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Show A WN, A OUli AND A MOOSE. All Tinea In Ihe llr.it nf lie Maine mmIi, anl ntl,hg lla parted Wo ilr'uw off to the mlddlo uf the I. ty, ticrlinpCUUynfxi nenva 'I ho nn ll down nn 1 in thoilu.k every atmnp re ioIv-cj Itwlf Into n di-er iou rex whlto tolls anl liorna, onl Ihcy moie. Hut nt hut ii Hick back In tlio wooJi cracks, rhat'e the real tlilngl Iiltndccrl ll .t n MCKieol Ii It coming Inf Another crack then itlllnnj. lt In tlio a ter, way unt lu tho wuuJa Ii a black, duky thing, n-ally moving thla time Tha bnat ataruof Ita OMiiacconl tu unit Iho block thing It Inoka now like a ram, for there Is oiuetliln j whltMi about Its old hca t and It Is ' iln-lilng" through Hie water, unking n iioIm)ou think muit frlguum It nut. Ila no deer Ila too Mark, son cant tell the alio for It seems In definitely far oil at nilrenm dlibmco. At lut It stop, mid itunJing well out lu Iho water lirglns to feed toucan not niueuilxr how It got xi, but It Is now a full grown black bull moose, els feet high nt the shoulder, with cuor Iiious linmlilmpcil horns nntl ft tonj black ttijant hka n lady s boa hang-lug hang-lug from Its neck. We nro JIM) jnrds oil nnd tlm rllla Ii corked without a click. A luminal yards, and Initlnctlvrly and without luotlou your lift ihoulder goea forwonl mil your right foot across tho boat. Now the tiiiKifto looks up, a luomcnta glanca nt the lug that has lint been thcru this summer Shooting dlitatico, forty ynnlt, mi 1 of Um If Hie rlllo la at luy shuul ler ami lieml low on tho bn-ccli. 1 gliiico along tho barrel as the whlto (glit lays oier that black shoulder It Is a curious conlllct of liutlnct mi 1 iltwlnv Wu hunt day nnd night tut rely re-ly to soo 1 irgo guiua. i t thogun gots to Iho shoulder rceognUlng Iho com moil end m If to proio ton could hatu shut lb Tliu mooeti looks up nkalu n longer look. As his litad ilropi ngnln tho rlllo sinks lu my kneo, full cock still, barrel (orwnrtl lou we a tiiiM-Mj Is bigger than a horse, it lina uncomfortable horns; Its nry quick on Us feett thu water Ii shlllow In short, u gnu Is n weapon of I cKf. ii-tsi ami oii rather wlili it wain I canunn. Ilu stares nt ui now stupidly nn 1 mieiully u itches our npiruncli, thinking Krlnps -' I neiir saw Unit log Ufora Its n icry ijueer log It gita l-irgtr, but It tluoa not moa 1 wondir what Hint shiny slick Is with Iho round I laik spot In Its whlto cud. I don I Ilka II , bvu licn monae. you'ro tho biggest thing hi the world 1 guess I II go nnd ioku It with luy horns. I can roach It In Ino Jumps. 1 can't hear It, but It looks ns If It could imil.u a noise. Will, luy gnnt f,nsit graudluthtr tul 1 mo n stump barked nt him una night nnd bit n mini I hdlo In lilm like n lly bite, nuly bl-gLr nnd worM, aud 1 guess 1 11 walk ipilelly out" Ho the uiooso carefully lilted one cf his Uj ft mid put It sinfully down with a great splash, then nnolhcr I nintrtuicmlier thn rest till ho was hi tho woods. Huston I'mt. |