'd 80 a good many miles t.
J ind out what that thing was"
Then Martin laughed, knowing full
| we'll how little courage DR.. Sol had.
Time and again they had discussed
his strange problem in all its bear.
ngs, failing each time to arrive al
conclusion. Then, there were tive
If him." as Jean once said. and about
,qual in mystery.
II. too, wish we had stayed where
saw this creature" said Martin, in re.
sponsn to the doctors assertion, al
east for one night. If it was some
ialf-insane old trapper who wore moe.
asins tipped with panthers claws, as
more than half suspect, the laten,
human curiosity in such freak would
rave led him to return the next night
there was no danger, for ii he had
meant harm, he had ample chance. As
its being q nondescript, half man,
!alf brute, as his tracks would indi-
ate. do not for one moment be-
ieve. Neither do l think lie had any
onnection with the chap who has hid
himself i'm the lone log-cabin up the
1oosehorn. and who rugged trap-bell
ignal to warn him Of visitors. He is
cat Of another stripe, and one I'd
lot care to disturb. What do you saw,
Ievi?"
Il dunno, ] dunno" replied TT - :
tous woodsmAn, slowly 81. IN j,
lead, 'cOrdiu' TO m way G. IA
It's the sam" f:llci, ~ I'rc 81. :, :, :.
low, an me-, auEla one G.. i4..u cause
er hidin'. There's a good many curis
hings ez happens in the woods, m
ONE on 'em never gifts found out"
And you think this chap who put
moose skull where it would do the
most good might have been some mur-
ierer in hiding" queried Martin.
wal, he might n he Nigh init" an
swered Levi, in his always cautious
tone.
Then, as the subject was about ex-
hausted for the tins, Martin and the
doctor once more fell to recalling incl
dents OF their boyhood days, and all
the fun they had, and all tie scrapes
they got into then.
ITO Be Continued
Lone Journey of Whales.