The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-22

They Spcd on up tho next hlll and
down into tho farther valley and TO
the bank OF a small. ewlttly flowing
stream. There were signs In plenty
here OF tho Wild life that throngcd
tho region. sho saw tracks not only
OF fox and caribou. but a wolverine
had tro,ted along that way In the
dawn. an otter had romped on tho
muddy hank: and. ht a crossing. she
encountered n huge. ainos, triangu'
lar imprint that might have been
tho track Of some legendary man
eater Of hygone days.
The track was fully ~ inches long.
and sharp claws had cut deeply into
tho sand. Nothing moro or less
than tho great Kodiak bear" Pete
explained. Maybe you don't know
II. but this is just about tho last
place in the world where tho biz
Kodiak whose hide Is sometimes II
feet lonE-can still be found IN any
numbers. Can't you fancy tho old
Warrior blooming along here looking
for salmon" But he was quick 10
explain that even these huge beasts
would run from human beings q
thousand times where once they
would stand and fight. that. unlike
tho Alaskan brown bcars Of farther
east and tho grizzlies 81 the noun
,ains, they were practically never
known 20 make an unproyoked AZ,
tack.
Thence they followed the stream
clear up into the higher hills
Dorothy was active and athletic, yet
she had TO stop every few minutes
for breath.
How far do you want 10 GOT" She
asked him in one OF these rests.
II hoped TO go quite little farther
We're not moro than mile from
camp. and two miles IN our limit
ia rather hoped we could reach th'
top Of the ridge Do you want &
turn back7"
She looked up a, tho rocky back
bone Of the ridge that still lowered
grandly above them-lts imposing
elevation manifest by scattered
patches Of last winters snows-ant
then into Pete's brown face. sh'
hated 10 give up when this tail guide
Of hers expected her 10 go on. sh'
was sportswoman at heart. and sh'
flashed him n smile.
wen plug on up" she told him.
They went on, and now the STREAM
was but silver thread far below
them in the dark gully. and the gulli
itself was crusted over at intervals
by last winters snow. At last theJ
stood at the very windy crest Of thu
ridge.
Almost at once Pete pointed on
some curious white spots, not TO b,
noticed at all by n casual glance, II
one OF the adjacent valleys. Thest
we're the carlbou-tha veritable chill
dren Of these messy barrens.
They did not turn TO the hunt al
nocc. Dorothy needed rest before nj
tempting tho difficult stalk nj Pctc'i
side; so she seated herself on a grant
throne of rock in the gray cliff anc
overlooked the country. This wa,
ever grim, mercllcss land, yet 4
had quality OF unearthly beauty.
Far be!e~ her the wide bnrreni
swept down 20 tho blue sea. Behind
the ridges mounted ever higher. will
queer effect Of actual possession
until at last tho high, sharp, Whit
peaks OF tho Aleution range stoot
flashing against the cold, grn!
clouds.
II would have been depressing
alone: and even the compainlonshil
OF this lowly guide cheered her an,
consoled her.
Soon after she began tho long stall
toward the caribou herd. at Pete
side. They sped swiftly down int
the valley, and then. taking shelte
behind n thiclSet of alder. move
straight toward the animals. TIL
last 200 yards that would bring Pet
into lonR.rifle range had 10 be mad
with laborious stealth. taking ad
vantage OF every rise In ground an
walking in a firing, stopped pos
ton
Lying prone In the deep moss the
peered over the brow OF the hill. l
was n very satisfying picture I
Dorothy. The caribou are Away
beautiful animals. and the setting O
the green hillside. with the HEAVIER
reaching white peaks behind, shove
them nt their best. Tho range. how
lever, was about 800 yards, n dlstanc