Show KILLED 01 BROKE HIS NOSE olo ole bergstrom has prospered in alaska despite his many disasters OFFERS NO COMPLAINT thinks all accidents accident are work of 0 providence seward physician on ly surprised when ho he shows up intact seward alaska ole bergstrom ner estrom Is if an anten intensely sely r religious homesteader who has haj ha j lived la in alaska for twenty years or more and prospered both chally and spiritually despite tile alio fact that the misfortunes lie ile has endured make inako jobs numerous troubles trL trivial viril and inconsequential by comparison the whole period of oles olca residence in alaska Is plastered over with a network of overlapping and interlocking ills such as cloudbursts destructive wind windstorms storms stock diseases depredations of wild animals and other disastrous incidents which would drive the ordinary man to distraction but which ole accepts without complaint and in the lie firm conviction that they arc visitations front from providence in punishment for sins of commission or omission emission although if ole ever committed a really wrongful act in ills his life it IS 18 unknown to ills neighbors recently ft a rios mosquito quito perched anex ou on oles nose whereupon it a vell adl directed blow front from ills his linin ham like mint effectually disembodied the of the mosquito but lately broke oles nose dr J 11 II hoinig the physician lit in attendance lays ays that ole will be about ills his busl less again in a few days but with a oso ose robbed of its original orinal symmetry nd a alna conviction that the pe ullar misfortune was a 0 direct rebuke crow providence for tits his avarice ole having been tempted by the sinfully ugh prices prevailing and prospective io 10 plant 0 20 0 acres of potatoes i a pru pre unheard of acreage in alaska bear upon him five years ago while returning to lili nelt inch from a trading visit to seward lie he unexpectedly came upon a brown war and her ter cub nt at a turn of the trail s1 sa in n ite resurrection river and being ISO so to the general habits of brown wars knew it wa was 3 folly to run particularly ns as lie biad a n heavy pack upon ils back As something just hall had to 11 appell ii to 0 o ole it shows lack of both understanding ander standing anti on tin the art of bhoge neighbors who criticize i ili 19 action in hurling at the mother 4 1 4 0 came upon a brown dear bear and her cub icar liehr the bundle of papers lie he was carving lit in ills hand ole merely beat tho the war icar in the start of tile the affair by it liable for according to his own vis vii li the bear was waa upon aln ailin before hig hl trin wits was lowered from the throw some time later harry hloben and im iiii davis came along the trail ano k ere grea greatly fly surprised when they finaly discovered that oles olca heart wits still eating tin and more surprised an halir iter when lie ho regained consciousness liese hase two good samaritans samaritana Samar itans rigged up und kind of litter and packet packed olo ole anti eward eM iril to doctor office dorr or Ilot ilig was not surprised tit nt olos never to la save when ole ar ives intact possibly the most peculiar of tile accidents which have be illicit ole occurred last summer on oil lie ranch of erick brick lucas lucas win ieving sonic lanit land cleared and olo ole ang pit in the lie job lit in pursuance of it n work capping agreement with neighbor liens when lie he sank bank lila his double tile axe lit in a spruce log in an effort 0 split it the log did not split anti and lie axe was so deeply Im embedded imbedded that hat ilie he handle wes useless in removing it whereupon ole picked up a dull to knock it out and succeeded tit nt the first blow unfortunately the iho sic me glanced against the side of rn nn adjacent tree tred rebounded to another tree and lien back to ole striking him film on the side anil and besides cutting him tin severely again broke one of thosa 1 four ur ribs doctor romle romig fixed fired up aftel lh benr bear episode |