Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-07-13

pulled 1t back few inches Had not the space been so contracted she could probably have drawn it out, but she did not have fair show to use her strength. Her eyes looked at me over the body of the bear, and if one ever saw fury it was in those orbs. l gave her a couple of shots, hoping to drive her off. think wounded her in the head, for she set up terrible screaming and ran out, but | in two or three minutes she was back again | with moro fury than ever. l now pushed her | kitten forward, hoping she would be appeased at its restoration. It climbed over the bear | and reached her, and she took 1t in her mouth and backed out. was 6 pleased man over this result, for the cave was as hot as an oven, smelled powerfully stout of partners, and the powder smoke almost stiaed me. Be ing bit rattled had brought on an intense thirst, and felt that 1 had got to do some thing pretty soon or suffocate. Pretty soon I crept forward and began pushing at the big carcass, but had not been engaged over two or three minutes when the panther returned She had carried her kitten to place of safety, and was now bent on revenge. She realized that the carcass must be got out of the way before she could come at me, and had I not seized the grizzly by the ears and hung on she would have pulled the body out ; of the cave. She hung to it for half an hour D01OE6 Su0 Qult Iuo JUL, oAAO lAlcA oA0 &SoAASo in 8 way which left no doubt that she would watch at the entrance.
 When the panther had gone struck O match and looked at my watch. It was nearly noon, and was really suffering for water. There was damp spot on the rocks over my head, and licked it with my tongue and in that way got some relief, but l would have traded my whole outfit that day for one glass of cool water. felt that was in 8 bad box, and as Is generally the case in such instances, ! thought of every way out of it but the easiest one. I reloaded my revolver, and planned to wait until the panther would leave the neighborhood, but about o'clock suspected, from the movements of the tunnel, that the one had encountered had hunted up her mate and brought him to the front. Such soon proved to be the fact, but as only
 one could enter the place at & time, 1t was no advantage to them. They took turns tug ging at the carcass of the bear, and the new
 conner would have dragged it out in short order but for my interference There was a
 space of about six inches between the body
 and the roof of the tunnel, and, though the
 fumes of the powder almost choked me, l
 showed my revolver along until close to the
 panther, and then put two bullets into him.
 He let go his hold and backed out, and the
 way he did rave up and down that ravine
 made my hair stand. had wounded both,
 and neither of them ventured into the place again. For about an hour heard them
 growing and snarling outside, and every
 click of their claws on the rocks was plainly
 audible, but by and by they gave 1t up as a bad job and went away.
 It was now close on to o'clock, and I went
 at the carcass with the determination to push
 1t before me It was too late; the limbs had
 stiffened like sticks, and the feet caught at
 every inequality and resisted my efforts | There was, man of 80, a giant insstrength, | a born hunter and Indian fighter, penned up like rat and just as helpless. It came to me, even with all that meat before me, that I was
 doomed to die of hunger, and 1t was only as the sun had almost been lost sight of outside that common sense returned to my aid. The way to rid myself of that carcass was to cut
 it up. It ought to have occurred to me at the very outset, but the race and close pur-
 suit had upset me I had stout hunting knife, and had just begun work on the bear
 when heard the voices of Indians outside l also heard them inside, for one of the fel
 lows crept into the tunnel 6 few feet and
 shouted in his own language to his friends
 outside:
 "It smells very strong of bear in here, but
 the beast doesn't seem to be at home"
 He backed out after finging several mis
 siles at the rear of the cave, and from the voices and movements was satisfied that ii
 was a hunting party numbering eight or ter
 persons They sat down right there for the
 night, and built a camp fire, which reflected
 right into the mouth of the tunnel, and kep
 their chatter a-going until nearly midnight
 They had three or four dogs with them, anC Sthe. miserable CUTS took turns at sticking
 their heads into the opening and trying t.
 raise an alarm. One of the Indians encour
 $ aged his dog to enter, and the animal cam
 almost to the dead bear, and raised such fuss that had the red men been the least sus
 picious they would have investigated dit
 not get wink of sleep that long night, ant
 was a thankful man to hear the Indians nov
 off in the morning about sunrise. They haa
 no sooner departed than fell to work upol
 the bear, and in the course of half an hou , had cut him up so that could squeeze out AS the Indians had gone down the ravin from the mountain expected they woul discover my camp and lie in ambush for me , There was also likelihood that the will , beasts had killed both mules during tn [ night.
 7 Luck was with me, however. The Indian ! crossed the valley too high up to discover m l camp, and found the mules safe and sounG That afternoon, as I was looking after som traps set on Q creek about a mile from camp [ E found a panther dead in @ thicket. He wa , an enormous fellow and had two bulle wounds, and it did not need much cogitatin t to convince ms that he was the male of th I pair which sought to get at me in the cav' t One of the bullets had gone square into h 3 head, and almost any other animal woul 8 have died at once, but he had not only su. f vived it for two or three hours, but ha
 travelad a long five miles from the cave. Hindoo Courmets in Paris.
 Q BRIrLAr Savarla might have added anot he 1 page or two to the fourth Miditation in h - "Physiologie du Gout," wherein he descan , on appetite and gives proof of the prowess 3 certain big eaters, had he witnessed wh' ? happened in famous res saurant on the Bou @ evard tho other night Three rather gigant d natives of Hindostan dined at the restaural a: preparatory to their attendance at an adj o cent theatre. They had banquet fit for thrt o Gorgons, and succeeded in putting away D an enormous mass of all the edible commod l, ties of the season, which were duly washe d down with a copius supply of the be # wine from the cellars. After that they we