New-York tribune., 1909-03-21

runnin' round in the back pasture lot an all got
to do, when want one, IS TO so out an make a
sound like a handful of oats, Why-why, We. We
been two months gcttIn this assortment OF quad
rupcds,- hunted 'cm and shot en-, too everyone,
an that's the only way know they can bc come by
this country
'"Ah-ah-quitc So responded our visitor. fixing
amonooe on his left eye and turning to me with look
that made painfully conscious OF how my trousers
baggcd AT the knee All the difficulty Is that | ar
rived here tTfc too late the season 10 JON the
party of one OF my correspondents My-ah
guIdcs are good fellows ana all tI!tl expert noun
tainooTS. don We know engaged tht1n IN SWltZcr-
land but unfortunately not familiar with the best
shooting grounds over here. and-ah-to bc candid
with YOU have had simply rotten luck, oh, awfully
pretty fair bag and ai--I cthn't what differ
tncc II makes to you whether YOU dispose OF 1t here
to now, wait until you get back to the-af!-
settlements In fact, l-ah-W would make II dis
tinctly to your advantage What say you'
81 must say no, thank YOU / replied. with
cheerful smile My-ah-bag is not for sale
90 Now. my dcah fellow. protested the stranger,
evidently YOU don't understand the deucedly awk
ward position in which | should be placed If | were
to return to London without dcmned beast TO my
gun, dom We know.
And its quite impossible that YOU should
dcrstand the deucedly awkward position in which
should be placed if | entertained your proposition,
don't We know, | retorted
the money he persisted, naming "a figure 50 liberal
that if it had not been for my obligations 70 my pub
fishers, who had financed my expedition, l should
replied poiutcdly.
1T may do You good to reflect what YOU can't
do with the money, my good fellow. However, can
give you the address of taNider1nist IN Montreal
THE Englishman closed the colloquy with sniff of
disgust and turned his heel, but before he
had taken his first step toward his own camp l was
surprised to hear sgd remark.
60 Say, mister, you sure are III hard luck, an q
ike to help YOU out The BrItshcT faced about.
An this stuff down here belongs to this gentleman,
Syd continued, with q Jerk OF hls thumb III my d1-
rcction; but got bar of my own up the mountain
apiece pizcn fine grizzly, an me- yours fer price,
ef We ike his looks an will take him away with YOU.
- Deah met You don't sayl grizzly! Now,
that would be a little bit of all right don ye know.
Dcmned if don't think Ill-ah-ll -ah-look HIM
over, anyhow, bah Joye!
Svd tipped me a wink; and quite willing to see
the unsportsmanlike sportsman made the victim OF
one of the merry fellow practical Jokes, joined the
party and we began the hard ascent through the
wet, heavy snow. We were more than half an hour
in making the climb to the spot where we had chained
the bear the night before The heat of his huge body
had melted a deep hOls IL the snow, wherein he lay
curled up out OF sight.
Here he is cried sgd, haltng Just at the edge
of the hole
Heah? repeated the Englishman, as he
came up alongside Demned If | see him!
"' Look againl said sgd throwing
Iuicy cut Of wolf steak at the mans feet,
and stepping nimbly to one side. At the
same instant the enormous brute rose sud
denly his hind legs frantically paving
= the air as he tugged at his restraining chain,
his little red eyes sparkling like live Goals,
: his hot breath turning to JetS of VapOr as he
= suorted into the face of his wOuld-be pur
= chaser who fronted him not five feet away.
~ w awful and unexpected apparition, the
gaily caparisoned hunter dropped his fancy
guncase and fled from the terrible sight
- straight down the steep side of the mountain
"Svd and | burst into loud roars of
laughter which were suddenly changed into
cries of horror, with loud crack the stee cham