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He entered the backwoods village of Bytown literally on the wings of the / wind. It whirled him along like a big snowflake, and dropped him at the / door of Moody's "Sportsmen's Retreat," as if he were a New Year's gift / from the North Pole. His coming seemed a mere chance; but perhaps there / was something more in it, after all. At all events, you shall hear, if / you will, the time and the manner of his arrival.
It was the last night of December, some thirty-five years ago. All the / city sportsmen who had hunted the deer under Bill Moody's direction had / long since retreated to their homes, leaving the little settlement / on the border of the Adirondack wilderness wholly under the social / direction of the natives.