The daily Alaskan., 1922-03-21

lie Talre0 uu ne saw me form or his enemy rock down. face halt-hu~ied in the pine needles. IL never even oc- cured to him 70 approach to see if he hnd made a clean lill He had held on rhe breast and be had world of confidence in his great. shocking, big game rifle. Besides. he rifle fire might attract some hunter in the hills; and rhere would be rlwc in the morning 10 return to The br,ly and make rcr- tain UrtIe nveSriga,ionS that he had in mind And running back down the rran he missed the sight of H'dreth dragging his wounded body. like uu Injured hare. into the shelter of the thcketS.
 
 Whisnrrfoor. that CrNat cowAr0 came out O. his hrusn-COveTt when inc moon rose. It was not his usual rising time. Ordinarily he found his best hunting ln the ecrle light of the twi- light hour; but for certain reasons. his knowledge of which would he eN- tremely difficult to explain. he let ihIs time go by ln slumber. WhiSpcrio't had slept almost since dawn. Ii Is a significant quality In the felines lha. they simply cannot keep In condition without hours and hours of sleep. In this matter of sleeping, they are in a direct contrast to the wolves. wh" seemingly never sleep at ail. unless it is with one eye open, and in sti. greater contrast 10 the king of all beasts. the elephant, who is said to slumber less per night than that great electrical wizard whom all men kno" and praise.
 The great cat came out yawni0g, as graceful a thing as treads upon the earth. He was almost nine feet long from the tip of his nose to the end Of his tail. and he weighed as much as many a fuU-growu man. He stood and yawned nsolently, for all the forest world 10 see. He rather hoped that the chlpmuuk. staring with bcUdy eyes from hls doorway. did see him. He would just as soon that WOoTS little son. the bear cub. should see him too. But he wasn't So particular about WoOf himself. or the wolf pack whose song had just wukened him. And above all things. he wanted to keep out of the sight of men.
 For when all thiugS are said and done. there were few bigger towards in the whole wilderness world than whisperfoot A good many people think that Graycoat the coyote could take lessons from him in this respect. But others. knowing how a hunter Is brought in occasionally with almost all human resemblance gon" from him because a cougar charged in his death agony. think this Is unfair 10 the larger animal. And 1t is true that a full-grown cougar will some times attack horned cattle. something that no American animal cares to do unless he wants a good fight on his paws and of which the very thought would throw GrayCOat into a spaSm; and there have been even stranger stories. if one could quite believe them. A certain measure of respect must be extended to any animal that will hunt the great bull elk, for Co miss the stroke and get caught be- meath the churuing. flashing, slashing, razor-edged front hOofs is simply death. painful and without delay. But the difficulty lies in the fact that thesc things are not done in the ordinary, rational blood of hunting. What an animal does in It's death agony, or to protect its young, what great game it follows in the starving times of win ter, can he put to neither its debit nor Its credit A coyote will charge when mad. A raccOon will put up wicked fight when Cornered. A hen will peck at the hand that robs her nest. When hunting was fairly good. YhISuerfool avoided the elk and steer