About this story
Along the way you argue over hunting only from need and whether wilderness excuses a man from ordinary law, then find Tom Hutter's lake house empty and search it without touching what isn't yours. Rounding the outlet, you find Hutter at his traps, and his daughter Judith stepping from the floating home that had been hiding both of you from each other.
How it opens
You and Hurry Harry emerged from dense forest expecting the lake his landmarks had promised.
Hurry HarryHere is daylight at last, Deerslayer, and the water should lie beyond those trees.
He had reversed direction twice after relying on branches bent during an earlier journey.
Hurry HarryA straightened sapling is still a sign if the man who placed it remembers why.
Choose
Compare the sun, slope, and drainage instead of trusting one altered branch.
Return to the last certain stream crossing and rebuild the bearing.