THE INDIAN DEVIL A greatly Y fod don on of tho the mr ino wooda the anicil tivit tint filled the I 1 11 k H with 4 6 alow alov tho G great rea L t u ut t was hutor down I 1 had bad gonn gone up north with wit li my uncle washburn Wash buro to make the round of tho hanter lumbering ring el camps or anys established by the ls firm of which he be wai a rue member in boe r up through 3 al the wil wilderness dornes a distance of one hun hundred dreI and thirty mile to the head of Ches where there is a supply acot depot for the lumbermen there iud had been a beaten road imd wo we had traveled with a double horse sled putting tho the horses t tandem anac an fn at the track grow row moro more narrow for it was toward the thela last of january and the now lay from three to four feet deep rill nil about us lint at tho the head tho 1 baten trail terminated tormina ted and came into requisition A spotted line led off to the camps camp tho douress dourest of aich which was as some twenty live to the westward A iott od title me p I 1 explain is mado made by bi birst going im through the woods with it n compass is to io keep thu the direction and nar a tree every few rods with on an ix after tills this hn ha been done anyone ca can LA by dimply following tho spots in taw th ourse of a week weck we had mado made tho the round of all tho gangs andrs savo save two which were at work up tip on the can I 1 coni gomme stream and after a long ion march through the black growth wo we came out to the lowermost depths of these situated at tho foot of tho lako lake of the same bame hero a queer report came to our earn cars from the upper camp located some ten or twelve miles above it wasa to tho effect that mhd men had got scored they had teen tean an indian devil or cometh t now it would have been no very strange thin thing 11 to hear there had been a row in camp but to hear that a whole gang ang of lumbermen had got frightened was decidedly sensational such kiich was the story however and buring aurini lu rini the evening the boss from the scared camp every gang has its boss bosa or oversee rc came down to get a gun li firearms rearms for ro raaon reasons aon above hinted at had not been provided at tho the U upper p vwe camp curl curiosity broke loose at the sight bight of liun well wel mr exclaimed uncle wash ahava what ft this thia I 1 hear bear of your jour gang hardly know what to toll tell you sir nir taid aid murch IM itai a affair but the men have got a dreadful bugaboo started anet facts s been telling about secina and li hearing caring something for more than a I 1 pay lly attention to it bunday before y yesterday aley all caroo canic running lut comp baini pell mell seared hau half to ti something yom ething had jumped at billy anun out of a great what d did id it look likel like asked undo uncle wash well they toll so many different stories its to flud find out 11 they hey a all I 1 declared it was an indian devill though what an alil i indian devil can be is ia bjore than I 1 know I 1 had all I 1 could do to get them back to their work and last n avit as they were coming in to supper there was another scare bom something ething and rushed out from a clump of cedar milre mike baca alica had haa the back of his coat all slit to pieces lie ile says the creature did it but perhaps it was the bruh lie ho ran through and this morning 13 not 0 L one knoof f them could I 1 pet got to stir sti out from the camp 1 T I here they stuck and there been all day clay I 1 thought I 1 would come down and got a gun 1 mav bo be ablo able to shoot tho the creature if there really is anything I 1 must pet get their courage ca up agun 17 somehow you f cc not yankees Yank ces have billave you seen anything of this creature yourself asked uncle ash not a thing but I 1 did hear a very bin singular rl bilar cry this evening ui lj u i I 1 was wa coming down I 1 suppose it vw rather f in mo me but I 1 stepped along pretty fast after that tab a vry very startling and pec peculiar aliar sort of n i cry all ah well batig laughed hed uncle wash wo will go fro up with bouto you tomorrow to morrow perhaps wo we can find out what it i is the next morning loading up lip tho old ramp as a reinforcement to our kllc we set tout out it was toward noon when we came in sight si litof of the lorr log camp A number nu r of alic th men were standing about tho the door and seeing scein us ug coming ca the others came out there wore were twenty three or twenty lour bour of them this is n fine sight cried uncle wash as we camo came up why arent YOU vou out at work do I 1 pay you forty dollars a month to lay around this camball camp all day the men looked a little foolish but the fluent billy came caine to tho the rescue sure surd and and your honor bonor blame us such a murther nig ing baste as tapes from the tops 0 tle tho trees what have you seen anyhow demanded undo uncle wash secal L an ye may well say seen t im as bit big 3 as au an ox au an haard baard im sh shriek I 1 it was no use talking with the them m they were in perfect fear 1 V cd it wai not without the greatest cl that chat we prevailed upon lilly billy to go with us to tho the place glicr where the creature hail had cpr sprang an upon him from the tree lie con anted at last very re luct luc antly tautly and came ed eding edging ing after us 11 wo shall bo be likely to find tho the animals tracks if there has really been anything aly thing of the sort about here remarked mark d uncle wash and we lid did lind find rather larger ones than we had bad been looking 0 fort near the treo tree which billy indicated as the one a heavy trail be began bean an leada off into the forest foreit the snow was very deep and soft t and the bea beast it had bad gone off with easy lotin bounds as striking its feet altogether and making liu huge c plunges some ten or twelve feet apar apart t almit have wen been quito quite a catl cat cried uncle bash ash guess wo will follow this a 0 little ways looks like bi bir big r game knour on our wo we mind the depth the main thing being to iz lccy cep out of the brush brush dut but after following for forty or fifty rods we came to where ah the 0 trail tr 1 ia was as crossed cro ased by a much more recent one i gone time oa o a 1 I 1 bould judge judg c salil said murch may alay overhaul liim by follow following nig this lid would nac run nm far A a fc one heap too deep lee P looking larig to fo the priming of our guns gun wo we struck off upon the ilow track bracic an and lad had gonci gone wenty twenty row ross ph perhaps 11 ups when tho trail suddenly fc topped beyond a certain point where the lat last heavy plunge biad been made into 1 tho the snow there were no more inore tracks track st l ilera hero was a terminus certainly andro halted ia la considerable k surprise i v I 1 balilo Bc lilo bos boos quaking euala inar kinder tie the cried billy coming coin I 1 lip dpn hell bo be laping out on ul and ive vvo wore were laugh 1 gi aM illys hyk t when a strange cry a wild barill scream ran run rung cut over our our eyes cyca follo followed weld the sound and there on the alio limb ot of a great yellow birch up tip full thirty feet fedt fro fron the snow crouched a large light gray animal with its cars laid back baak and its long tail beating time on oil the limb behind ready to spring down A fellow cant turn lurn round very quick on snow owes but I 1 assure you I 1 tomp long performing that evolution As I 1 baan it been trusted in with either cither of the ahns g ains I 1 felt anxious to put tho fighting men inen in tho rear billy was ral already ready ahead alicade of inc and just then there camo came an other screech loth both guns were fired ched and glancing alancin M over my shoulder I 1 law haw the catamount bound from tho limb and heard a heavy thud down into the snow INV wo lilt hit himl hi ml iles hes coming yelled murch no time for reloa diu 9 guns hunt for heavens beavens salce bake run 1 I llon houtch ted undo uncle nash gumnor up be bicad and we did run A man can run on snow lioce after af tera i albion fasah f ion antl and pretty tolerably baet at a p neli but the depth and saltnes nes of the snow alone prevented prove anted us from froin bein overtaken after screech fc followed I 1 us us as wo flola flopped d aloff hut but ht aa overy every bound tile tho creature rc aturo eul cul in even with its ita back on we wc went for dear life and i wore were n not ot many minutes getting gettin ovel avci the seventy five or cahty rods blae bl we n ug usand and the camp i a he men had heard tile the guis cruis and berc out around tile the door but seeing us coming they all dove in again an I 1 wo we rubel in in after them full tilt tile with iho cabat catamount bount not four rods behind us A he door wua hastily liast ity clammed slam me I 1 to an and 11 held ka now load briod murch peeping out low between oen tile 03 o oga 3 I 1 could see the panther lefore before the tho camp scamp la lathing 11 itself aud eltrin glorias about leuang leun ng up against a tree blandin andin bt near it b began tbt ita claws I 1 marcing the bat buik I 1 ic ily 11 lu d I 1 v very cry r ina nueY fix win liim this thia jn uttered knelp innel wash poking boldn tho the muzzle of tho rifle P 4 1 out between the logs lo 10 S 1 I 1 all Ally ilca oady dyl cc aimed who had thrust out hit gua over they firca together with tho lr J cpr ports itt ts tha ha creatura crea drea turc I 1 sprang t I 1 up tip 1 w atti I 1 a belavage crowl und as w if intending j 1111 to pet get into too eliat tree leaped upward upon the trunk fifteen or twenty feet but f oiling falling iback back into tho snow turned and v a I 1 bounded away After him himl ted murch pulling 9 open the door and ru rushing alling but bul after urn ain with your axce 4 we vc r haq out 1 bore was blood abe where the creature lia ha I 1 too I 1 a id tho the eimil ile ho was making wv 4 marked with groat great red lotches lotch cs I 1 I 1 the whole gang gan now turned out ou after us to hunt liim him down but the r co part was over at ta i di distance i of a of a mile wo cama up with the ou follow fellow lym dantan and e exhausted li in the snow another sli shot at with a few knocks knoell 3 f from roin nn an ax did the job 1 and it was amusing to bee how braver the while gang mccamo in thu tho course of a few minutes om N Y advertiser ver tiser