The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-01-19

beasts OF prey than his low. deep.
rcvcrbcrating growi. Human beings
have not yet reached such perfection
% selfmsstery that they can hear
such sound. leantng suddenly like
thing Of substance thru the hush.
and disregard u. II was 10 be that
these three foes. journeying toward
him along Greek Despair. did not
disregard u now. For all the depth
OF the snow. he pushed thru the
spruce into thu sunlight
Thus the three hunters met him
In all hts strength and glory~-not
fifty feet distant at the base Of IN.
hiiL He seemed To be poised 10
charge.
Bulls keen eyes saw the bear first.
Al az once it's huge outline against
the snow icaped 10 his vision. At
tho same instant the bear growled. n
sound that halted Virginia and HAr.
old IN their tracks. Tor an instant
all four figures stood In indoscribable
tahi~au; tho hear poised. the three
staring. the snowy wastes silent and
chsngcicss and unreal.
II was tho last sight In the world
that BIN had expected. Tie had sup
posed thar the grizzlies were all in
liberation now. he hadn't conceived
~ tho possibilities whereby the great
creature had been called from his
sleep, And he knew IN one glance
the fun peril % the situation.
often In his forest travels bin had
met grizzlies. and nearly always he
had passed them by. Usually the
latter were glad 20 make their e..
cape. and Rill would hasten their
departure with shouts Of ri-e. Yet
this man knew the grizzly. his power
and his wrath. and most % all he
knew hts utter unrriiahiiity. II is
not tho srtzriy Wy to stand lrupas
sive when he is (, hay. and neither
does he ike 90 flee UP hin II the
animal did think his escape was cut
off--a deiuSion TO which the bear
family seem particularly suhiect--h-
would charge them with a fury and
might that had no equal in the North
American animal world. And n grix
xiy charge 10 d difficult thing 10 stop
In distance Of fifty feet
The presence 81 Virginia In their
party had la influence in Bfl's deci
sion. In times pas, he had bcen
willing enough TO take a srrafi
measure os risk 10 hir own life. but
the ife Of every grtxxiy in the North
could not ray for one jot % risk 20
hers Lastly he realized al the firs,
sight OF those glowing. angry eycs
the ears laid back. and the E,ifr hairr
on the shoulder that the grizzly was
IN fighting mood.
Fer all the oompirxfty % hts
thought. hts decision dif not take an
instant. There was no waiting 70
offer the sporting opportunity 70 Har.
old. Virginia ans not aware OF a
lapse ~ time between tho instant
that Bui caugtif sight ~ the bar
snc that ir which his gtr1 came leap
ing TO hts shoulder. Tie had fun con-
flt.nce In the harsi-hltting WILSON'S
buffet m Harold's thirty five. and
most Of an he relied on the four ~
--rve shots that he supposed lay IN
the rff'e magazine Th@ grizzly tiss
hard: he felt that all four Of them
would BE- needed 20 arrest the charge
that would likely follow his ffrss shot
lie didn't wait for those rr.at
muscles 10 &c, into action. The AMI.
NAL was standing broadsii~ TO him
his hend turned and red eyes watch
ing' v BIZ had had hiE own gun. he
would nave aimed straight for the
space p"'we~n the Eyes tbs ~ never
spof'snans shot. but for an Also
iufe narksman. IN moment OF
cr'S's' " ~ tne turrr, hnos or All tsnt
ne aih not KNOW hsrolds gun wei
enongn 70 rust SUCH shot. Indeed.
ne aimed TOT inc great shoulder. the
region OF me lungs anf heart The
gun cracksd IN tne silence.
The bullet went straight horne. rfp-
pms thru the lungs. tearing the
great arteries about ne heart shiv.
ering even portion OF the heart
itseh- Anh yet the Erirxiy sprnR
IKE demon thru the deep snow.
strhisht ,o~srus Nun.
II ~ no Easy ming 70 race grfs
~ enarge. Inc te@th gisnm " rcd
roam. the eyea fiasn, me great sho'l-
GERS rock FOR All the deep snow
thht ne FOUNDED thru, INC beast ap-
! proaeneo AT an unoeiievaols pace. lie
os"ieh as ne cane--awfni. r-verocr.
a'ing SOUNDS mat roze the blood In
the veins. IL the course had been
open. nkeiy ne would have been upon
hlin before Bin couid eend home an
o'ner sno, Ihere could only be one
ssu'' 70 snch meeting as ms. one