Show AN EXCITING ADVENTURE A practical joi jo which might blight ail have ilav milled in ft a y T basill for myself I 1 was chopped down once anil and once only writes charles G D roberts Il in st Ni nicholas it ha ba bened in fit flits way in tho thil midwinter v 01 1870 19 I 1 hall had oc oe to visit the chit k j camp of tho the little madawaska Mada waska cum ing from the city and to a camp where when I 1 was wag a stranger st to all tile tho men I 1 was a not unnaturally regarded its as a pro prof I 1 f flounced specimen of tho the greenhorn groo J I 1 I 1 took no pains to toll tell any ono one what tha tb boss already well know tit that a t is that 1 had boon been a frequenter of tho the cam camps ps front from iny illy boyhood many and many a noal neat trap was laid for roy in y apparently apparent li tender feet but I 1 avoided them thein all tl aa it if by accident accidee t As for cal climbing a tree I 1 alwa alvais ys laughed at th tho c idea when it I 1 wa was proposed to ino 1110 1 a always ays suggested I 1 I 1 that it ib might spoil my clothes el 0 long the men by putting laing s i together camo came to tile tho I 1 1 hit I 1 was an old stager and rather 1 isal ly y they gave over their alieu I 1 en trap rap me then I 1 graciously w ny ii hand as it were and was waa frankly kly cc ived as a 1 veteran cleared from every suspicion of being groon green at last the day camo came when I 1 did wish ish 1 to 0 o climb a arco tile tho camp ca mp was as on a i high pla plateau teall and not fa far r 0 ol 01 it towered a pino tree gr growing ow ing cut of tile ho of a knoll if in I 1 such stich Ls nay as i to command all tajo surrounding UM I 1 1119 co cm try r 1 r mabit mai it I 1 VA air W i if tr rested V 1 ea onu a ay to catob in order to get a of tho lay of tho the land arid of course I 1 strolled off surreptitiously and is as I 1 I 1 I 1 bought unwatched but theio 1 was mas it mistaken no sooner wat I 1 toi thirds of tho the way up tho the tree than with shouts of 0 laughter tire tho lum lumbermen lumbering berine a rushed out ol of tile tho surrounding cover and proceeded to chop tile nio down tho chance chanco was too good for them to loso I 1 concealed tny my anno yani yant I 1 and arado no 11 oil attempt tu to descend on tile eon raly I 1 thanked tile for tire little alwn tion lion und and climbed a taw few feet further up tip to secure a position which I 1 saw would boa bafo one for tile when the tree should fiill fall As I 1 did so bo I 1 perceived with hi a gasp and a tremor that I 1 was not alono alone in n tile tho tree there not ton foot feet abo above 0 mo me stretched clied at full length 11 along a largo branch wis was a huge panther glaring with rago arid and tor terror from froll the nien men below lit his form onn was quito quite concealed glancing lessly from mo me to my pursuers tho the bru to seemed uncertain just what to do As I 1 carefully retrained refrained front from climbing any further up tip and tried to assume an air of not having observed observe d him if im lie ho apparently parent ly concluded that I 1 was not flat his ili worst enemy in fact I 1 daro dare say lie ho understood der stood what was going on and realized that ho to and I 1 wore were follow I 1 laughed softly to tomy myself seltas as I 1 thought thou glit how my tor mentors would bo be taken aback when that panther should boulo down own among thorn them I 1 decided tho that t considering si their numbers there would lo be at least no more danger for thom them than that to which they were exposing TOO me in their reckless fooling and already influenced fluen ced cea by that touch of nature which makes I 1 r wondrous kind I 1 hupan gan to hope that tile tho would in malting making his bis escape tho the trunk of tho the pino pine was so thick that I 1 might almost havo have readied tho the ground before the choppers could out cut it through at last it gave a mighty shudder and sagged to ono side I 1 balanced myself nimbly on tho the upper side steadying by a convenient branch the iho great mass of foliage foll axe presenting a wido wide surface to tho the air mado tho the fall a comparatively paral hely ively slow one but tho the tremendous sweep of tho the draught upward as aa tho the broo top described its gigantic are gave mo me a sickening sensation aben camo caino tho the final dull and thunderous crash and in an instant I 1 found myself standing in my place jarrell jarred but unhurt with the snow tb threshed up all about me tho the next instant there was another roar or rather a sort of screaming yell overwhelming tho riotous laughter of tho the woodsmen woodsman woods men and butof tho the contusion confusion of pano boughs shot tho the tawny form of 0 tho the panther in a whirlwind of fury one of the choppers was in his bis path and was wa bowled over like a clumsy ninepin nine pin tho the boxt bound brought tho the beast on 0 f tho the backs of I 1 a yoke of oxen and hit his cruel claws claw s severely scratched tho the nocks necks As the poor animals bellowed bol lowell I 1 I 1 s I 1 and foil fell tin 6 their knees tho the panther j paused pauson eiith idea apparently ot 0 fighting tile tho whole assembled t party p a r y tIlt as tho men recovered front from their with their tit air axes to tho the of tile tho oxen tile panther I 1 saw that tho odds were all against liliu him Ilour ned halt hall round diseno mica with ono and strident snarl their bounded olt oil into the abu forest at a paco pace which made it idle to it pursue him tho the owner of tile tho oxen hurled an axe j after him hijii but tho the lew flow wida ot of its mark |