The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-09-28

how 70 so about Il lmpeded him,
too And when no stood erect
again. he found Doomsdorf watch.
ing him with Reenest interest.
Il didn't think you were man
enough 10 do t." he commented
You'll say that's quito trap
won't your
ITS quite a trap Ned agreed
shortly. what kind OF an clio.
phan, do you take in itT
mo kind Of an elephant. but one
OF the gnndest mammals that
ever lived. az that. l don't trap
them much. because hardly get
enough FOR their skins 90 pay for
handling them-you can guess
they're immensely bulky. There's
a fair price for their skulls. too,
but the skull alone Is fair load
Tor a weak back. Last year
needed few hides for tho cabin
Did YOU ever hear OF the kodlao
bcar7"
Good Lordl one bear can't
move all that"
poomsdorf stood erect. and his
eyes CLEANED Evidently tho great.
savage monarch OF tho islands OF
which he spoke was some way
close &c his own savage heart
lilo can move your heart into
your mouth Just 20 look az himf
no said. one OF tho Erandcst
mammals that ever liyed-ihe
great, brown bear OF tho Islands
OF course. you ought 20 know he's
by all odds tho biggest bear on
earth. he and the polar bear just
north OF hcre-and tho biggest car.
nivorous animal on earth. for that
matter. Your lions. your tigers
wouldn't last minute under those
great hooks OF his. He'd tear your
whole chest out IN one Hwipe. This
seems TO DO about the northern
limit OF his rango-tho big brownies
go all tho way from Admiralty
Islands. IN tho south. clear up TO
here. with very little variation a.
10 slze and color. There are not
many on tho skopins-but going
around with Just an axe and n
hunting knife for weapons. you'll
DO glad there aren't any moro. Al
this point their range begins TO
coincide, 10 some slight degree.
with tho polar bcar-but OF course
Just stray gets down below the
Arctic circle. You've got 10 have
a whole caribou carcass 20 intcres,
the Old devil in tho way Of bait.
And now III show you how to out.
fox him"
lie cut slender whip. abou,
hall an inch In diameter. from
nearby willow. and thrusting both
ends into tho ground In front OF
tho trap. made an arch. when
tho old boy comes along. hen MT
his front foot right over that arch.
10 avoid stepping on anything that
looks so unstable. and then s,uight
down into the trap" Doomsdorf
explained. III Il was heavy wood.
he'd res, his foot on /, and miss
tho trap
A few minutes later they came
TO what seemed TO Ned a new and
interesting geological formation. IL
seemed 10 be noisy waterfall OF
three or four feet. behind which
tho creek was damned 20 the pro.
portions Of ANAL. narrow lake.
Yet tho dam itself didn't appear
TO be a natural formation OF rock.
10 looked moro like driftwood. hn,
II was Uncomfortable that mepr drifi
could ho piled IN this orderly way.
Kecniy interested. ho bent TO OK.
anime n. Farther np tho crsek
some heavy body struck the water
with mighty splash. IL was too
swlfs. however. for him 60 sce
what u was There were no power
plants or mill wheels here. and
thus Il was difficult 60 believe
that human hands had gone 10 tho
great labor OF building such a dam.
Only one explanation remained.
ut mus, be a beaver DAM he
said.
You're right for once Dooms.
dorf agreed. did you ever see
better engineering Even the dam
Is built In an arch-,ho strongest
formation known to man--,o with.
stand the waters. Sometime III
tell you how they do i;--there isn't
as much prcmedItated cunning in
IL as you think. DO you know
what a beaver looks Bke7'
Got big teeth"
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