to cross on a‘ fallen tree; in this way I kept from getting wet and cold and saved my strength. In one gloomy place a great owl was perched on a limb; he looked down no us with his great round eyes in a stare of wonderment as if to say “Who are you and what are you doing here?” We were afraid he would pounce down on us, but he did not move, except to turn his big round head from side to side so fast that it looked like it was going round and round on a swivel. He did not fly away. We did not stop long to look at him. Soon we came to the head of the stream we were following; then we knew it was not the one we thought it was. We had now to steer our course as best we could. It was now near night, and getting dark in the woods. Bears must have been near, though we did not see or hear them. We did not cry or call; it seemed no use. We were beginning to get tired. Johnny was feeling the effects of his wetting in the stream; and boys or girls cannot go a long time without a piece of bread. There seemed little prospect of either bread or bed for us that night. The bears had a better chance for supper than we had. Johnny felt responsible for me; he was four years older. He displayed heroism that deserved bet- ter reward than he got for it. About sundown we saw a gleam of light as from a clearing, and on investigating we found an open field; it was the back end of a neighbour’s farm. At first we did not know what clearing it was, but we were out of the woods. Had we missed that we would have gone deeper into the forest. One time we nearly got sparated from each other. We soon found our way home. Supper was . on the table and as we were not home before supper they all knew something had happened us. In another hour the woods would have been resounding with horns, and bells, and the shouts of searchers. We were well nigh exhausted. A warm supper, and mother’s caresses, and a good night’s rest restored our spirits and energies. That taught us a lesson we did not forget. We were more careful and did not go into the woods for a long time afterwards, unless we had Older ones with us. When I got big enough to carry a gun I went alone one day to hunt partridge; there had been a very light snowfall; here and there I could see the partridges’ tracks. In my eagerness I got turned round and soon realized I'was lost; I was terribly afraid; for I knew more about the danger than I did the other time. I was now a big boy. I selected the tallest tree I could find and climbed up as far as I could,

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