Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-13
CHAPTER xu-tContinucd)

TIME tan.faced cub licked his chops Just
i once rs IL torn between the prospective
delight Of maulinE Pipoonaskoos and the
more imperative duty of following Thor
The other gave him no choice. with
yelp he set off after his mother
Exciting times followed for the two Guns
All that night Thor and lskwao Kept by
Themselves in the buffalo willow thickets
and the balsams Of the creek bottom, Early
In the evening Pipoonaskoos sneaked up 20
his mother again, and Thor lltted hlth lhto
the middle of the creek. The second visual
proof of Thor's displeasure tmpinged upon
MunslIwa tho fact that the older bears were
not in a mood to tolerate the compahloh-
ship OF cubs and the result was wary
and suspIcious truce between him ana
Pipoonaskoos.
All the next day Thor and Ishwao kept
TO themselves Early in the morning
Muskwa began adventuring about niue
In quest of food. lie liked tender grass nut
It was not very filling. Several times ne
saw Plpoonaskoos digging in the sort not
ton, close TO the creek. and finally he drove
the other cub away from partly ulEBeu
hole aud investigated for himself. AFTER n
little more excavating he pulled out whlte'
buIbous. tender root that he thought was
the sweetest and incest thing he had ever
eaten not even excepting tlsh. IL was tio
ono bonne bouChe of all the good thlhgs ne
would eventually learn TO eat-the spr'nG
beautv. one other thing alone was at all
comnarable with It, and that was the dog
tooth violet Spring beauties were growing
about him abundantly, and he continued 10
dIg until his feet were grievousy tender
mt no had the satisfaction OF being COM
fortably fed.
Thor was again responsible for night
hetween Musllwa and Pipoonaskoos' Late
in the afternoon the older bears were lylhs
Il. gV, n
out any apparent reason at all Ihor
ononed his huge Jaws and emitted n low
steadv. growing roar that sounded very
much like the sound he had made when
earring the life out Of the big black lskwao
raised her head and Joined him IN the
tumult. both Of them perfectly good-natureu
apd ouite happy during the operation, why
',nttng 60, hears indulge In this blood-curdling
duet is a mystery which ohly tHe o'"'
themselves can explain.
II lasts for about a minute, and during
this particular minute Muskwa, VINO lay
outside the thicSet. thought that surely the
,yIorious hour had come when Thor was
6oatIn0 I'M the parent Of PipOonaskoos. And
instantly he looked for PipoonaskooS'
Unfortunately the Willie-bear came
sneaIxing round the edge OF the brush Jusl
then, and Muskwa gace MN no c"aiiSe &c " ~
osl, Questions. He shot at hlm In black
streot and Pipoonaskoos bowled over IKE
Fot babv. For several minutes they bl
"a dug and clawed, most Of the biting anc
digging and clawing being done by Muskwa
U,hiie Pipoonaskoos devoted his time ant
energy to yelping'
FINALLY the larger cub got away anC
oyain took TO flight MuslSwa pursued him
ipto the brush and out. down TO the creef
nnd hack. halfway up the slope and dowI
again until he was so tired he had 10 drol
~, ME helIy for rest,
AT this juncture Thor emerged from IN
,LicI,et He was alone For the first tint
st,oa last night he seemed TO notice Musk
no Then he shifted the wind up the valley
"a down the valley, and after that turned
"a y,aIked straight towaru the distan
aIaoos down which they had come the pre-
sodjne afternoon Muskwa was both pleased
- ,oernIexed He wanted TO go into tn,
thIc,yet and snarl and pull at the hide o
,ha dead hear that must be in there, and III
- - no pted 10 finish Pipoonaskoos. Afte
" ,.o,,,ent or two Of hesitation he ran afte
r,lnr e. and again followed close at his heels
fter a little Iskwao came from the thick
=. "a nosed the wind as Thor had felt 1t
Tben she turned In the opposite direction
- ,,,,tb Pinoonaskoos close behind her
.. 49, IN the slope and continued slowly ant
r,oadiIv in the face of the setting sun.
e. ended Thor's love-making and Musk
,,a'S frat fighting and together they trailet
eastward again, TO face the most terrlol
Ill mat had ever come into the mountain
Tor four-footed beRst-a peril that wa
roarciless, a peril from which there was m
escape a peril that was fraught with death