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Show LIVES ARE SAVED I BY BELLED SKUNK. I TINKLINO LEADS HUNTERS TO CAOIN OF TRAPPER. TRAMP WOODS TWO DAYS Men Lose Way While Going for Help for Injured Oulde Party Out for Teugh Csperlcnee and Get It. i arver Om Ihe lliiktlne. of a l I ad to ihe mi k of a skunk savid a, I -i pari) a ftw days ago frogi serloii iiiiiinvenlence II noi actual starvation and brought aid lu an Injured irnt oi i mid niiuiher man l.tlls DiiIhiIs a man named Hiurliu mil a f i fend known as Mttltih) Ull -on intiie up beie from Chicago n emit ami went lulu the wild lands 70 miles north to shunt and Hah Thev Picked up a trapper named Jerri Calu and earning their lent and pro visions un their latrks, set out to iotis.lt riiey said they wanted a tnush cvpeilenen under the skies and they rertalnl) got It Prom Hie moment they struck Into the wild lauds the) met with nothing i but tumble Kinrltig fell Into a hog, ' caught a severe cold and almost had pneumonia before hla companions could nurse him back tn health Dubois cut u small artery In hla lig whllo chopping wisid for fuel and WH son sprained a thumb In setting n mink trap Hul the eniirngit of the party remained unimpaired until Cain slipped on u wet rock while angling for (rout nnd broke nn ankle bono Tills accident Ulckly stopped tho northward proareas Cain's ankle be gan tn swell Immediate!) and It was soon seen that Ihe man mint have medical aid s near na they could figure It. the) were M miles from the nearest wrlslt settlement and must make the dlslaure without a guide aa Calu roiildiit walk or be carried a mile In hla condition This was a ptetty hatardoiis undertaking, na none of the Chicago men had ever been In this section lierore nnd waa not used to traveling by mmpns Cain drew a rough map of the terrl lory and gave It to Dubois who with Wilson set out for help, leaving Htnr Ins lo atuy wllh the trapper Ihe Ural lav ilu-v mil aliing all rigid, but the following morning a misty rain came up nnd In less than an hour the ml Minimis onipleli-lv lost their Vkui- IHb nigs What to do they Jldn I know, H but one tiling waa eerltlii and thai H was thev must emitlinw on statin. H Pur iw-n daya they kept on the isinh HI without seeing a sign of a htimax B hahllnllon and were almost read) tn Bn ttlti up when Ihe) heard a bell tinkle HH In Hit woods BH Pulluwlng the omul wllh Uttir IB In ma la-ailng lu antlttpnllon ley fH i hum to an uld barn hevund wluib HH a i esliln 1 litis pruted to is ,. H It mi- tl a iiitppi r nil nod Pete dt. l-. flHj "wBsf JltH ff HaB ,jr An (I The Skunk Led Them Out of the jLaflfal Wilderness. B weliomeil ami fid the wanderer and ' VjH told them Hint Ihey were 20 in lire jl east of the trail The bell they braid ' was tied tu Iho neck of a skunk Hfl The animals got pretty thick about JH here ' wild Pelols, "ami I helled one jH to keep the rest off I think It Is ' : lucky I did" '"jlfl The trnpter look the men to Dm ' ?9H nearest settlement, where they tib- v JH talneil a doctor and guide and rt I' 1 turned to their camp Hero I bey ill found Coin In u high lever, hul under 3 Irealmeiit this went down, and alter H 11 hla leg had been set In it plaster east III he was taken out or the wools nn " III lllter raHl |