New-York tribune., 1921-10-30

weigh heavily with me for long ss l.
where | was myself, if 1 did not know rvss' ,s@
The bears were. SO / hunted high, low IT,
and the game until nightfal set in. As ~
shadows were thickly falling a mournfnl bo..
owl attuned himself to the ides Of ever,:sS
and I faneied he was giving me an owl ,a,ss
Then there broke through the air a long hail.
and / replied. Repetitions brought NO =
gether and / found myself with the po.l..
Mountain trapper, who at once started "a c,,.
me out as a tenderfoot nuisance hsacb.,..
bade him cease his bad Language and 49,
claimed, with my chest thrown out, that had
killed three bears.
Like Pluto's realm you didi0 he re+o,4.a
Only he SAID Pluto's realm with four le4.r.
which do not repeat here, to prove that er.,,,
body in Michigan is not as coarse and ie-no,,rs
rs Ring Lardner. We had more chin. and ia
yan asked M # / shot five or six times sbo0,,
10 O'Clock in the morning. I told him did ana
he said he was near me and went avay IN s;s.
gust to find some one on his hunting grounds
soaring away the game. Promptly we turr.d
that way and he soon got me into fau,fF,.
surroundings and | located the bears whs,.
upon old Van showed what real sport he w,.
by slapping me on the back and using -
more bad words that sounded beautifu, ~ ~.
We took the yearling and started for camr
J.. was dark, and right then I learned that e
ono will go slowly in the woods in the dark h.
can get along all right, but if YOU fight tbs
dark jungle in dark or daylight YOU mako
big mistake. Just keep on your shirt and
keep going easily.
Before we reached camp we came upon Rp
IN c+.,+o In
once He had been as puzzled as l. He had
heard the shots fired, but they sounded 50 sar
away that he naturally concluded that they
were not from my gun. An unusual thing had
caused Us TO be separated. The creek forked
underground in common bottom near where
we parted with each other, and Bill followed
one fork and the other. When started hack
after my bears after visiting camp the first
time also took the wrong branch.
Saxton soon Joined us in camp, and we
boiled tea, had some bear tenderlon and g1l
told me | had just about scared him to death.
lie said he had returned early to camp because
nc thought was lost. When he found cuh
hanging mp and no note he was more fright.
ened than ever, because he just coniured every-
thlng, and particularly thought | had gone
back and got mixed up with the old she
Dear lie knew | was not lost or I could not
nave brought the cub TO camp. If ] could get
TO camp once it seemed reasonable that could
get there second time On his mornings
hunt he had wounded d running deer and while
tracking it had blundred onto where Van and
SaXton were camping. When he got TO can,p
and found nc gone and the cub there he posted
back for the old bear hunters to help him look
for me.
Well, We all turned in, with joyful grlnts
thaS everything had turned out all right. de-
Gliding that it would be necessary for ali hands
to go after the big bear in the morning. up
before the sun, brook trout and dough gods
and more bear tenderloin as the muskrat
slaves Of the beavers were doing their morning
chores. Then VIC pulled in the biz bear. She
weighed little more than 800 pounds.
After luncheon Van and Saxton proposed to
go TO their camp. and volunteered TO hunt
over their Way and sec if we could not Get some
Venson for all hands From hilton over
looking big beaver pond that quite took on
the proportions of lakeet, all of Us saw at
about the same time deer 1t was 50 far
away that we colld only make it out when it
moved, as 1t did from time to time feeding
We decided to count three and all shoot at II
together, which was foolish thing 10 do. But
that IS what we did. Nothing occurred 10 indi-
cate that the deer was hit or even alarmed
Nothing had been said about our actions after
the hrst shot, so up and blizzercd away AGAIN.
and this time the animal buckled and leaned
INTO the ar, showing that it had been hit
Then it Immediately disappeared in the dense
and long grass.
1hereupon occurred scene 7 never have
seen the like of since. Saxton. who was we'll
above six feet, stripped to the buff. cirded =
bowie knife around his lower middle and
plunged into the beaver dam waters. The bot
tom was mlfy and in some spots the water
was deep But he got across and made for
where ne had last seen the deer. When he got
near 1t the fleet thing jumped up and ran. II
was long before movies were thought Of INIT he
MADE ore that was the real thing-lono hair
long legs, long, gaunt body knife drawn and
he'd aioft IN his hand as he ran. with his hair
streaming in the wind and the deer leaning
Tor ilfe. SaNton ran well, but the deer ran
better and Il appeared to me that he would
chase 1t out OF the country to where we would
lose 1t altogether. / have known 4 badly hit
deer to run eleven miles when continually pur-
sued by dog or man. ] did not dare to shoot
because Saxton was IN the way. and so | set
up tremendous yelling for hin to lie down
out OF the way. In his excitement ne did moi
near a 81 ii