THE COUNTERSIGN OF THE CRADLE by HENRY VAN DYKE

<p>In this interesting two part story set in the north country outside of Quebec, our narrator has booked a hunting trip with his friend and guide, who has left early to get supplies in Quebec. the guide has a family with a wife and a pair of twins he is very proud of. In part one, a curious sound alerts the wife to the movement of a rocker they have placed in the kitchen, where she thinks she hears her husband's voice and senses his presence. She senses something is terribly wrong. In part two, our narrator catches up...