Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-30

brought the scent OF warus She lifted her long black
edged muzze and shifted sharply, then stood rigid
of the ice cakes and searchingy scrutnized the
island The cub. either initiating his mother obeyng
some understood signal, stood moveless also: One OF
the earliest lessons learned by youngsters OF the wild
to keep STILL
There not walrus in sight; but the bears
trils could not deceive her. She knew the huge
beasts there the other side of the island and
she knew they would be much at such day
this basking in the Walruses not the quarry
she would have chosen The great bulls courageous and
hot tempered the powerful cows, dauntless herself in
defense of their young she knew them for antagonists
to be avoided whenever possbe but just now she had
no choice. Her cub was not getting food enough. To
her there nothing else in the world important
that small troublesome, drol eyed hungry white cub.
Keeping herself we'll out of sight behind the ice
foes with the cub close at her heels she stole down to
the edge of the rereatng tide The bay too crowded
with slowly moving foes to be safe for the cub she
would have had it; but she could leave him behind.
She kept him close at her side as she swan. He
good swimmer, diving fearlessy when she dved, his
little black cutting the water bravely
and swiftly In everything he initiated her STEALTH her
speed her vigilance for he knew there was big in
this hunting.
The island was ridge of some elevation, shelving
down by lodges to the The white bear knew better
than to climb the ridge and to steal down the wal
She well aware that they would be keenly
From that direction came all they feared.
When she arrived at the island, therefore, she
along close under shelter of the shore till she reached
its extremity Then, behind the shelter of stranded
foe, she drew herself out, at the time attenng
herself to the rock till she seemed part Her every
movement the cub copied assiduo1sly But when she
upon her launches and laid her narrow head in
cleft of the iceoe peer over he kept himself in the
background and watched her with his head cooked
anxiously to one side.
THE waruses in full view, not fifty yards away.
For all the pangs of her hunger, the mother bear
never stirred but remained for long minutes watching
them studying the approaches while the scent of them
the light breeze to her nostrils. She that
the herd itself inaccessible being we'll guarded and
close to the water If she should try to rush them they
succeed
in catching of the cubs in the water she would be
overwhelmed in a moment-caught by those mighty
tusks dragged to the bottom, drowned, and crushed
shapeless. But with cleaning eyes she noted the
and calf lying farther up the slope. Here was her
chance; dangerous one enough but still chance She
dropped down at last to all tours crouched fiat, and
began worning her way upward among the rocks, max
ing of the smallest hummoc projection. The
cub still followed her.
1t miraculous how small the great white beast
managed to make herself as she slowly crept upon
her quarry. Her movements noiseess cats.
They had need to be, indeed for the hearing of the
warus is keen. There not sound upon the air but
the heavy breathngs and guntngs of the herd and the
occasional light tinkle and crash of crumbling ice.
At distance of not than twenty PAGES from her
prey the old bear stopped and gave quick backward
glance her cub Instantly the latter stopped also and
crouched warily behind a rock Then his mother crept
alone She knew that he was agile enough to avoid
the aounderng rush of any warus; but with him she
would take risks
SUDDENLY as if some premonition of peril had smit
ten her. the mother wars lifted her head and stared
about her anxously There danger in sight; but
she had grown uneasy. She lowered her head against
her cafs plump flank, and started to push him down
the slope toward the rest of the herd.
Not dozen feet away enormous form, white and
terrible, If by magic out OF the bare rocks.
below of warning from the vigant old bull, down
below; but in the same instant that white mass fell
upon the cngng calf and smashed its neck before 1T
knew what was happening.
With roar the mother walrus reared herself and
launched her huge bulk straight forward upon the
enemy. She was swift in her attack amazingly so; but
he Uh fe hear