Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-03-29

In own over IL, occasionally CauSeO u
iur d glow Close by the fire were the
dishes and the remnants OF the repast
"a tn can full of sugar and one of
srup. half sack of tour. some bread
and fried bacon and antelope scraps.
They had lett their rites leaning against
quak;ng asp limb near the fire, and
were reclining on their bl nkets lazily
smoking and plotting the bear dea h.
"lf he only took some regula trail"
said Shultz 1--WE could get away with
him without any trouble. But, from
what | have Observ d. I would Judge
this fellow is N old Tartar, and
j st then there was sound OF some
heavy body moving through the bushes
back of the fire. The words died away
on Shul,z's lips, and the three men
looked in he drectio whence the noise
came, as if petritied.
The griz ~ walked out into the open
ing. swelling. in the imaginat on OF the
defenseless prospectors. to the dimen-
sions OF an elephant He growled at the
fire moment and then turned his at
tention to the edbles. The sirup cup
was. for while, fifteen puz lie for
him: but finally, in his hungry +. ge, he
accidentally turned it Ger, and the
contents owed out through the small
aperture in the lid on to the ground.
While the bear was engaged in licking
up the sirup the prospect0rs recovered
their pre- ence of mind. Farley and
Shultz hal pistol each but Wilson
had left his with the guns. He had a
bowie knife, however, and with this
wea on he resolved to do battle in the
event of emergency. To attack the
griz ly with pistols and a knife was
perilous 10 lie there. hoping TO re-
main unnoticed. while momentarily
fearing discovery, was insu cradle.
Something must be done. and that
quickly. The plan Of action was ar
ranged with bated breath. Farley and
Shut crawled out beneath the rear ap
of the tent. They were to make
stealthy detour to where the guns were.
surprise the bear, and riddle him with
bullets. Wilson was to remain con-
cealed in the tent.
Tie two men had not gone more than
half-dozen yards from the tent when
Farley broke limb off fallen tree, in
ste ping over it, and the loud report
startled the bear The grizzly fell back
on his hind quarters, uttered furious
grOwl and then made for the tent on
run. Before Schultz or Farlev could
shoot or collect their fri htened senses
the bear had broken throu h the tent.
They knew that not ing less than
m racle could save Wilson's life, and
Immediately took shelter among the low
branches of a cottonwood tree. In the
dim light of the campfire they saw the
IA ling within, and while pray ny that
Wilson would come out vi torious, a
wild death cry told them that the struc-
Gle was at an end. The commot:on
within ceased on the fad away of the
horrible echo, and the grizzly shambled
out into the light. He sta = cred around
the fire; sur, eyed the pool of strip on
he around. but seemed to have no fur
Their appetite for it. and then departed
as abruptly as he me.
1t was some time before Farley and
Schultz could muster up sufficient cour-
to descend from the tree. believing
that the bear was still hiding close BY.
When they entered the tent, the Light
of a pine knot disclosed to their Mortified
-aze the orm of poor " ilson literally
torn to pieces. One side of his head had
been laid bare by blow fir m the griz-
zly's paw. and the left side of the body,
in ludiny the heart. had been aim st
torn away. The yet warm ie- blood
covered everyth n around. and in the
pool lay the knife with which Wilson
had vainly tried to defend himself.
Following the track of the bearto the
FIRE it was discovered that he had been
wounded, and perhaps seriously, as ev-
cry sep he made was marked by a
patch of blood. Sleep was stranger
lor that night. The two men rep.en-
ished the fire, and. with gun in hand,
sat and planned revenge. little dream
ing that the effort meant the death of
one of them. At early daybreak they
took up the blood-stainei trail of the