Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-28
CHAPTER TIT
The Indian Hunter

WAL away hnh away
\ screamed Policeman Blue Jay in
warning 10 Jack and Janet and Cold
Nose Bear. ''Thc Indian hunter is
coming. lic Is angry because some ono
has robbed bis trans
Jack and Janet knew who had robbed
tho Indians traps. They had done so
themselves in setting free Hoppity-
Hop Rabbit. Perky Squirrel and
Drummer Partridge.
Cold Nose Bear with his forepaw
caught in tho snare fastened TO the
young hickory tree danced frantirally.
"Wn ugh :" hc whined. "The In
dian huntcr will shoot me with his ar
rows as Indians used to shoot other
trapped bears in tho days OF old.
Wa ugh :"
Jack sawed with his knife mt The
twisted rorc that held Cold Nose Bear.
Tho rope was very tough. Jacks hand
began TO blister nn! hurt. but still he
sawed on. steadily and carefully. Snap
He parted ono strand. Snar. lie
parted n second. Snau. He cut the
third and last. and Co'd Nose was free.
As the strand snapped and Cold
Nose fell. tie Sapling. relieved Of the
hears weight flew back. and with It
flew jack. ri" was hurled through the
air ns If from big sling shot.
But Jack often had played circus.
Now his training camc to his aid. As
hc flew outward. with the hard earth
below waiting to give him bump. he
saw the limb Of trcc. Tie grabbed it
and hung swayinc Just like o clown
acrobat. He drew himself 10 tho trunk
Of the trce and Hlid TO tho ground.
"Iidc. Hide, Hide" screamed
Blue jay. Cold Nose Boar already had
rrcpt into clrunp Of bushes. lack and
Janet mounted tho nonies. Trixie and
Tonsy. and followed him.
They hadn't been hidden n minute
before they heard a loud whoop close
at hand. Pcnking out through the
leaves. they saw n savage looking In
dian dancing in the very spot where
Cold Nos" Bear had been dancing a
few moments before.
The Indian was dressed as II for the
warpath. He had on scarcely moro
clothes than n boy wears when going
swimming, and was deckrd out in beads
and feathers. Ono thing Jack and
Janet noticed nt tho first glance was
a bright red wing in his headdress.
The Indian was angry. His dance
was one of rage. not ono of Joy. IIr
held his bow in one hand and his or
rows in another. and he vas shaking
them wrathfuily.
'I-gh :" he muttorcd. "I'ch. An
other of my traps has been robbed.
These tracks toll me I had caught n
bear. That cut rope tells mo some
one has taken tho bear away. Ugh. 7
will trail tho rohbcr. will catch him
and punish him.
The Indian leaned over and studied
tho tracks made by Cold Nose Bear
and Jack and Janet. ITc turned to-
ward tn" clump Of bushes where they
were hiding. lie fitted an arrow TO his
bow.
"Tgh." he mu't"rcd "Thcso tracks
tell mo my foes went this way"
Jack saw they would be found in
another minute. He saw something
else. too. That was another snare
right behind the Indian. This snare.
like the one that had caught Cold Nose
Bear had been made bv bending down
n hickory Sapling ana fastening n rope
to II in such II way that when any
person or animal stepped into moose
on the ground the tree would fly back,
jerking the trapped victim into the air.
Jack knew something had to BE- done
at once.
'IIi.' he yelled suddenly "IIc gave
TriXie sharp slap. The startled pony
jumped forward out of the bushes,
landing in front of the Indian. The
Indian gave n whoop of surprise and
jumped backward. One foot landed in
the snare. The trap was sprung. The
sapling flew back. The Indians foot
was jerkcd from under him. He was
whirlcd upside down. hanging by his
foot. with his head humping the
ground.