The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-08-21
No. 10.

be had hrSf seen II. iacing nm l1lT-
IL without falling. as it should have
done. having thre.-bullefs IN hi brain,
without showing sign. either e an
inteution u attack q retreat from
him.
This was too much even f1r a.
spectators a. safe distance : my con-
panion ard self were both in quaD-
dary. a complete maze Of mvste-v-
SO. too appeared the singular individ-
ual IN the defle below: and now we
could observe that He trembled and
showed signs Il retreet7ng. he who
did not fear 20 eneoanser anything
mortal. whether nlal OF animal, was
awcd by the Supernatural The thing
that stood between two rocks. as z
jammed there, could not be Of the
earth twas 70 bear. grizzly. or
otherwise, BAT 5ogie. q eres-ure of
aHsiher world
The reslantic mystery oftEs Rocky
Mouutain-the wild, weird tales
carried thence BIZ the superstitious
frapTers-kad given 20 this region
q Singular and solemn celebrity.
SSasthing of this vas 40 doab. att
ing "a the spirit Of Pike County; for,
after firing the third shot, he apPear-
Cd as II about 70 rttrest back upon his
wagon. Then 2 sound broke the still
ness Of the air. causing q change n
his design az oHcs clearing up the
mystery and dispeIlinZ the awe that
had inspired him i was j long,
load peal of laughter. two voices tax
ing Da1 in Il; while simultane0uslv
stood out from behind q rock two men.
whom / and ly companions reeog-
n.zed s. the scouts who had gone IN
advance Of our train. TIE whole
thing was now perfectly explained
They had eloouutered tfse bear while
riding through the def,e, and succeed
Cd n killing l. Having passed the
Miss0uTial On their way, they hsd
resolved upon having a littIe fun az
BIS expense. ard. for this plrp0se. had
proVped up the dead grizzly 20 repre-
seuf a living animal. hiding them
selves behiRd { boulder of rock 70
e1j0v. Their Joke.
= far they had succeeded . Peg
fiction having + 1I their own wav:
ald for . tine The elf res9unded
with their laughter. u which Pike
County took no part Bgt when Il
came 10 taking oT the skin Of the
dead bear-which the two who had
killed II were proceeding 70 do-the
peiI being worth a good MANY dol
lars, things took 4 sudden change.
and - did the e9untenances Of the
two jolly jokers, both assuming S
serious cir. The NissoU-ian had
rammed q fresh ball into his gun
while his wagon had meanwhile roll
cd up drivea By . companion stalEart
as himself-tO say nothing Of. the
@0ld GAL inside. who seemed tough
as any Of the trio. and n case of 9
skrimmage would no doubt prove sn
equally ugly customer
Is they who had killed the bear
took cut their knives 70 skin il, they
were something more than Surprised
81 seeing . brace q rife barrels level
(. ed upon them-cae cnenv. % each
while the voice o. toe man they had
made SPo-t Of a ETm, stern tone,
sounded Z their ears. saving:
No yer don't, The skin . thai
t'ar belongs 70 ne. Evthe- O. We tech
II At your peTyl,7
The cd woman had bv this time
dropped out Of the wagon; and
welding 4 wood axe, stood close Be-
hind her husband
Nv companion and ! from the
summit Of the elf. had a full view
Of this singular encounter We
could not only see every movement
made, but hear every word spoken
and 7 now remember L a. one OF the
suangest scenes ] have Witnessed IN
the Far West
We took no side il .be affair.
either for one party er the other. Tire
spirit Of partsanship might hare IN
clined rs 20 give assistance % OaF
caravan comrades: but the spirit Of
far play prompted To stand neutral
We did not discover ourselves sz
spectators, 80 that neither Of the con-
testing parties knew q our being
near
The affair ended in the guide and
his companion giving IN. and going
OF "a attend ~ their properly AZ
pointed duties Had they not done
50, in al probability neither would
ever have passed through that defle,
but both laid Their boncs on the sPo;
where they had slain the grizzly.
As soon a. we saw the point So
tied, my companion and ! returned
from the sorsi, and having got back
upon the trail. rode along i towards
the scene Of the encounter.
As we came up with Pike COUNTY
and his squad, We saw the bear was
already stripped Of il skin More
than this: huge griskins Of his flesh
were spitted over the recently kin
died FIRE, around which was the guar
tctte Of little Pixies, regarding the
roast with hungry giagces-
We did not say 8 word about what
we had seen-prefeTring 10 study
these strange creatures az an advan-
.tage We expected - hear a tale of
blastering and lravado. either about
the slaFing Of a grizzly bear. OF the
truth Of what had actually occurred
We we're told neither one for the
other. Pike simply said d we passed
him--A bar | have shot hvar. IF
we'd ike 10 STAY bit. We kin heF a
griski1 Darned fine skin. amt Il.
make nv old CONAN kHmfOrl2ble. and
kirer her the balance Of the wsv 70
Californy"
Beauty OF Women-