1 8 WAITING IN THE WILDERNESS 



made a change. Probably he had used this 

 second den before. 



Although I had planned to call on settlers on 

 the western slope, I found that a bear had led 

 me half way home. I had not seen a single per- 

 son or passed even a deserted house. 



My days for this vacation were numbered 

 and as I was now on the eastern side of the Di- 

 vide, I started homeward over the twenty-mile 

 stretch to my cabin. The coyotes yelped mer- 

 rily under the stars. I could readily see to 

 travel at night. At about one o'clock in the 

 morning I threw my sleeping bag on the floor of 

 my cabin. 



