Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-05-10

Suddenly he grasped Gale and pointed
across a deep. wide gully.
With the aid of his glass Gale saw
five sheep. They were looking in his
direction. Remembering what he had
heard about the wonderful eyesight
of these mountain animals, Gale
could only conclude that they had
seen the hunters.
/ Then Yaqui's movements attracted
and interested him. The Indian had
brought with him red scarf and a
mesquite branch. He tied the scarf
on the stick, and propped this up in
a crack of the lava. The scarf waved
in the wind. That done, the Indian
babe Gale watch.
Once again he leve1ed the glass at
the sheep. All five now were notion
less, standing like statues heads
pointed across the gully. They were
more than mile distant. When Gale
looked without his glass they merged
into the roughness of the lava. He
was intensely interested. Did the
sheep see the red scarf? 1t seemed
Incredible, but nothing else could ac-
count for that statuesque alertness.
The sheep held this rigid position for
perhaps fifteen minutes. Then the
leading ram started to approach. The
others followed He took a few. steps,
then halted. Always he held his head
up, nose pointed.
by George, they're comingi" ex-
claimed Gale. "They see that flag.
They're hunting US. They're curious.
If this doesn't beat-me! /"
Evidently the Indian understood, for
he grunted.
Gale found difficulty in curbing his
impatience. The approach of the
sheep was slow The big ram led on
with regular persistence, and in half
an hours time he was in the bottom
of the great gulf, and soon he was
facing up the slope. Gale knew then
that the allHring scarf had fascinated
him. The animals disappeared behind
another ridge. Gale kept watching,
sure they would come out farther
on. A tense period Of waiting passed,
then a sudden electrifying pressure Of
Yaqui's hand made Gale tremble with
excitement.
Very cautiously he shifted his po-
sition There, not fifty feet distant
upon a high mound of lava, stood the
leader of the sheep. AS Gale watched,
the second ram 1eaped lightly upon
the mound, and presently the three
others did likewise
The splendid leader stepped closer,
his round, protruding amber eyes,
which Gale could now plainly see, in
tent upon that fatal red flag. Like
automat0ns the other four crowded.
into his tracks. A few little slow
steps, then the leader halted.
At this instant Gales absorbed at
tention was directed by Yaqui to the
rifle, and so to the purpose Of the
climb. He reached for the .405, and
as he threw the shell into the chamber
the slight metallic click made the
sheep jump. Then he rose quickly
to his feet.
The noble ram and his band simply
stared at Gale They had never seen
| man. They showed not the slightest
indication of instructive fear. Gale
imagined that they were going to step
stiil closer. He did not choose to
wait to see If this were true. Ger
tainly it already took a grim resolu-
ton to raise the heavy .4O5.
His shot killed the big leader. The
others bounded away with remark
able nimbleness. Gale used up the
remaining four shells to drop the sec
ond ram, and by the time he had re-
loaded the others were out of range
The Yaqui's method of hunt g was
sure and deadly and saving in energy,
but Gale never would try it again. He
chose to stalk the game. After being