Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-31


bull will never move horn or hair until
he has seen every one of them go by. If
one of them should drop out, he will pre-
serve watchful stiffness until night
comes.
my old guide put me up to the trick
and told me that an experienced halfbreed
will get the moose as he noisily rises to get
away when the regular party has passed
on
There were ten Of us after moose at the
Hibou one fall We made a rule that for
the sake of the guide and to keep ourselves
from utter savagery we would not under
any circumstances take out a gun on Sun
days. We were there for eight weeks, and
during the last three Sundays we sighted
twenty-ons moose loafing about.
Occasionally we got on the tracks OF
moose on other days, but all we actually
saw were the seven we killed. You know,
the older guides always say that the moose
keeps track OF the Sundays and most OF
them have superstitious objections to hunt
ing that day"
salmon Know Sunday.
1.-THE net salmon fishermen say the same
thing about the salmon" remarked the old
sportsman. ION the Labrador and around
have to be lifted for the full day every
Sunday.
1T is quite an article of faith down in
those parts that the largest, most expe-
rienced salmon count the days and start
on their summer Jaunt up streams on Sun
| days. have been taken several times
and shown by these keen-eyed fellows the
great fish lazily coming into the river after
| shutdown on Saturday night"
Muggers and Wash Day.
You remind me Of a shooting experience
in the Congo Free State" said the military
man. II was stationed for secret observa
| ton service at large native village on tn,
banks OF a considerable river had hearC
a good deal OF the ravages of erocodilei
among the young women and thought Il
occupy my leisure hours in killing tn,
brutes,
80 1 prepared my express rife, which
used steel-tipped ammunition, and was set
ting out, when I was halted by one Of tn
head men, who told me It would DO no u.s.
7 going out that day, nor before Tuesday O
the next week. Why Tuesday? / wondered
1T turned out that every second Tuesda!
was cleaning up day, when every woman
/ In the place turned out the family linen 10
a general wash. All the younger wOmei
slipped into the water up 20 the waist an,
began shaping the soiled and soaked ar
ticles against the projecting rocks whlel
is their way Of knocking the dirt out o
them. They kept complete silence durini
their operation.
IAN OF a sudden ! saw one Of the girl
slip down into the current. screaming a
she disappeared. The others began a hast.
gathering up OF the washing and raj
toward the shore, where several little chill
dren were playing about.
Il wondered what IL meant until say
the forequarters OF a great crocodile ris
out of the water and seize one OF the Ittl
ones. I had my big rifle at hand an
ready, and when another this time a gray
almost white. snout came up just behin
one Of the running young women l let hir
have It. and fortunately got a ball into hi
mouth and think into his brain. At an
rate the ugly brute thrashed about lot
but died at last in two feet OF water
where We easily secured him.
IT found that from years uncounted IN
village had had its washing done ever
hfteenth day, and the crocodiles, or mug
gers. as my men used to call them, ha
learned TO count up the days and com
down stream for these occasions. Ever
time there was an alarm, and general
some deyoured from the band OF washin
maidens. Still no one drsant OF bTealxln