New-York tribune., 1908-04-19

ing verv hard. and he Was warm: but
Basor declared when We stopped at the
cabin that the donkey was irving TO tell
us that The tir- of his long ears q
frozen, We held a handful of snow 10 &
them for 81 moment To draw out the 4
frost and solomon seemed grateful. He
was OF So grateful a nature that | believe
he would have thanked us for kick if he
felt that y was administered for his good.
After wing az the cabin, our first
task was unhltCh solomon and put
him in the stable, which
and coy shelter as donkey could ask,
then We gave hln good feed OF corn
and filled ms manger with sweet hay.
solomon. when fairly installed. sang
little song OF Thanksgiving and fell upon
the corn ana hay with q Zcst that would
nave done YOUR heart good TO see
Bascr and ! each carried "a great
armtul If wood into the cabin. spread
the fioor with sweet smelling hay and
lighted "a airing fire il The fireplace. We
warmed our hands and feet, ate dlnno-.
and brought The sledoad Of traps, Iro-
visions. etc. into the cabin. where
stored them on shelves about he Walls
At four O'Clock. everything being in IL
place, w took our guns and went out 20
Kill a rahtlt tor supper ms was quickly
done We skinned the rabbit placed +
on the ice III the creek. and covered =
with snow 10 cool the meat; then
went into The cabin, built up The trc
afresh and prepared supper.
When the potatoes and corn bread
we're nearly. baked we brought in the
the Goals t. troil When the meat was
well done, sat down chairs a.
the table and ate our supper. My life!
how We DID eat! You notice | SAID We
sat down On cur chairs at The table The chairs
were W" small ~tumIs, and the table a large
one, standing hetween The chairs These three
smoothed The tops with saw and had chopped
away al ohtruding roots and bark.
When supper was Finished We sat gazing into
ne fire, talking little and dreaming great deal
Gntl We were startled by most tremendous noise
coming from short way down the creek We
sprang q 9ur feet somewhat frightened; but soon
we laughed and exclaimed:
solomon Is singing for corn
Il went 10 the stable, led Solomon 10 The creek
where We had cat hole III the ice. gave him drink
took him back, fed him his and fresh hay
made soft warm bed for him To- lie on and closed
his stable door for the night
When got back To- The cabin. Baser had cleared
~ the supper table by the simple process of throw
ing The scraps and the rabbit bones to the dogs
Beng very ured, We were almost ready for bed
We each had bears kin sleeping bag and after We
mad banked the fire, We crcpt into our bags an,
slept until We heard the voice Of solomon Calins
ior corn. Next day We placed our traps and bcgar
hunting
teteu Is during the first two weeks Of our resi-
Ctt,e on B-,udNHluc The beaver dams were al
frozen III. tId although there were Two large one
within mile Of us, had caught only three of IN,
htte ANIMALS during the first fortnight We had
however. r!.led large number of miuks. weaselS
and muskrats. and had taken no less than siH
i"Nes with The most beautiful coats and brushes
nave ever seen. We had killed a fat Young bear
winch furnished meat for ourselves and the dogs rC
had shot two gray wolves.
For the tails of these wolves We would receive .
bounty at htty cents each from the county and the
wolf Ielts taken during the cold winter were So per.
lett that We would receive not less than "a dollar
4IHelG for them Aside from the beaver the VOL
Was the most valuable game We could hunt. Lut II
Was ,>o the hardest 20 find. the most difficult t,
hIl When found. and the most dangerous 10 pllr-I,
i i"1ttd III Packs We could sat mo- trap that would