The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-02-28
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The commotion within ceased with the
fading away Of the horrible echo, and the
grizzly scrambled out in the light. He
staggered around the fire, and then de.
parted as abruptly as he came. It was
some time before Farley and Shultz could
muster up sufficient courage to descend
from the tree, believing that the bear was
in hiding close by. When they entered
the tent, the light OF pine knot disclosed
10 their horrifed gaze the form OF poor
Wilson literally torn to pieces. One side
OF his head had been laid bare by blow
from the grizzley's paw, and the left side Of
the body, including the heart, had been
almost torn away. The yet warm life blood
covered everything around, and in the
posl lay the knife with which Wilson had
vainly tried TO defend himself. Following
the track of the bear to the fire 1t was dis.
covered that be had been wounded, and
perhaps seriously, as every step he made
was marked by patch Of blood. Sleep
was stranger for that night. The two
men replenished the fire and with gun In
hand sat and planned revenge, and little
dreaming that the effort meant the death
OF one OF them. AT early daybreak they
took up the blood. stained trail Of the grizzly.
1t headed straight for the impregnable bea.
yer dams. After having pursued it for two
miles they suddenly found their path
blocked by an expause OF dense chaparral,
through and beneath which the bear had
forced his way. There was no further
trail. Shul,z, believing that the bear in
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fly from pursuit, volunteered to enter the
underbrush and scare him out Farley's
instructions from the old mountaineer be-
ing to stand of at some distance 80 as to
command good shot il the bear appeared.
Farley climbed up on beaver house into a
position which gave him sweeping view
Of more than half the circle OF the bush
and nervously awaited the result Of Shultx's
hazardous exploration. shultz cautiously
crept through the chaparral. One, two and
three minutes seemed stretch out into so
many hours Then there broke out on the
morning air yell that froze the very blood
in his veins. Alter that came the echo OF
the despairing cry, "Farley my Goblin
killed." A deathly silence that was only
broken by the splashipg OF a beavers tail
in one OF the opeA dams, ensued, and
Farley knew that he had lost his second
partner. 1t was with the feeling that he
was walking into the jaws of certain
death that he entered the chaparral
to seek Shulz There was no danger,
however, the bear had again fled. In
dark spot in the undergrowth, TO
which the rays OF the sun were unable to
penetrate, Farley, while crawling on all
fonrs, fell over the body Of shultE. When
he had recovered from the horror Of the
discovery he dragged the remains out into
the light. II was apparent from the
wounds that Shultz had stumbled on TO the
bear and received his death wound before
he could make an effort to defend himself.
His gun was in his right hand as II trailing
It. The bear, surprised, had struck him on
the left shoulder, tearing away clothes and
flesh, and then hit him through the heart,
as be had Wilson-the two wounds being
almost identical. Farley gayeup tue hunt.
He carried the remains Of shultz back TO
camp. After having buried the two bodies
and marked the double grave, he left the
country that afternoon.