Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1855-01-26

Tramp OF icet, blending with the noise OF the
dislaut torrent, or, 1t intervals, the ery oI
,oms bslaied night bird Gyiur heavily home.
ward in the doubtful gimmsr OF the yet un'
opcned day.
A, the party reached the crest Of the noun.
tain which Immediately oysrhonR III, chat.
eau. the first rsys Of tho sun breaking from
the east rlanscd m the SUNNI, uf the Pyren-
scs, and suddenly illuminating the landscape,
discovered beneath them a deep valley, COW
cred With majestic pine trees, which mur-
INJURED in the fresh breeze Of tho morning.
Opposite In them ihs foaminr waters Of a
cascade fell fsr some hundreds Of feet through
elsil which divided the mountain from the
summit to the base. Dy one Of those n.
prices Of nature which testify the primitive
coOyul,icrs Of osr globe. the chssm sss sur
mounted by natural bridpe-ihc pile. Of
-pni,c st each SIDE bsinr iolnsd by ore I'm
mcnSr fat rock, almost seeming 10 verify the
table ofihs Titan, for It appeared imros,.
BE that ihc,r enermous blocks Of slime could
have ever been raissd to such an elevation by
human arsGcy Sinister lcr..t. we're n.
tachei 10 The place and the mournin.s,
rssoupled with terror that no hrnl,r with the
exception n lhe rareur. had ever been posted
At the bridge sf Mlurc without becoming the
prev Of slthcr the bear, or the prscipics.
Bu, the Pireur VAS too good Chriuisu To
paraks of this rid.suloa, prejudice he al
,rbu'sd tho il,aliu 10 i,, real ean,e-ihs dII.
zines sriiinc from the .h, Of the bear' and
,h, pr,cipiee combined, by Ss,rorirg lhs
hunter, presence ot mind, made his aim uu.
steady. aud hi, death the ine,ushls e.n,.-
1u.rcr lie could not. bcvsysr, sliogo,h,r
drvs,t himself of fsars for HI. Young master,
who Oh,,inaielV psr,syersl IN his in;srior o.
Occupying The bridge with h, antagonist.
Alter rlseir= the baror', esup,nion, At
rosl, Which he consdsr.i the mo,t advsnls.
R,Or,, ih, p,r'ur rrloinsl h.' men, 'nd dl,.
posing them 30 a. 10 encompass the '.ll,y 4.
,n. d., cascade, commanded the Utmost ~.
lsoc. 10 bs preserved uuil lh,y should hear
ihe fr', bark Of hi, dog. A, that sirn,l lh.
na'ufI, we're tD ., un.,s'hst, the Instrument,
,.uais5. md on N Bo,s slowly fsr~srd,
eo0'acl,, Tho ctrs', as t.sy approached rhs
ea,e,d, The. arrangement, beng made.
ih, p,rrur ,rd hn, dor, followed bv the man.
dim a'.,e, disappeared 10 the depth. Of III,
" ,od.
For ,om, minutes the ,.le1es Rad r.m,ir.
ei unsrok,u. when ,nddsn, foros, bark.
~ commenced. accompanied Nv low rro~l-
ing Each prepared hi, arms; the inslru.
merits sounded and the mi,,H. being let
loose, prseipirsicd themselves pell nell In the
direction Of the Trurrls. Their furious
hsrkip- va. soor eonf1unded with The 'ri''
srihe hunisr, ard ihs din Of ih- instruments.
mrag,sd With The lcrm,Ilhls r'n~lrC of On,
bar, maxim. al,ors,hera bld-ou' ennc.u,
which. rolling aloa: 'h'sds' ~ the 'allsy,
va repeated by the distant echoes. Al this
momen, the yclnr baron regarded HI, CON,
ra7iar, -ho,e cour'Srsnsc, though pale, re-.
msIrsi calm ,nd ,eou'uI
" Attention. cir, ." sid he n a low ,oIc,
Tie bears a., no, hr from u, lei your
aim bs tue, or sl's-"
Keep your counsel, ror yourself ''r'''
" Arlca,iOn ." repeated ytlls'r,icn, with.
out ss-min, to notice the s1rlr rcspoEs,-
he approaches 80
Tsa,s pko were placed in fron, OF tn, ea'.
cad,, seeing The .-.uals direct q. ihslr course
TO lls bridge. cried rom 40 parts, Lock
.ur look out. Nil's,rdon b., The break.
ins of branches, followed by the railing ot
loosen.l stone, down he Preciplcs had al.
ready given vsrnir: Of the sniusl's near ap
pro.ch. Mala,our became deadly pale h,,
however, held his carbins firmly, in the aui.
,gje cf rc'oluls hunter.
4 bear 4, length appeared, with foaminF
mouth and rlarinr ewes, At times turning as
II he would iain struggle with MS pur'uers;
bu, when he saw the bridge, bis only way Of
escape occupied 10 uttered a fsariol rro"l,
and raising himself on his hind legs, va,
rushing on our two hunters, when a ball
struck him in the forehead, and he fell dead
At their feet.
Mala,our couvul,ively graspsi his gun
hs had become completely po"sress Sud
dcaly new cries, louder and more pressing
we're heard.
Fire FIRE he is now on YOU =" cried
the rireur, who appeared Unexpectedly, pale
and agila,sl, hi, gnn to hi. shoulder, bot
afraid to FIRE, les, he should hi, his master.
The latter, p-rc.iving his agitation, turned
round il vas indeed time. On the other
side Of ,hs bridge, bear, much larger than
the first. wa, in the &C, Of making the final
rush. Springng backward, he .eirsd tho
c1rbiue Of his Pstrihsd companion, and
lodged II. contents in the animals breast ere
he could reach them. lie rolled, in the teatI.
struggle, to where they stood All this vas
the work Of an instant The knees Of the
hardy old Parsur shook with emotion, at the
escape Of his young master. as for Malalonr,
his hvid palsness, and the con'ulslvs shui-
derng Of his limbs, testified the state OF his
mind.
:. Take your arms said the Young baron,
quickly replacing in his hands the earbine'
.here are our eonrade,-lhsy must not see
Won unarmeh. and. plreur, not a word Of all