The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-04-22
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were incapable of the collective action

were incapable of the collective action
necessary to punish him,
Ii was during the sixth winter in our
cave that Lop Ear and | discovered
that we were really growing up. From
the first It had been n squeeze to get
In through the entrance crevice. This
had had its advantages. however. 1t
had prevented the larger folk from tax.
ing our cave away from MS. And It
was II most desirable cave the highest
on the bluff, the safest, and in winter
the smallest and warmcst
To show the stage of the mental de.
vclopment Of the folk may state that
1t would have been simple thing for
some of them to have driven us out
and enlarged the crevice opening. But
they never thought of It, Lop Ear and
| did not think of 1t either until our
increasing size compelled us to make
an enlargement. This occurred when
summer was well along and we were
fat with better forage We worked
at the crcvice IN spells, when the fancy
struck us.
At first we dug the crumbling rocks
away with our fingers, until our nails
got sore. when | accidentally stumbled
upon the idea of using Il piece of wood
on the rock. This worked well: also
1t worked Woe One morning early we
had scratched out Of the wall quite IA
heap of fragments. 1 gave the heap
Il shove over the lip of the entrance.
The next moment there came up from
below howl of rage. There was no
need TO look. We knew the voice only
too well. The rubbish had descended
upon Red Eye.
We croucheI down In the cave I'm
CONSERVATION. A minute later he was
Mt the entrance, peering In at us with
his inllamcd eyes and raging like Il
demon. But he was too large. He
could not get In to us. Suddenly he
went away. This was suspicious. BY
all we knew of folk nature he should
have remained and had out his rage.
crept TO the entrance and peeped
down. l could see him just beginning
to mount the bluff again. In one hand
he carried long stick. Before could
divine his plan he was back ut the en-
trance and sGvagely jabbing the stick
In at us.
His TRUSTS were rrodigious. They
could have disemboweled us. We
shrank back against the side walls.
where we were almost out of range.
But by industrious poking he got us
now and agaln-cruel, scraping jabs
with the end of the stick that raked
Off the hide and hair. When we scream
ed with the hurt he roared his salts
faction and jabbed the harder.
l began to grow angry. l had a
temper Of my own in those days and
pretty considerable courage, too, al.
belt 1t was largely the courage OF the
cornered rat. caught hold OF the
stick with my hands. but such was
his strength that he jerked me into the
crevlce. He reached for me with his
long arm, and his nails tore my flesh
as l leaped back from the clutch and
gained the comparative safety OF the
side wall.
He began poking again and caught
me n painful blow on the shoulder.
Beyond shlvering with fright and yell
ing when he was hit Lop Ear did moth
Ing l looked for n stick with which
TO 1ab back, but found only the end
Of branch an inch through and a
foot long. ! threw this at Red Eye.
1t did no damage, though he howled
with sudden increase of rage at my
daring to strike back. He began tab-
bling furiously. / found n fragment
of rock and threw It at him, striking
him on the chest
This emboldened me, and, besides,
was now as angry as he and had lost
all fear. ! ripped fragment of rock
from the wall. The piece must have