The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-31

nation on the subject as Mr.. Wrinkle
carried with him to Dingley Bell.
T. But he was a lovable creature just
the. same, and when. John Campbell
sent him up to us with letter plead
ing that he be protected, and the hos
tility of the country to a tenderfoot.
be! mjtigated for his-John's-sake, in
the professors case; we just mitigated
it as much as the Fates would allow. =:
We. sent him out to Louie -Orge, who
has just got out. and able to walk
around a. little after having a hole
bored thru his neck by a gentleman
who mistook him for. bear, being
we'll persuaded that Louie was hardly
in trim to show him any sport of too
rough a character, and would smooth
the way for both their sakes.
: Well, he stayed with Louie for a
couple of weeks, and then returned
finely bronzed, several pounds heavier
than when he left. here, and full and
running over. With enthusiastic de-
light over the good time he had fallen
heir to. '"This country, my dear SIR
he said sis beloved of the gods. Why,
Nimrod himself never saw such hunt
ing, and as for the fishing, if the bruit
Of it could reach. good old Father
Izaak, he would quit the Elysian Fields
l.
to partake of it, ,s.y!!
/: ION my honor, sir, there, be fish i'll
the lake on the banks Of which Mr..
Orge dwells which are, [ am con-
WINGED, as long as I am. (The pro-
lessor stands about five feet four.)
did not catch any such, it is true; but,
being out trolling one evening with
my host, I hooked one such giant,
which sprang into the. air; giving US
a full view of his proportions, and had
I been able to take him, I am fully
convinced that, if anything, his length
would have exceeded mine. But in
the. excitement Of the moment my
thumb involuntarily closed on the
spindle of the reel, the great fish got
an opportunity to bring the full shock
OF his weight, and the impetus Of his
the line in combination; and. it parted
like thread.
"Mr. Orge was sure that the fish was
grandfather a giant Of the waters
and the despair of every aspiring an
gler round about the lake. And as
for feathered game, the woods and
waters fairly TEEN with it.. did
not kill any great quantity Of it, the
fact being that my eyes have been
somewhat dimmed by burning the mid
not as accurate as could wish lr
consequence. Still did fairly we'll
particularly when I could creep up
on birds in the woods and draw a
bead on them before they flew away,
or get near enough to ducks in the
water to do the same thing.
Indeed preferred that method OF
killing the ducks to any other. Their
swift flight I found very misleading,
and whether my shot went ahead or
behind them, it very seldom managed
to find it's billet when that billet was
a duck awning. My dear sir, 7 never
enjoyed a, vacation 50 much in my life
as I have this brief trip to your north
ern wonderland.
'sWhy, I once came upon the tracks
of a mammoth bear, there is no doubt
of it, for Mr.. sOrge had shown me the
track of one previously, and recog-
nized it at once. followed it instant
ly, the ardor of the chase rendering
me quite oblivious to the fact that my
cartridges were loaded with duck
shot only Indeed / did not recall
that fact to me.S.o DRY until actually
reached the fierce animals sign tree,
as am told it is called. The tree
where the bear bites the bark from
the trunk as high as he can reach, as
Mr. Thompson-Seton SO graphically
describes In his story Of 'Wahp.'
Then, and then only, the possible con-
sequences of my temerity were borne
in upon me, and rather hastily re-
treated my steps. The savage crea-
ture had rent the bark from the tree