Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-10-12

angles OF the dangerous rocks. FOR
twenty good minutes had fought that
monarch Of tbs brook before he had
turned his FURNISHED, quiverinp side
upward and surrendered and here was
a nangcy, refuse-eating thief Of the
swamps, dining on its delicate. sayory
richness! 1t was more than | could
stand, and | advanced upon the sacri-
legious brute with murder In nv heart.
am sorry 10 confess that it didn't get
out OF my heart, for the best thing
could do WAS to pick up big stone
and chuck it at the bear. The stone
hit the bear on the side OF the head.
and Bruin yelped like whipped dog.
But he kept right on with his meal OF
trout. At that moment, much to NV
surprise, Bruce reappeared on the
scene, He had evidently discovered
that he had ceased to be the one alto
gether lovely in the bears estimation,
and had slipped back to reconnoiter.
Seeing the sudden and unexpected
burst OF courage on my part he had
braced up himself, and as the stone
threw struck the bear the dog sailed in
with amazing fury and attacked Bruin
in the rear. The bear turned and
made an ugly dash at Bruce. Bruce
retreated with neatness and dis
patch. and the bear promptly
returned to his pleasant task Of
absorbing my catch oftrout. Ichucked
| stones and Bruce returned to his nip
| ping the bears heels, but the bear sim
| ply howled when he was hit and dashed
at the dog at convenient intervals. As
the trout disappeared one by one, and
with aggravating rapidly my courage
gradually acted as Bob Acres did, and,
arguing to myself that Bruin in all
probability now had it in for Bruce
and me more than ever, and that as
soon as he had encireled the last of my
trout he would proceed without hesita-
! ton to give his attention to us, / be-
| gan to put more space between myself
aud the bear preparatory to grand
and mastery retreat when the time
came. ] backed away. Bruce had APP
parently got on such good terms with
himself that he imagined the bear was
afraid to engage him in actual conflict,
and so he remained on the field, nag
ging at Bruin.
The last trout disappeared. The
bear turned and bore down on Bruce
like an animated cyclone. / turned
and ran. Bruce, in some way or other,
evaded the rush OF the bear and fol-
lowed me. The bear followed Bruce
The procession was lively one. The
bear, being loaded with trout. didn t
make as good time as he might have
done, but it was good enough to suit me.
was twenty-five feet ahead Of Bruce,
and Bruce was twenty-five feet ahead OF
the bear and gaining. The indications
were that Bruce would soon put me
second in the race. when | caught my
foot in a root and tumbled heels over
head. ! rolled over and over and
came up on my feet without making a
stop in my course, but my remarkable
drop and my pickup seemed to confuse
my dog, and he fumbled around in the
brush so that the first thing he knew
; the bear was dead onto him. There
was an immediate ENHANCEMENT oil
! bear and dog, and during the diversion
| made for tree. / had never climbed
a tree in my life, but wasn't the whisb
of a lambs tail in shining UP that one
As soon as l got there turned to take
| a survey of the field.
II don't know how it ever happened
but my dog had managed to Olsen
tangle himself from the bear, and wa
even then busy in putting great gap
of daylight between himself and Bruin
1t may have been that my trout hat
amply rewarded the bear for his day
; sport, or it may have been that in tn
little wrangle between him and tn
: dog the latter had developed point
: that surpassed the bear, but which
> ever it might have been, Bruin stoppe
: finally, gazed after the dog, cast
glance at me safely crouching in tn
branches of the tree, and then turne
and slouched back toward the brust
y II was not inclined to lay the Sigh
u est obstacle in the way of the bear
departure, but Bruce, who had stoppe
l. in his wild flight, seemed suddenly
- have come under the control of tn
u old bow himself; and what did he d
+ but bristle up and start after that II
u treating bear as if he hadn't had e.
u perience enough with it already to sa
le isfv any dog that ever lived. The bes
II was either unaware of Bruee's advan(
Ie or didn't care any thing about it, for
II was not until the dog nipped him
h one of the hind legs that he turned
:, The turn was a fierce one, aud Brut
~ came tearing back toward my ire
IL AGAIN. faster than he had gone ava,
= The bear stood moment gazing att
g the dog, as if undecided what to q
~ with him. Then he seemed to ha'
" made I'D his mind that the best thin
= to do would be to settle the pestllero'
IL dog once and for all, and he start'
u. after Bruce at rate of speed tn
e' would have surprised a race-hors
u Bruce apparently hooked upon po'
y ton in under my tree as safe al
= impregnable one, but the bear quick
stormed it.
Bruce started and ran IN ere
az around and around the tree, and L
Ill bear followed. For at least five mi