Imperial Valley press., 1912-02-22
PERILOUS FISHING
A MidWinter Adventure on the Ice
In Lake Michigan.
TWO SURPRISES AND A FIGHT.
First the Lone Hunter Was Startled by
the Ice Going Out and Then Dy the
Intrusion Of & Trcacherous Visitor.
The Battle and .he Rescue.


\ few years a1o. in the dead Of WIN
ter. Dr NJ. y. i.H&rh Vas out 0u Lake
Michigan in fY~ujs nut fishing
through the lee. r.ypr%thin@ WAS pro
feeding u2.li.% Wlen. says tie doctor:
"Vhera came sudden report sound
ing like thunder. The lie Was going!
i Il rushed outside bus the snow was
blirdiuG. a0d | could uor even see the
shore line, Al around the thunlerous
reports Ucre sounding and the ice was
quivering strangely. l was frightened,
! but as there was no help for it | went
back to the hut.
This was about noon. l noticed, to
my relief. that there We're no cracks
coming beneath the hut, so that if the
ice did so out | should at least be Oh a
! big cake FOR a time. The big cakes
do not last very long in Lake Michi-
gan. could not tell what was hap
pening outside, for the wind was
shrieking and bowling horribly and
every few seconds the ice would split
with q reSounding crash. SO, for lack
of something better to do. l arranged
q frying pan had over the little stove.
and to keep up nay food supply l start
ed frying some fish. In few minutes
! the place was filled with most ap-
petizing Gl0r which. ! presume, had
something to do with what followed
First Of all heard series Of
! low WhinaS outside: then something
scratched at The door. | opened it in
amazement, thinking that some dog
had perhaps been lest on the ice and
had found my hut. To my surprise
however, = great unkempt animal en-
tered and fawned about my feet lick
/ ing my boots. and. although had new
/ er seen one knpw that it was a gray
wolf The animal Sc@:2ed terrified be-
yond measure and showed no sign
! Wha fever Of wildncSs.'
| AS the doctor had no other weapon
| than his knife and Il frozen fishing
| line. he was in Il 9aundary. But the
wolf seemed lonely and showed a
strong desire 20 make himself ut home
so they spent the night quite charm
inGly toeei hnr. The next morning to
hear what The doctor says:
Il awokA to tinl the sun up, the day
| bright and clear ana the land four or
five miles vest Of Us. Al around float
ed cakes Of lie. going the same way
as ourselves in the grip of some cur
rent. My fears passed away with the
bright sunlight. and used mp my last
| wood in cooking some fish for the
wolf. while | finished the basket of
provisions.
! so the Wolf aud l went out in the
sunshine. ana now the animal grew
sury and no longer welcomed my ap-
! proacheS. However, saw a dol mOv-
ing among the ice ana as it neared
saw that it was a fish boat. doubtless
with a rescue party on board. And
now came the most surprising part of
my adventure.
The boat was about half mile
distant. and the occupants, having seen
NE and waved - me, started to make
their way through the floating ice.
saw the wol1 watching them with bri,-
tling hair, 32i suddenly he turned to
me with a low groWl. | offered him
bit of dSh, but he took no notice, and
began to fear that he realized that
my rescue would not include his. .At
any rate, L.e drew back Il few steps
his eyes fixed on mine; then, with a
quick movement, he sprang at me.
Il had 10 weapon except Il short
knife. which was closed. All | could
90 was TO Jump aside, hitting him with
| Cot Il hn
ing trick. Bat | had not counted on
that savage side slash of the great
teeth, and when the animal gained bis
feet and turned to fly at me again my
hand was streaming with blood from
q small cash. heard shouts from the
; approaching fish boat, but as the par
ty were unarmed they could not helI
me.
"immediately upon getting his bal
ance on the snow the wolf came to
ward me slowly and sprang again
This time | was really frightened, an(
with A wild idea of holding him away
till my friends could assist me l me
, him halfway, grasped his throat il
both hands, and We both fell to tht
| SuOW tOStLucl, LDl tLc ihipocC VI I4'
leap was tremendous. hung on to hi.
throat; but, although / kept the gleam
ing teeth of, could not hold his feet
, He struck at me Savagely with hi.
hind paws, the sharp claws tearing
through my coat like knives, and
realized my danger just in time t(
: cast myself backward Instantly thu
, wolf returned to the attack, and this
- time the look in his face frightened me
so that did not wait for him. | whip
ped my coat away and threw it in hi.
, face. then turned and, running to tn,
side of the ice cake, leaped into the
, water.
II am a good swimmer, and the boa
Y was only 100 feet distant, 50 in no time
[ was aboard ana getting into warn
clothes. The engine was stopped. an,
we lay there watching the wolf III
seemed puzzled at my disappearance
running backward and forward on tn
{ ice. Then he looked at the boat ant
howled dismaly. None Of the mel
liked TO attack him with knives fO
2 their only weapons. and so PRESENT..
thp boat was turned about, and W
dreaded our way out from the ice T.