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Naturally, they could not tell to whom the traps be- longed. On reaching a settlement, the con- stable, who at the time was not well known in the vicinity, pretended he could not speak the Eskimo tongue. He communicated with the natives through the interpreter. “The policeman is looking for the people who are setting their traps out early,” the interpreter told the Es- kimos, adding that he was in a hurry to try and catch the guilty ones, and would only stop briefly before con- tinuing on the journey. But they would be back in a few days. The scheme was for Alexander to try and catch some off-guard con- versation between the natives by pre- tending to be unfamiliar with their language. During a short stop at each settle- ment, the big, blonde constable would listen to the talk that went on. Usually he was able to hear a few commenting on his mission—and saying they had better get their traps up before the policeman came back as the inter- preter had said he would. The Break He Needed Then, at one settlement, Alexander got the break he needed to carry out the plan he had in the back of his mind, He heard an Eskimo telling another how he had caught a blue fox that day in one of his illegally-set traps. ‘The fox had been in such poor con- dition, however, he had to let it go. That was all the nimble-minded policeman needed. He continued on his patrol. It was about four days later when he returned to the settlement where he had overheard the conversation about the blue fox. The Mountie astounded the vil- lagers when he arrived by talking to them in their own language. This was the policeman who had to use an in- terpreter only a few days previously! It never occurred to the Eskimo, one of the most trustworthy of all peoples, that someone could have been hoaxing them. Alexander called a group of vil- lagers together, making sure that the man whom he had heard tell of catch- ing and releasing a blue fox was present. “When I was near your village I met a fox walking on three legs,” Ford - Monarch DEARBORN MOTORS LTD. SERVICE SALES Kamloops PARTS B.C. the policeman said. “I asked him why he was walking on three legs and he replied he had been caught in a trap, and had hurt it. He said he was sur- prised when it happened as he knew it is not yet the time for setting traps and therefore he had not been careful when walking along. “The fox also said the man who had set the trap had not thought much of him and had let him go,” Alexander continued to the wide-eyed group, “and he said he had made up his mind to keep clear of all traps until after Christmas.” “But you cannot talk to the fox,” exclaimed one of the Eskimos, not knowing whether to smile or be seri- ous. “T learned your language in only four days, why could I not learn to speak to the fox the same way?” was Alexander’s reply. The trusting Eskimos didn’t have an answer for that one. Though not fully convinced, they were inclined to believe what they had heard. In any case, Alexander didn’t give them time to think about it. He turned to the man whom he had over- heard telling of the fox he had re- leased and asked him if he knew any- thing about it, because the fox had described the man as looking like him. That dispelled any doubts in the natives’ minds of the policeman’s ability to talk to the fox, for the Eskimo sheepishly admitted it might have been him. He immediately became the butt of roars of laughter from the others—tor the Eskimo likes nothing better than to have a good laugh—whether it be at himself or someone else. Boasted He Fooled Police The laughter stemmed not only from the fact the man had been made to admit he had set traps early, but because he, like many others, had been boasting only four days previ- ously how he had fooled the police- man. To have Alexander come back and show forcibly he had not been fooled, FOR THE FINEST ACCOMMODATION IN REVELSTOKE, IT’S THE REGENT HOTEL Modern Rooms with private baths and showers — Reasonable Rates Phone 54 Revelstoke, B.C. 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