The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-07-14
Daily Short Story
The Great White Hunter.

f, knew ute well that behind the dogs
Houio presently come men; For three
nalnpered by the trailing traces with
wnIch they had been yoked to sledges
before being slipped on the trail OF the
ute close. unheard Indeed. even as
the bear looked. he saw that he could
taken
lie at once turned about. and began
20 smole away in that peculiar loose
proceeding. because the dogs Were now
oehind the herd OF musk-Oxen. and at
any moment the latter might stampede
nearly 80 at least.
WIN lowered heads. a chorus of
! shoy sus ana ia a cloud ct nyins snow,
the three dogs with their fellows quick
y coming up In the rear. driving the
neIee wild oxen OF the frozen North
The old bear turned half round. and
half sat W ON his launches. For one
moment il looked as ~ he Was going to
te wiped out Then III. herd parted
and swept by him on either hand. as IA.
fssed his great paws and turned. open
fanged. FIRST TO one side and then TO the
any rate.
time TO drop sgaln to face the dogs
rhelng up behind the rnusk-oxen. Not.
indeed. that. these faced him. They
waited for their eighteen Fellows 10
come W. and then SURROUNDED him.
bar ki fur1ously.
once ali the dogs were ND. however.
those in the rear became more venture
some, or perhaps more excited, and,
trusting TO their fellows to hold the
bears attention in front. made IA concert
ed rush.
The bear reared up you could see his
great paws sweep round like huge ham
orally hurled into the air. There was
a short and terrific struggle. two more
dogs came bowling out OF the nght more
dead Than alive. and one lay dead. Then
the bear WAS clear. II Is time. however,
he did not walt Above the heads Of the
struggling dogs he mad seen. as lac
ter 90 rsht. TWO men rapidly approach
ing upon snow-shoes. whilst a third was
behind them.
He turned now Therefore and sham
Died rapidly away sraWaEd. keeping up
a sort or running nEut with the dogH as
lie went. stopping every now and then
10 drive them back. IL was after one
uf these stops that there came suddenly
the loud report Of - rifle. and a pun OF
snow close behind The bear which
showed whore the bullet hit.
Again he turned and raced on. An
other report and another followed. and
two bullets came singing over his head
A third report sounded. and he felt the
burning sting OF a bullet Craze his hin
leg
I think he dcspaireI then. In fact. he
mad StOpped and almost turned to stand
~ ~ ~ NNAAA &c us ttF FlAflNOIf q lfe
last time. when suddenly his quick eyes
f"N on d little round pool ~ open water
on the ice not ten yards away. II was
a blOw-hol" made and kept open 10y the
seals. VINO came there TO breathe.
Instantly ~ dashed 20 the spot. scat
terins dogs right and left as he did 80.
There was a shout from the men. the
dogs closed m AMI hung TO his hind
legs. hut they were powerleSs To- impede
his great weight, and two rifles spoke
The lesr. however. was not 10 be stop
ped. lie reached tho water in almost
two hounds. and. turning as Ee did 80.
flung himself In backwards. slashing
with his terrible paws at the dogs as he
went.
There was n loud. terrific splash. and
- Was gone. taking one Of the doEs with
him. Ana H." hunters. though they
waited bog the hol" FOR q long time for
him 20 come NJ. never saw him again.
As a matter OF fact. he never ala
come up again. even outside tho ice-ifne
on the edge Of the open sea. which was
what Ae intended 10 DO. The blood from
tie slain dog. and his own from a
? wound. lay a blood-tral a. the bear
swan rapidly along under tho ice. This
was found 10y a party Of fifteen raven
Gus grauspuses. or killer-whalcs. each
some fifteen feet long. ana they follow
Ing 2 rapidly. must have between them
%settici the old Polar hears account FOR
. ever.
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