The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-04-15

ne omote me ouHet on tne F1eao.
men as to threaten to disembowel me.
had to release him in order to save
myself, and then we went at 1t again.
Lop Ear was year older than /. but
| was several times angrier than he.
and in the end he took to his heels.
chased him across the open and down
o runway to the river. But he was
better acquainted with the locality and
ran along the edge of the water and up
another runway. He cut diagonally
across the open space and dashed into
wide mouthed cave.
Before knew 1t had plunged after
him into the darkness. The next mo-
ment l was badly frightened. | had
never been In n cave before. I began
to whimper and cry out. Lop Ear chat
tered mockingly at me and. springing
upon me unseen. tumbled me over. He
did not risk second encounter. how
ever and took himself Off. l was be-
tween him and the entrance. and he
did not pass me; yet he seemed to have
gone away. listened. but could get
no clew as to where he was. This puz-
zled me, and when I regained the out
side | sat down to watch.
He never came out of the entrance.
OF that I was certain yet ut the end of
several minutes he chuckled mt my ell
bow. Again l ran after him. and again
he ran into the cave. but this time
stopped at the mouth. ! dropped back
a short distance and watched. He did
not come out. yet as before. he chuck
led mt my elbow and was chased by me
a third time into the cave
The performance was repeated sew
eral times. Then I followed him into
the cave. where | searched vainly for
him. I was curious could not under
stand how he eluded me. Always he
went into the cave. never did he come
out Of II. yet always did he arrive
there Mt my elbow and mock me. Thus
did our fight transform itself into II
game Of hide and seek
All afternoon. with occasional inter
walls. we kept It up. and playful.
friendly spirit arose between us In
the end he did not run away from me,
and we sat together with our arms
around each other A little later he
disclosed the mystery Of the wide
mouthed cave. Holding me by the
hand he led me inside, II connected
ny II narrow crevice with another cave.
and It was through this that we re-
gained the open air
We were now good friends When
the other young ones gathered around
to tease he Joined with me in attack
ing them. and so viciously did we he
have that before long was let alone.
Lop Ear made me acquainted with
the village. There was little that he
could tell me of conditions and Gus
toms-he had not the necessary vocab-
ulary, hut by observing his actions I
learned much aud also he showed me
places and things
He took me up the open space he
tween the caves and the river aud into
the forest beyond. where Ia u grassy
place among the trees we made a meat
Of stringy rooted carrots. After that
we had good drink nj the river and
started up the runway to the caves.
II was In the runway that we came
upon Red Eye again The first | knew
Lop Ear had shrunk away 10 one side
and was crouching low against the
bank Naturally and Involuntary |
initiated him. Then It was that look
ed to see the cause of his fear II
was Red Eye. staggering down the
center Of the runway and scow!ing
hercely with bis lntlamed eyes no
ticed that all the youngsters shrank
away from him as we had done, while
the grownups regarded him with wary
eyes when he drew near and stepped
aside to give him the center of the
path.
As twilight came on the open space
was deserted. The folk were seeking
the safety of the caves, Lop Ear led
the way to bed. High up the blum we
climbed, higher than all the other
caves, to a tiny crevice that could not
To Be ContinuedN