Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-02

lea range ana the tributaries Of the Finley.
They had started from civilization on the
tenth day of May, and this was the thirteth
Of June.
AS Langdon looked through his glasses
he believed that at last they had reached
the bourne Of their desires. For nearly
two months they had worked to get beyond
the trails of men, and they had succeeded.
There were no hunters here. There were
no prospectors. The valley ahead Of them
was filed with golden promise, and as he
sought out the first Of its mystery and its
wonder his heart was filled with the deep
and satisfying joy which only men like
Langdon can fully understand. To his
friend and comrade, Bruce Otto, with whom
he had gone five times in the North country,
all mountains and all valleys were very
much alike; he was born among them, he
had lived among them all his life, and
he would probably die among them.
It was Bruce who gave him a sudden
sharp nudge with his elbow.
81 see the heads Of three caribou crossing
a dip about a mile and a half up the val
ley" he said without taking his eyes from
tho telescope
"And | see a Nanny and her kid on the
black shalo Of that first mountain TO the
right " replied LanEdon. And, by George,
there's a Sky Pilot looking down on her
from crag thousand feet above the
shale! He's got a beard foot long.
Bruce, I'll bet we've struck regular Garden
Of Eden"
Looks IT," vouchsafed Bruce, coilng up
his long legs to get a better rest for his
telescope If this amt sheep an bear
country I've made the worst guess 1 ever
made in my life
II see a grizzly as big as house"
Bruce seldom allowed his equanmity TO
be disturbed except by the pack horses.
Thrilling news like this he always intro
duced as unconcernedly as though speaking
of a bunch Of violets
Langdon sat up with a jerk. ,
''Where?" he demanded.
He leaned over to get the range of the
others telescope, every nerve IN ms BODY
suddenly aquiver
See that slope on the second shoulder,
lust beyond the ravine over there?" said
Bruce with one eye closed and the other
stll glued to the telescope. Hes halfway
up digging out a gopher"
I4angdon focused his glass on the slope
and a moment later an excited gasp came
from him.
"see imp" asked Bruce
THE glass has pulled him within four
! feet of my nose" replied Langdon Bruce
that's the biggest grizzly in the Rocky
Mountains"
"If he amt, he's his twin brother
chuckled the packer, without moving a
muscle.
HE beats 'your eight-footer by a dozen
| inches Jimmy! An he paused at this
| psychological moment to pull a plug OF
| black Macdonald from his pocket and bite
| off a mouthful without taking the tele-
| scope from his eye--"an the wind is in our
| favor an he's busy as fea! he
| finished.
Otto unwound himself and rose to his
feet. and I.angdon jumped up briskly In
such situations as this there was mutual
| understanding between them which made
/ words unnecessary They led the eight
horses back into the edge of the timber
and tied them there, took their rifles from
| the leather holsters, and each was careful
| to put a sixth Cartridge In the chamber
| of his weapon. Then for a matter of two
minutes they both studied the slope and its
| approaches with their naked eyes.
I'VE can slip up the ravine," suggested
| Langdon.
Bruce nodded,
Il reckon it's a three ee-hundred-yard shot
| from there" he said. ITS the best we car
! do. He'd get our wind II We went below