Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-03-19
CHAPTER I-Continued.

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The squirrel was very close to him.
and Dan seemed to know by instinct
that the movement of a single muscle
would give him away, SO he sat as If
he were posing before a photOgra-
piers camera. The fact that he was
able to do it is in itself important. 1t
is considerably easier to exercise
with dumb-bells for five minutes than
20 sit absolutely without motion for
the same length of time. Hunters
and naturalists acquire the art with
training. 1t was therefore rather GU
rious that Dan succeeded so well the
first time he tried it. He had sense
enough to relax first, before he froze.
Thus he didn't put such a severe
strain on his muscles.
The squirrel, after ten seconds had
elapsed, stood on his launches to see
better. First he looked a long time
with his left eye. Then he turned his
head and looked very carefully with
his right. Then he backed off a short
distance and tried to get a focus with
both. Then he came some half-dozen
steps nearer.
A moment before he had been GER
tain that living creature-in fact
one of TIE most terrible and powerful
living creatures in the world-had
been sitting on the park bench. Now
his poor little brain was completely
added. He was entirely ready to be-
Iieve that his eyes had deceived him.
Bushy-tail drew off a little further,
fully convinced at last that his hopes
of a nut from child's hand were
blasted. But he turned to look once
more. The figure still sat utterly in
ert And all at once he forgot his de-
Yourng hunger in the face of an over
Whelming curiosity.
He came somewhat nearer and
looked long time. Then he made a
haIf-circle about the bench, turning
his head as he moved He was more
puzzled than ever, but he was no
longer afraid His curiosity had be
come so intense that no room for fear
was left. And then he sprang upon
the park bench.
Dan moved then The movement
consisted of a sudden heightenng of
Che light in his Eyes. Eut the SPUR
REL didn't see it 1t takes a muscular
response to be visible to the eyes of
the wild things.
The squirrel crept slowly along the
oeuch, stopping to sniff, stopping to
stare with one eye and another, just
deVoured from head to tail with curl
">Ity. And then he leaped on Dams
knee
He was quite convinced, by now.
that this warm perch on which he
N'ood was the most singular and in
'eNSting object of his young life. 1t
was true that he was family worried
ny The smell that reached his nostriIs
But all It really did was further to in
cite his curiosity. He followed the
reg up TO the hip and then perched on
me elbow. And an instant more he
was poking a cold nose into Dams
neck.
But If the squirrel was excited by
'' NV CtppiAleDlS. us aUldZeiUeUL
was nothing compared to Dams. 1t
"a7 been the most astounding incl
cent in the mans life. He sat still,
h-.ns with delight And in a single
"a>h Of inspiration he knew he had
come among his own people 1t last. He
h"e" where he would spend his last
six months of life.
h'S own grandfather had been q
.iA'Ar ana iceDper and frontiersmau
certain vast but little known Ore
son forest His son had moved to the
eastern cities, but in Dams garnet
A''e used TO he old memeutoes and
'ros from these savage dayS--a few
'.NS ana teeth, and a fragment of an
diary The call had come to him
last Tenderfoot though he was.
aA "oaid 70 bock to those forests.
2 spend his last six mouths of life
a'a'ns the wild creatures tat made
'aen ,heir home.