, 1911-05-25

"What Do W. Do to ssrtins,s VINO
Go to sisepf"
moment she was back with the field
glasses.
While you're attending to the
bear" she said in q whisper, I'll just
keep watch up the beach for-for any
one else"
ference in her attituds toward Cayley
which she was now aware of. as she
contrasted her sensations on seeing
Philip step forward, out Of the shelter
of the hut, to confront the bear, with
those she had experienced when he
had set out on q similar srrand once
before. She knew him now, and she
had no fear for him. The feeling
that thrilled her now was nearer akin
to pride than anything else.
Cayley fully justified her confidence.
The course the bear was taking would
have brought him within 20 yards of
their doorstep. When he first caught
sight Of Csyley he stopped. In two
minds. apparently. whether 10 be
hunted or to do the hunting himself.
Then, as Cayley advanced upon him
rather slowly. he decided, Kissed at
him enormously and reared up.
He was already badly enough
wounded to have taken all the fight
half alive as he was, he cost Cayley
four cartridges. Three of those shots
Cayley was reasonably sure must have
entered a vital spot. The first one
took the bear between the eyes as he
was rising. The second was fired into
his open mouth The third was prob
ably detected by the massive fore
paw which he was holding across his
body. in the attitude of a boxer. The
fourth shot, however. penetrated his
throat and probably smashed one of
the two first vertebrae. for it seemed
to bring the monster down all In a
heap. where he finally lay still. Cay
ley could have reached him with his
foot.
Good shooting" said the girl quiet
ly from the little vestibule.
He reloaded the revolver, letting
the empty shells drop unheeded on
the ice at his feet. He gave the weap-
on back to the girl. and bent over the
bear.
I'm less interested in what ! did
to him" he said, than in what he got
from the enemy who first attacked
him"
The light was almost gone, so tina
all he could see were two or three
irregular dark stains upon the white
fur. A wound in the flank, which
none of Cayley's shots could have &C.
eounted for, he explored with prac-
tised hand.
Watching him as he did SO, the
girl could see that he had found some
thing unexpected, something which
surprised him greatly. And there
was more han surprise. There was
alarmed urgency in his voice when he
spoke to her. He offered NO explana-
ton. Merely told her to 60 into the
hut and make fast the solid wooden
shutters over the windows. He would
come in and would tell her what It
was all about, in q moment.
The girl had hardly finished the
task he had given her. when he came
in. In his blood-stained hand he was
holding out something for her inspsc-
ton.
Conquerins a feeling Of repugnance,
she bent over the hand. cast one
glance at the thing 1t contained and
then started up and gased. wids-eyed.
into his face.
"A bulleti" she said. "But-but We
thought that Roscoe wasn't armed
not with Are arms. I mean"
Caylsy nodded. But this seems to
- pretty good evidence that he H.
That's why l sent you into the hut
It occurred to me that he might be
following the bear. and that the HIGHT
cd windows might give him . chance
for q shot at one of US. No matter
what superstitious fears he has. he
could hardly be too much afraid to fire
at US from q safe distance, II we hap
pened to offer a fair mark"
But we must have offered him that
q hundred times In the last weeks.
that Is. II his rife had anything like
q modern range
That bullet In certainly q modern
piece of ordnance" said Cayley. It's
soft-nosed and steel-jacketed."
He laid 1t down on a shelf and went
into the storeroom to wash the stains
Of the encounter from his hands.
After ALL" he said. It's only one
more mystery, and I don't know that
one more al make any great differ
ence. Not in our way Of life, Ger
tainly."
Both tried to stick to that view Of
It and. for the present, to dismiss
conjecture upon the new topic from
their minds. but they did not succeed
very well. The idea that forced itself
upon them. in spite Of their attempt to
discredit 1t. was that Roscoe's acqui-
sition OF a modern, l~ong-range weapon