St Henry High School - Trojan Yearbook (Charleston, MO)

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A.TRaPP R IN A CANADIAN FORLST In a crude lof cabln deep ln a fore t of ODt8PlO,Q Wld5l6 aged trapper slumbered oundld The clock struel twelve and at the same instant tlere was low growl Just outside the door The trapper groaned, turned over and went back to sleep SGVGIH1 min utes later the dogs set ue a howl Jumping out of bee the man grabbed hls gun and flashlight and opened the door Just in tlme to see a blg black bear run be hlnd hls cabin Cautiou lr the man followed him lst a rounded the corner he saw the bear walklnr toward thc iorest Taklnv careful alm he pulled the trlgger of hls 8 rifle and 'cllck' the gun wa empty Cul lng the luck he Jeturned to his C3b1H,SWGQPlHg tlat he would get mainder of the H1 ht p sed xlth out event THE HUNT JLGILS The next mornlng brought a temperature of xbout ten degxees with a clear ky Bulldlng good flre, the trappel made some coffee and warmed some te left from the evenlng before anc ate a qulck brealfa t Loadlnv his rifle wlth bul lets and taking plenty beSldCS he turned hls dogs loose and started after the bear,follow1ng hi tracks in the snow WulCl had fallen several da,s before The fore t seemed enmtx until he eros ed a small StlC1 xhore he saw a beaver Taking careful aim h hot lt and put lt in is hunting jacket About noon Just as he was preparing to eat his lunch he noticed, that another bear track met the one he was following All morning snov clouds were forming, but by noon they were dark and threatening A eeleratlng his plce, amid t the drifting and blinding snov, the violent vind and the howling of hl don , the trapper wa forced efk shelter He was now wxlklne alorg the bottom of teep hill und br tbls tlme had lo t the bear's trall Behind a large flr tree he pied a hole ln the slde o the slope Call lDF hi three dogs to hls side he sent Ilkf hls favorite, t prov its safety The dog sniff ed around and returned so the trapper knew the wag was clear Ie crawled in using his flash lifht to fathom the size of the cave It about eight y eight and four feet high PE PRBPAPWS FOR THE NIGHT lakln h1m elf comfortable he lad dofn and wa soon a leep, his dog dO1HT llkewise early the neat morning one of the dogs looked toward the en to see none other than bear he wa after Tak gun nd imlng between h hot the DOST, but he hot, another bear lexped in on hlm and began t squeere the breatu out of hlm His tru tv do s,however, were at hard Quick as l1ghtn1ng,two of thcm grlbbed at the be1r's hind lcgs 1rd the other one at its head and oon had lt under con trol Th t gave the nnn a charce to get a good rot at this bear mlso Ie then looked round to make certain there were no more bexrs around outside Belng a sured that all x s well, he returned to the bears outside ard measured them To his utter astonishment he found that the lQ1QCT bear measured six feet and the maller one bout five Th t wts Q n rrow escape,n e muttered to hlmself as he began klnning the larger animal,nI'll never sleep in a bear's den again H waktnr, trance the big IDT i the eye Ju t as hark Rolwing '47 . .' . X ' X 1 fr ' ' . 1 9 - , 4 ,, H, , G - . . N Q u 4 .- 4. 0 . ' - S 4 s . v, to s X J- - . - . ii I Q, L A - . 21 , . . ' 1 ' ' 3 S . K 1 .. , I G U . 0 PJ f- U ' m w :- J Q- - ' ' . rv 7 . at ,, A . . -L . .- A fr I1 ' re m w ' ' A L 3 D 1 I , v' - , ' H . 3 . , 1 ,J , ' O . ff . KJ .N . ' cn 1 . 1 Q ' 'x f -1 v ,1 7 - ' . 3 r g ' - ' ' . - , . - jr 9 n S Af, i ' ' 'I A g J J. 1 S Q3 Q 1 J .5 , A c, r, L 0 vfa S b . i . ' y' . x 'x ' .. IT '- ca ' I J' ' O o I , 1 1- D r - .Y -. 747 4 47 Y eu V - g I I7 kg Q I: Y I7 in I A - OU -- 5 4 A 3' g - i , . H . ' S V' . 'AS ,. L T Q S S o ' '1 , , q ' 3 ' r V . . . A I. CJ Q . . A r ,. A e fl 'V .L O ' - m - the bear the neat day. lhe re- began to bark and the trapper I C U U ' 8 Cl S 'ir ' e . X ' - . . ta . x . , 13-1 If ... .... L...... 7 L3 v ' ' ' O' - ' 4 ' IW ff fx rw ' U Q3 - Q 5 K.. -A. C . E MT 1 A .1 S O S . .A . . . 5 L S Q - fl S N S K ' ' 1 A ew wa x ' f ' 1 ' e . e 'T O 1 U 'fr 1' ' ' LJ DM J Jw. .l Q . ' , A I A ca rr - T U ,. . Q K U . . . 'I S 5 . g L - it 7' . Y . , , r M I Q ' L ' J n e R. , I I . I I ' 4 J 7 I g I . X . ' r. L S 1. - - 1 x ' F 1 0 Cl f ' X . . 1- ' .. S J. ' - '. 7. Q f i J S .L . ' . ,Y . if f . I . 9 J. il S - I Lf X L 5 '. . ' x . S . .f Il V f ' XL ' . , 0 1 .f ' 'K f fi 3 4 'i wa x - e s ' ' h X , X ' .A f ' . - . . 1 , . .. N - - If O I , 4 I L 1 D . 1 I 1 X ' L S x .L Q. I ' ll 4, a -c . a ' h Y t V O v . x ' 1 rf' ' ' u . J - o C ' 34 . 1 P O ' D 4 Q O . Kr , .