New Britain herald., 1924-06-11

quietly, so not to be overheard by the | two natives,
 True enough. It had slipped my mind for minute. Well take the natives with us--I think it would be good plan 10 kill several caribou. 1 if VIC run into them, and try 10 cure i thcm--in preparation for emergen- l cios--and these men can help you carry tho meat into camp. She's safe enough by herself, isn't she?" 1 AS safe as she could he anywhere ] in the world. None of tho wild
 beasts of tho region will come within
 miles Of her, and there arc no other
 humans"
 "T'll stay and struggle with your
 book then, lvan," Dorothy said. Soon they filed away into the hills, Ivan leading with his pistol. then ! Pete. carrying his rife, and tho two 1 Indians, unarmcd except for their hunting knives. bringing up tho rear. They dcployed like a squad of ad- vancing infantrymnn as they ncared the first alder thickat, the two in- dans remaining at the extreme right and. following deeply worn bear trail, like tho ruts Of an old road that conducted them easily through the heavy barrier Of brush; and Pete and Ivan seeking separate trails to the left. They were in file again when they reached tho moro or less open hillside, but because Of greater skill at choosing inc trail, the two natives were more than hundred yards ahead of Ivan, and Pete was thirty yards farther in the rear. At that instant Peter caught the unmistakable humping sound Of run- ming caribou, and turning, he had a brief glimpse of a barren doe in the brush thickets behind. The animal was better than two hundred yards distant when Pete glimpscd her again, running in great arc up the hill. She made the poorest kind of a target as she leaped through the scattered clnmps Of brush, but eager to procure meat as near camp as possible and not to miss any chances, and perhaps slightly startled and out of hand by inc animals sudden ap- pearance. Pete fired yainly at every opportunity. Whether or not he hit the animal at all he could not tell. for at the fourth shot she disappared in the thicket almost opposite Ivan.
 Tn. echo Of the rife report rolled, dimmed, and was still. and the men stood in those queer. fixed attitudes that almost inveriably follow any ex- citement. Presently Ivan beckoned and pointed into the brush fhicket beside him.
 she is right herc." he called. 'fou must have got her that las shot. | hear her thrashing around"
 lt seemed entirely probably that the deer had swept through the brush unseen and had fallen wounded but a few yards from Ivan. retc started to Erope for further shells; ltan pcsred into the brush.
 II seemed to the head guide that. as he paused. he could hear faintly The rustic and stir in the brush that came so distinct 10 Ivan: and he was not greatly surprised to see the latter draw his pistol and begin 10 fire in evident excitement. He supposed. or course. that the man vas putting the finishing touches 10 fhe fallen caribou. No blame could he laid on Pete that
 he did not call warming: he did not , distinguish the real identity Of the creature ere ,,.- in the thiekets until it vas The animal that suddenly bounded out of the thicEets was bear cub Of that season, and was saucaling in mortal agony frbm the pistol lead. There was no danger in him: he pas less than knee height and was dos- persteiy seeking flight. But Pete knew. and the Indians. appalled, on the hill above knew. too. that a squealinE cub means an enraged mother not far of.
 And in the rink of an eye the great. shaggy dam came roaring out of the tkickets like an atalanche- straight toward the hapicss Russian. Fear-ridden though she was. the she bear could not seek flight when her dying cub cried for help. She charged win unspeakails feroclty. |, tContinued ia our keAl lzsueD