The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-04-07

IRE. 1t took four hours to get it going.
But the next time 1t was easier, for l
carried the charcoal from the old io.
I'd run for three miles, and then I'd
build a fire. At night / dug myself into
snowbanks or slept In ravines below
the level Of the surface Of the earth.
Furs Sold for $812.
"One day I got to Fort Henry. l
went to the man at the post and told
him what had happened. He told me
that he had bought my furs and he
showed them to me. He had paid
1912 for them. And then he told me
that the man who had sold them was
sold all my dogs but the lead dog, l
don't know how he could manage him,
for I had raised him from a pup, and
ever my father could not touch him.
THE men at the post told me that
the man who had sold my furs said
ne was going to a place called To
ronto. He said he was going to take
my dog with him.
II know l could tell my whita coat
and my dog anywhere, sc If / saw
them l could get the man. And II l
got him I'd cut him up In little bits
So l asked where Toronto was and
they told me it was a pretty good
sized town down South and that |
couldn't miss it, for at the station
there was q big board with Toronto
painted on it.
"They told me my buckskin pants
would look funny so they gave me a
lot of wooden clothes for them. And
another man at the post gave me
enough money to take me South In
kind of machine.
1T had four wheels with rubber on
them. / don't know how long we trav-
in places, but W managed to get
through.
"We came to another post where
there seemed to be more people. l
saw a policeman here and I asked him
where l could stay for the night. He
told me to go to the police station.
Here they told me l could sleep on the
1oor. l asked them where Toronto
They told me I'd have to go on
/ train, but I didn't know what that
vas. Then they described 1t and they
old me how to ride blind baggage. SO
next morning l went where they
old me, to a station. l asked where
he train to Toronto was, and when no
me was looking / jumped on behind
he coal car.
TWO Dollars from the Police.
II rode all that day. When night
anne l jumped off at a station and
.sked a policeman where to sleep.
again l slept at a police station. Next
morning l told the police my story.
these policemen collected some money,
bout So, and gave 1t to me. That did
le for a couple of days to buy food.
ZACH night l slept | n a police station,
each morning l asked where was
ne train for Toronto and hoped on to
ne baggage car.
when l got to Toronto ] was feel
lg sick. AS | came out of the train
ard a policeman asked me where
WIS SOllS. 1 dShcu I'LL WudL DuoA
ess 1t was of his, and then he grabbed
lie. In my country he'd have no
usiness asking you where you are s
ping. But when l told him I wasn't
ceiling well he sent me to this hos
ltal. 6
II thought that Toronto was just q
,wn, and that l could u across the
ian who took my coat and dog"
lid Jacques; but I guess TIL never
eet him. But If / do, and I have a
nife, I'll cut him into little bits or
to his ears off," F
With his chances OF getting re- c
snge gone, Richtor's first thought was +,
get out of the city. A. Job as a =
m~berjack was secured for him, and ?
. has left for a northern Ontario :
mp. He hopes to earn enough 8
oney to buy a ticket and ride In state 81
ok to Athabasca. n
Scarcely had Richter left for north is
n Ontario when a telegram came 90
om Alberta police announcing that &C
man was being held for the muir
r Of jacques Richter. Evidently the =
lOI0 story has not vet been told. et