Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-09
THE STORY THUS FAR

mn NiNhh lHNH TAN
HiEh up In the mountains Of British Co
lumbia. never trod by mans feet, unknnS9Tnn
10 iae h1ntsT AND where nature sf of tho
grizzlies. a monster in size his body towers
Comes nse jim jim LaRFdon. S S ' miSRty IN ms hunter and
writer, into the mountain fastness, aSSV,V,n
utyu BrnSs WHO Rad sn1 ncs6%psnisd T Slm Gvs times
Into the mountain country, with thelr pncV pn
from civilization, and have crossed the Great
Divide hut that afternoon. - N,, he
fore ToSaFR Saus '9s samp ri tSsS ,!Ss as Tho
great r9yine grubhinE for gophet ti-,,nr W,' sets
away, although not unwounded, and mes
himself on to his own secret place 81, the
chase and Otps track the great bear by means Of
trail Of blood TO the clay wallow wIhcIT,' ,hS
psG pain tS'ph OF his 8" wounds @S%ii '0'o'''''S -,
but Thor is not there. Unacauaintedl as ana nd
on. Instinct tells him not to so into nv oT
5 'E ans S5 ber SS berries sG hS and various
herbs as he gocs, with the result ttnIirS bet.
nours sT ne b iSVi E,sns 9Ts" TO- sTow the hate
Of man which has been born in hls hsnrorctcs.ss
up the creek until presently he arrives y,,,,. az
his favorite mating piSce. wn1ebf,, sud,
denly his nostrlls catch a warm TI,S9ls,S ak
as he comes around boulder MN bsar
cub some three months Old, which CONVEYS to
him the information that II is isl39ssSS,,v l39sS, GETS
close enough to lick his wounds, and Is auop'eu
Thor and bis strange companion travel vel
togethcr until hunger oyertakes them ana IN, ,ne
qrzzly Kins soon stalks ana MsF Of = warm
blood and flesh and the two sorgS t6ShSTIv1s ,S,,n
after SSs whG9 56sSS SSy so " Tno e WSSrc
they iie down under the stars and sleep, -,
the IsnT" gsni srizay. are forced 10 camp for the
night before they reach the place @ @wnete VSs tSs
Ioun1 ,pv Bruce. entcrtans his writer
friend with tales Of bears and their hap'tsii,
and after a time discover the body 3f 4 fe.
male black bear. crushed by rock unasr tss
mother of Muskwa, the cub adopted by tho
"ryfS Wien I the he bears awake Thor Leads the way
remains of the caribou carcass When tRSg t,S
PrTTG PGTSst wFich S should have been t6grs W., tho
big black refuses TO yield and a terrific night
| follows Tho grlzzly king hnauys MHs w w
os If ,S, but Thor appreciates 1t and they 60
down into the Coucc together, a.. -, d,
point two miles away and at its conclusion
start after their query ,r, on run run ,,,rt
| on ana climb the ridge to tho other side
CHAPTER IN-(Continued
NIUSKwA was looking on curlous'y' u
| lW sttll had his lesson TO learn for u
! ouill he had once picked up In MS toot nd
| becn a loose quill But since the porcupi
| soc,,,ed 70 puzzie Thor. the cub turned an
| ,,aJo readv to 60 back along the slide
| a. bccape necessary. Thor advanced al
other foot. and with sudden chuck, chuc
| chuck-thc most vicious sound ne w,
| capable Of maknE-Iorky advanced DaC'
,.ard and his broad, thick tail whipp'
,nra,cb tho air with a force that wou
have driven quilts a quarter OF an lll'
into the butt Of tree. Having misse
no hun1ped himself again, and IN
etepned out on the boulder ana clrcl'
around him. There he waited for MusKW
porly was immensely satisfied with !
triumph. He unlimbered hIhSeu
nuiIIs settled a bit and he advanced towa
Nuskwa. at the same time resuming !
| ooodnotured ChuCkllng lnstincuNely L
c,h bugped the edge Of the path, ana
doing SO slipped over the edge by I
time he had scrambled up again Porky W
four or FIVE feet beyond nm ana totai
absorbed In his travel
{ The adventure Of the sheep trail was n
vet quite over. for scarcely had Por
/ maneuyered himself to safety when arou
p the edge of the big boulder above appear
a badger hot on the fresh and luscio
accent of his favorite dinner, "A porcupll
, | This worthless outlaw of the mountains W
| three times as large as Muskwa, ana eve
| ounce of him was fighting muscle and bt
and claw and sharp teeth.
lie had white mark on his nose a
forehead: his legs were short and thiC
his tail was bushy. and the claws on
n front feet were almost as long as beat
5 Thor greeted him with an immediate gro
B. of warning. and the badger scooted ba
nm the trail in fear Of his life.
. Meanwhile Porky numbered slowly alo
: IN ouest of new feeding-grounds talk
and singing to himself, forgetting entir
what had happened a minute or two
:, fore and unconscious Of the fact that TT
] !, a death certain
g though he hau iale" "Nei ''''u'''N-
I preCpice
, For nearly mile Thor and Muskwa
II lowed the Bighorn Highway before
a winding course brought them at last to
Il very ton Of the range. They were fu
h tbree-ouartors of a mile above the ere
k bottom, and so narrow In places was
crest of the mountain along which
r sheep-trail led that they could look do
IS into both valleys.
IS Ip here the wind was blowing, too.
p whipped him with a strange ierceness, 2
half dozen times he felt the mysteri
ls and very unpleasant chill OF snow un
r his feet Twice a great bird swOoped n
T. him. It was the biggest bird he had e
v seen-an eagle. The second time It ca
so near that he heard the beat Of It,
IS saw its great, fierce head and lower
4 talons
lnOf Wnlrleu toward tnc eagle
grOwled. If Muskwa had been alone,
cub would have gone sailing off in tn
, murderous talons, As 1t was, the II
20 time the eagle circled It was down
N slope from them. II was after other ga
a. The scent of the game came TO Thor
"a Muskwa, and they stopped
st Perhaps a hundred yards below them
70 a shelving slide Of soft shale, and on
vi shale baskng in the warm sun after Il
ar | mornings feed lower down, was "A band
is sheep. There were twenty or thirty
n. them, mostly ewes and their lambs, TT
w huge old rams were lying on patch
snow farther to the east.
with his sx-foot wings spread out
twin fans the eagle continued to circle
- | was as silent as a feather floating with
So wind. The ewes and even the old bigho
T. were unconscious of his presence over IN
= Most of the lambs were lying close TO q
!" mothers. hut two or three OF liVeher |
> of mind were wandering over the shale
= occasionally hopping about in playtul rr'
OF The eagles fierce eyes were upon u
T. Youngsters. Suddenly he drifted tarl
le away-a full rlhe-shot distance stra
e. in the face Of the Wind then ne sW
W gracefully, and came back with me W
OF And as he came, his wings apparently
or tionless. he gathered greater and gre'
lr eneed and shot like a rocket straight
on the lambs. He seemed TO have come
a qone like a great shadow, ana Just
nIaintive. agonzed beat marked nus pas,
and two little lambs were LETT where u
had been three. A.. G.,
OF There was instant commotloh on 'ue
or The ewes began 20 run back anu l' loi VI