The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-03-29

startled the bear. The grizzly fell back
on his hind quarters, uttered furious
2rowl and ihen made for the tent on a
run. Before Schultz or Farley. could
Shoot or collect theft fri htened senses
the bear had broken throtl h the tent.
They knew that not ling less than q
m racleEcUud save Wilson's life, and
immediately took shelteramongt the low
branches of a cottonwood tree. IN the
dim light OF the cam p-fire they saw the
tent heating with the conhiyt for lie
ra ing within, and while pray ng { at
Wilson would come out vi toriots, a
wild death cry told them that the strug-
gle. was at an end. The commot on
within ceased on the fad n away of the
horrible echo, and the grizzly shambled
out into the liz hit. He sta 2 cred around
the fire; Surveyed the pool of sirup on
the ground. but seemed to have no fur
ther appetite for it. and then departed
as abruptly as he C me-. .,,1 ..-..-e.,
1t was some time before Farley and
Schultz could muster up sufficient couf.
a. to descend from the tree. believing
that the bear was still hiding close BY.
When they entered the tent. the GIT
of o pine knot disclosed to their horrilie
6 eaze the lorm of poor " ilson literally
torn to pieces. One side of his head had
been laid bare by a blowfr m the griz-
zly's paw, and the left side of the body,
in luding the heart. had been aim st
torn away. The yet warm fe blood
covered everythns around. and in the
pool lay the knife with which VIII on
had vainly tried to defend himself
Following the track OF tn bear to the
fire it was discovered that he had been
wounded, and perhaps seriously, as eS-
cry sep he made was marked by a
patch of blood. Sleep was a stranger
Tor 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 day ybreak they
took up the hlood4staine trail of the
grizzly. 1t headed straight for the i'm
pregnable beaver dams. After having
pursued il for about two miles they sud
denle found their path blocked by an
,expanse of dense ichaparral, through
and eneath which the bear had fore, d
his way. There was no further trail.
Shut, believing that the bear, in his
wounded and weak condition, would f'y
from pursuit, volunteered to enter the
underbrush and scare him OFT. arley 8
instructions rom the old m0untaineer
being to stand of at some. distance Sd
as to command good shot if the Lesf
appeared.
Farley climbed mp on sa,heaver hous e
into position which gave hima sweep
ing view of more than half the circle Of
the bush and neryouSly awaited the re.
suit of Shultz' hazardous exploration.
Shultz caut ously crept through the
chaparral. One. two and three minutes
seemed to stretch out into so many
hours. Then there broke ont on the
morning air yell that fro/e tie very
blood in his veins. After that
came the echo of the despairing
cry; "Farleyl My God, Pm killed!' 4
deadly silence that was only broken By
the splashing of q leayer' s. ia in one
of the open dams, ensued. and ar'ey
knew that he had lost. his second part
ner 1t was with the feeling that he
was walking into the jaws OF certain
death that he entered the chaparral to
seek Shultz.- There was no danger,
however. the bear had again fed. In a
dark spot in the under growth. 10 which
INC rays VI lho sun WSI0 lLldUlC 10 pen
citrate, ariey, while crawling ON all
fours, fell over the body of Shult,.
When he had recovered from the horror
of the discovery, he dragged the re-
mains out into the ght 1t was appa,
rent that Shrltl had stumbled onto The
bear and received his death wound be
tfore he could make an effort to elend
himself His gun was in his right hand
as if trailing it r.,.s.., .it ....
The bear had struck him on the left
shoulder, tearing away clothes and flesh,
and then bit him through the heart, the
same as he had done to Wilson, the
wounds being almost identical. y,:uG
Farley gave up the hunt. He carried
the rema rs of Shultz back to camp
! After, having bur,ed the two bodies, and
marked the double grave, he lett the
country that afternoon Detroit Free
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