Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-10-06

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pleasant cad u@
They must haVe written 10 hen
father, lci..u@ ban into the secret, and
knowing bis dislike to having her long
ont Of his sight. she felt sure that he
was one Of tie party on the disabled
aero
"Oh. 20 by all means" she said
We shall get along very well IL this
delightful place provided" she ADDED
archiy. "that that bear dursn't come
this way"
NO fear" said 'ayton, laucliug and
secretly rejoicing to sec how we! ev-
crythlu2 played Into his hands. "Hears
never venture hear the lodge Then
,hvrc j. Indian John. who is n dead
. shot. to say nothing of Mrs. Williams.
the TWO chamhermaids and the walters.
So you will have 4 garrison capable Of
wthstandinG n regular siege by the
/ bears"
AS soon rs the breakfast was finish
cd Payton took his leave. and the
aero. rising gracefully, foated off over
| the trees and disappeared.
/ Miss Grayman WIS now filled with
agreeable anticipation. Ia Il few hours
she was sure that she should see her
/ father
Miss Grayman felt that she could
! paddle the canoe we'll enough. and &C
! 'ordincly after they had enjoyed for
an hour the scene from the veranda
she and Susan embarked. Mrs. VIII
liams ran down to the landing. offer
| ing 10 take the paddle or TO send for
Indian John. bur Miss Grayman de-
clined all assistance.
When they had entered the inlet and
were out of view Of the lodge Miss
Grayman turned to the shore. and
they disembarked in delightful lit
tie cove overhung with pendulous
branches beside an enormous lichen
covered rock which she had noticed
and admired during their former trips.
Here they sat down on the sweet
scented moss and chatted.
I'D like to know where Pettytown
is" said Miss Grayman. Il never
heard of the place before. suppose
1t Is some little backwoods town.
Commodore Brown said he could go
| there In an hour and half. and
suppose that means that it Is at least
! $50 miles away. We're somewhere In
New York state. I think. and I am
still inclined to believe that 1t is the
Adirondacks. But what's the use of
I Un CHI IN, fovu
hours. Let's take a stroll. There
seems to be kind of path here. Per
haps we shall discover something in
teresting."
But it might have been made by
the bear" said Susan in alarm.
"Oh, I'm not much afraid Of bears.
Commodore Brown said that they
| were not dangerous. Indeed. I'd real.
| ly like to see one. The bears In the
geological gardens never interested
me. but here it's different-here where
they live. And just think. we may
see a deer! Come on. and don't be
afraid. I'll so ahead"
Suddenly. as they entered little In
tervale where the ground was more
solid, a curious noise drew their star
tied eyes to a huge animal which
stood regarding them. Its height
seemed prodigious, and its huge, long
nosed head was crowned with enor.
nous horns. Its eyes glared rs II
stamped fercely with its forefoot.
II believe it's a moose" whispered
Miss Grayman. land I've heard that
moose are dangerous"
This one certainly looked dangerous
and the girls were petrifed with fear
as 1t advanced a few steps toward
them. They stood fast simply because
they were unable to move a muscle
The animal stamped savagely again
glared at them for moment and then
apparently changing its mind. turned
and trotted awkwardly away until Il
had disappeared in the forest.
"Oh. do let's 60 back" said Susan
shivering with fright. what an NV
full beastr'
But Miss Grayman's courage had re
turned with the disappearance Of tn,
danger. and she insisted upon pushing
ahead little farther.
LOOK! There yonder are some beau
tiful red flowers" she said, ''and
must have them. Don't you see thes'
animals are not dangerous. after all
Come. and we'll turn back as soon q.
get the flowers"
When they reached the spot that sh'
had indicated they saw ahead anothe
comparatively open place, and immedi
ately Miss Grayman exclaimed: "Wha
In the world does that mean. I won
der? Somebody has been diggin,
here? And there's a pickax; at leas
that's what think they call It"
She pointed to a spot under a grea
hemlock where the ground had beef
turned up. The work was either yer,