The Story that the Keg Told Me, and The Story of the Man Who Didn't Know Much

The Story that the Keg Told Me, and The Story of the Man Who Didn't Know Much

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The Story that the Keg Told Me, and The Story of the Man Who Didn't Know Much by W. H. H. Murray

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The Story that the Keg Told Me, and The Story of the Man Who Didn't Know Much

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paddled I expected to find a hunter's cabin. On every point I doubled I looked for a sportsman's lodge. I circled every island in my sharp quest. But in vain. There was not a cabin or lodge, a charred coal or mark of a guide's axe or trapper's knife in the entire circuit. Astonished and incredulous, I devoted another day to the examination. I even landed at every spot where Nature had suggested a camp-ground, and searched, with trained eye, for the evidence of man's visitation, but found none, not even the least trace. Springs I found, cool as iced water and clear as crystal; but neither mark of axe, nor knife, nor fire.

Convinced at last, I paddled out to the middle of the lake, feeling, as I watched the sun go down, the shadows deepen, and the stars come out, that I beheld what no human eye had ever looked upon: a place unvisited by man from the foundation of the world. In such a place the sense of time passes from you, and the sense of eternity is experienced. The years you have lived, the years of

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'The Story That the Keg Told Me'
A dream wich was more of a vission.
A Midas like man turns to the woods to protect his keg of gold.

'The Story of the Man Who Didn't Know Much'
What you know is relative to your situation.
And what you know doesn't reveal the heart within.

Two main characters are developed and are continued in other stories.
The stories are full of the respect, trust and comradship of back woodsmen.

Check out the other books that make the trilogy: 'The Mystery of the Woods and The Man Who Missed It', 'Holiday Tales'
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