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out to relate, and yet it is an indispensable di- 

 gression to enable the reader to believe the won- 

 derful and remarkable success this man had one 

 day when he was given leave from daylight to 

 night. There was a weighty reason for this 

 extra freedom from duty for the fact was the 

 post people were short of meat. The month was 

 April and our frozen supply nearly used up. 



Na-ta-way knew of a single moose yard, or 

 more properly speaking, a yard with a single 

 moose as occupant. To kill a lone moose on the 

 crust does not require the combined efforts of 

 two or more persons, therefore Na-ta-way was 

 told to go and kill the moose and skin and quar- 

 tre the animal, which considering the distance 

 to go and come, apiounted to a very good day's 

 work. But Na-ta-way besides doing this and 

 doing it well, accomplished much more. 



Coming down from the moose mountain to 

 get better walking, he crossed the fresh tracks 

 of a large bear. This was nuts to our man. He 

 immediately turned aside and followed up the 

 trail, ramming down one of his little pea bullets 

 as he went. The lieat of the morning sun had 

 softened the crust of the night and Mr. Bruin 

 was making headway with difficulty. In fact, 

 Na-ta-way had not gone over half a mile when 

 he sighted the bear and was very soon close up 

 to him. 



