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Then it cleared an ' we set out , an ' , wi'in fifty yards o ' our camp , we struck the trail o ' the moose . We went red-hot after them beasts , I 'm figgerin ' , an ' they took us into the thick o ' the forest . Then we got a couple o ' shots in ; my slugs got home , but , fer awhiles , we lost them critturs . Next day we set out again , an ' at noon we was startled by hearin ' a shot fired by som ` un else . We kep ' right on , an ' bimeby we came to a clearin ' . There we saw four teepees an ' a shack o ' pine logs all smeared wi ' colour ; but what came nigh to par ` lyzin ' me was the sight o ' my moose lyin ' all o ' a heap on the ground , an ' , standin ' beside its carcass , leanin ' on a long muzzle-loader , was a white woman . She was wearin ' the blanket right enough , but she was as white as you are .