The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-08-03

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Above ne. AQan cooDended ~ eooI
en hieh-When, With Z ut desperate e&ogt,
TIE shoe gave way, and, With : YEN almost
human IN its expression Of agouy, my
brave horse sprang 10 his feet, raising me
with him - he did %, and, in another In
slant, was tes nng madly down the rocky
defle.
The trying incidents of the last few mo.
ments seemed to have lent renewed speed
to my horses feet, and, in q short time, We
debouched upon the level plain below, and
the bear gave up the chase. A good deal
unnerved, l rode homeward, arriving at
my ranch in time for supper.
Here found two or three friends stop
ping for the night, and among them an old
acduaintance, whom I had not seen for
more than q year, who I was more than
glad to take once more by the hand.
Joe Hunley was known upon the border
as one of the most daring and successful
hunters of the dsy.
Joe was intensely interested in my de-
scription of the evenings adventure, and,
when had finished, declared that he in
tended ''maklng meat" of that identical
''bar," or, to use his own expression,
'shump his back a-tryin."
The next morning, early, Joe began his
preparations for the capture of the grizzly.
A young calf was caught, and led by .
Iasso to spot near where my horse had
fallen, and was there tied while the ''trap''
was being constructed.
A tree, eighteen or twenty inches in d.
ameter, was felled as near the path as pos
sible, and the branches Topped of for some
distance up the trunk. The ''dead fall'''
was now ready for the triggers and bait.
The former was constructed of a couple
of stout oak rails that had been brought
from the ranch. An upright five feet long,
the end slightly flattened, upon which was
to rest the long trigger that projected
backward directly under the body of the
tree and Immediately over the calf. which
was stretched upon the earth and bound to
q stout stake driven firmly in the ground.
Upon this upright the tree was to rest.
1t was the old figure plan of setting a
tap, with the difference that there were
only two triggers. The tree was raised by
means of levers, the triggers set, the calf
comniete.
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~ zoe shronah tho s;"hfs Of a r;iie nj sh9r,
rsnce. and Vet not enough tn hetrov omr
h;d;no nIecc n The hear 90 ha sho"Id do.
s"s"S ne no"nto;n
The wind was in our favor and blew
from the nnarter in wh;ch we exnected onr
ns,"o w" tot m nns;,;oms =, tI,;cIat
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auaIy .ne u'ea.ss VI .ne ca ~. wa: g n Nv
uow cou'lnu1ue' anu we kne" 'na. Tue
even moro he would hc nrettv snrc ~
cont h;s Nov ~ p ~ w.
M;dn;obt had come and Conn and the
chill that aiwavs accomnanics tho annroach
of dawn wac heo;nnin1 To he scns;h,y feIt
dozed and nodded as I sat with NV
b,ct oooinet a fallen n;eca of t;mi.er ana
at times entirely lost CONSCIOUSNESS of OBJ
iects around.
had fallen into deeper nap than usual,
when was suddenly awakened by the
voice of Joe Hunley. who whispercd in nv