Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-03-26

ford with prodigious bounds. jump.
ed to the upstanders of the flying
sledge, leaving E-ging-wah to throw
himself on the bottom and get his
breath, and away we all went, wild
with excitement, across the snow COW
cred surface Of the ford.
"Oob-loo-yah, with crazy team and
only himself at the upstanders. dis
tanced the rest of us, arriving at the
farther shore almost as soon as the
leaping bear. He loosed his dogs i'm
mediately, and we could see the bear
in the distance, followed by minute
dots that looked hardly larger than
mosquitoes swarming up the slope.
Chasing the Devil.
"A most peculiar circumstance, COM
mented OH by E-ging-wah as we flew
along, was that this bear, contrary to
the invarioble custom Of bears in Es-
kimo land, did not stop when the dogs
came toward him, but kept right Oh
travelling. This to E-ging-wah was al
most certain proof that the great devil
himself-the terrible Tor-nar-suk-was
in that bear. At the thought of chas-
ing the devil my sledge companion
grew even more excited.
"When we reached the western shore
of the ford, up which we had seen
from a distance the bear and Oob-loo-
yah's dogs slowly climbing. both we
and our dogs were pretty well winded.
"A little farther on we came to Il
deep canyon, and, as we could tell by
the sounds, the dogs and the bear We're
at the bottom. But where we stood
the walls were too precipitous for even
an Eskimo to descend, and we could
not, see the bear. He was evidently
under some projecting ledge on our
side.
Its Escape From Peary.
Moving up the canyon to find a
place Of descent. heard E-ging-wah
shout that the bear had started down
the canyon and was climbing up the
other side. Hurrying back through
the deep snow and over the rough
rocks, suddenly saw the beast per-
haps hundred yards away and raised
my rife. But ! must have been too
much winded to take good aim. for,
though fired two shots at him, the
bear kept right on up the canyon side.
Surely Tor-nar-suk was in him!
Il found that l had given the stumps
Of both my feet-my toes were frozen
of at Fort Conger i'll 1S99-some pref
ty severe blows against the rocks. and
as they were complaining with vehe-
mence l decided not to follow the bear
any farther.
"Handing my rife to E-ging-wah, l
told him and Koo-la-tOo.nah to 60 after
the bear while went back down the
bluffs to the sledges and followed
along the bay ice. But before l had
gone far along the bay ice heard
shouting III the distance, and soon an
Eskimo appeared on summit and
waved his hand-a signal that they
had bagged the bear.
Just ahead of me and abreast OF
where the Eskimo had appeared was
the mouth of ravine, and l stopped
the sledge there and waited. In
little while saw my men slowly
working their way down the ravine.
The dogs which had been in at the
death were attached to the bear as
If he had been sledge. and they were
dragging him after them"
Hs Could Not Recommend Il.
The editor was seated at his desk,
busily engaged in writing fervid edi-
torial on the necessity Of building a
new walk to the cemetery, when
battered specimen of the tramp print
er entered the office.
'Nlornin', boss" said the caller. Got
any work for print?'
II have" answered the editor. You
happened in just right this time. I've
got only boy to help me in the office.
and l need man to set type for about
a week. have to make trip QUO
west. You can take of your coat anG
begin right now. l start tomorrow
morning."
"All right" said the typographical
tourist, removing his coat. "What
road are you going to travel on:
THE X, Y. and z. mostly. I've new
er been on it. Know anything about
it?''
II know all about it. I've Travelled
It from one end to the other"
"What kind Of road Is it?''
"Bumw said the printer in a tone
Indicative Of strong disgust. THE