Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-08-27

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Of Starv alton camp He says The day
before We uamr TO our last round Of rationS |
had IiScovcrei the tracks of a hear. had
followed them about until was exhausted
trying 10 meet the beast, but had utterly
falltrI This day a light SNOW fell III the
morning. Just enough % obscure the trail,
hut still huntod. ] gave it up late in the
afternoon and returned TO the camp. Brain
erl had gone to the shrimping ground and
was still absent when | laid by my gun.
suddenly be app earel, running down Gene
tvry ridge aS fast a his poor weak legs would
bring him We all started up and waited
his coming in the most painful excitement.
When he reached the camp be fell to the
ground all ut of hrath. The men crawled
to his assistance and two of them raised his
head in their arms He GaSped and looked
Ht us wildly.
'Braurrd exclaimed the lieutenant
what Is 1t"
~'Bear Isar" was all he could answer, in
a choking whisper.
~'Whrrr, man. where" | cried, reaching
for my gun. all trembling and quivcring with
hop and fear
"'Thcre, he said family, pointing towards
the ridge, he followed after me; hes
coming
IN A PERFECT FRENZY.
How can tell the terrible excitement that
prevailed, The men were i'll perfect frenzy
Cruel suffering had made them wors- than
unreasonable, Some Of them could ,hink of
nothing hut CurSing poor Braineri for not
killing the lear. and were with difficulty re
strained from falling upon him TO wroak ven
geance. He did not take his gun with him.
Nnindy ever did who went shrimping, and
they CURSED and raved at that and burst into
tears at their last chance for life Others
and they Mere the weakest men III the
party-were for starting out at once for an
all night hunt over the snow fields and ice
hergS Nothing could BE- more fnOlharly.
They couldn't have gone beyond the top of
the ridge without breaking down, 10 say
nothing Of carrying a gun and firing aC-
Curately. The lieutenant used his authority
and my influence t. quiet the men, and at
last the plan OF the hunt was am nEed. 1t
was really only few minutes, but it SEEMED
an hour. Jan, the Eslulmau. and | started
up the rii-n 10 meet the bear if be should con
uuue towards US
Hardly had we got a rod from the camp
when a long white nure appeared over an ice
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set up a sho.. and | think 1t unnerved ne,
hut it was long range shot, nearly $DO yards,
and the target was small raised my gun.
and, taking quick aim, fired The lall mrs.sl,
but il dil not 20 wide of its mark The lear
WIS startled, He paused just too short a time
to give the ESIumau chance at him and
turned tail and ran. | heard the howls and
gruamS Of disappointment and rage behind
me. | believe that some of thns.. poor half
starved, half-frozen men would have shot at
me in their anger if they had had their guns
at hand
jan said hastily, take the course to the
left and go round the ridge and keep well to
the west S, aS To get between the bear and the
water. Will 90 in the same way ON the
,ast.'
The faithful Esquimau understood the plan
at once, and set out without a word /
crawled to the top Of the ridge as fast as l
could. and SAW the bear a long way out of
range still on the run. He turned round for
a second and looked back, and then. as if
satisfied that he was pursued. continued his
flight | didn't 20 straight after him, but
keeping out OF his sight as much as possible,
crawl,-l, and ran, and slid up and down the
icy slopes, making all the time for the water
| was feverish with fear. 1t seemed as if
every possible obstruction got in my way,
and many II time | fell to the ground. 1t
was a terrible chase May / never have
another like it,
A LONG CHASE.
at seems Incredible now, but ! actually
went ten miles out Of my way TO get in front
of that bear | knew that he would stop run
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body in pursuit, and had to take this round
about course to keep out Of sight. Mighty
little of that distance was pass.Nl on the run
Most of it was crawled. But had no idea of
giving up. | plunged on, and at last, two
hours and half after leaving camp, gained
the position | wanted | climbed low hill,
and there was bruin 1000 yards away, sitting
down after his hard run, within thirty feet of
open water. had not succeeded fully in nv
plan He could still escape, but his back was
toward me and did not despair. Almost at
the same moment that saw the bear | dis
covered Jan, the ESquimau, at some distance,
and Wa both made for the beast With the
utmost care not to alarm him we Crawled
over the ground, approaching nearer and
nearer to our prey. We had got perhaps half
the distance when Jan raised his gun and
fired. / think it was had Judgment, for we
might have got much closer. But there was
no time for regret. Excitement gave me
more strength, and ran with all my might
straight toward the bear. He got up and
looked at me, and seemed not to know whether
to run again or stand and make a fight Of it
resisted the temptation 10 fire at him until
was within 80 yards Then | stopped run
ming, threw my cap down, pulled off my nit
tens, and acted as deliberately as if were
practising at a target. My excitement SEEMED
TO leave me, or, rat er, to make me steady.
took a long, careful aim and fired The bear
turned slightly, but it was evident that had
missed | fired again quickly. Another miss,
"My heart sunk low. Jan had not been able
TO get another shot, and was not now where
he could fire with any hope Of hitting. The
bear began to make for the water Ready to
die with despair if should fail again, | took
another long aim.
The bullet struck the bear in the head, and
he tumbled over instantly, stone dead
~It was $50 O'Clock, and the place where
bruin fell was three miles in straight line
from camp We left the 400 pounds of food
lying on the ice and returned to the anxious
party Ia get help i'll bringing the carcass
home. We did not sleep that night until the
dead bear was brought into camp The lieu
tenant gave out extra rations to the men vino
assisted in the work, and made up stew of
all the scraps that were left OF the regular
rations Ii wasn't much, but it seemed quite
a feast to us The bear saved us, for just be
fore it in its turn gave out the rescuing expe-
lition found us New York Letter.
Got the Laugh ON Them.
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