Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1888-07-06


ore heard him working his way wor
b, and by thi, time had re- voi'
overed by breath and nerve. was the
.criaia he could not reach me within int
x feet, aad was rather glad to hear his
BIN Wheeling and snoriiag as he pulled
bin elf along. BY and Ly saw his 9u
eyes shiac. lie could come no further. ~
His claws dug at the rocks a1d his roars
Of rage dea'encd M, but / was safe. 1t w.
was now my turn, AMI gave him two ~
shots from The revolver which caused ."
him to re lodble his roats Of rage. For III
about ten minutes l felt Stry queer -
over the situation, but all Of a su len it ID
Jtluck me tn ha gained nothing by u,
Dc change. In paci 0! bciag fugi- :, =
five W IS prisoner. The bear showed
no di,po itio1 10 retreat and l now be- ="
came aw re Of the fact that the cave had
rank smell an that the boly of the
bear prcveitcd the fresh air from enter
Ing, felt that must drive him out,
and 1di a very foolish thing. | edged
nearer to him an ut four bullet into
his head; and after long-drawn moan
be clio cd Iii cy aud did. ] congrat-
u,atcd elf for a moment but then 1t
aawncd upon me that had choko1 up
The passage to liberty With the carcass
Of a bear wei hing at least 600 pounds.
thought might be able to push it be-
fore me, lut when ] made the attempt
could not stir it an inch. l had done
n IN idiotic thing, aad there was no way
10 repair the error.
was wondering how should get
y dut of 1t, when l heard the scream
ls Of another animal at the entrances oil the
T. cave, and in moment more realized
" that the mother OF the cub panther had
On arrived. 1t was we'll for me that the
n BODY Of tho bear blocked the entrance.
ne The panther went vii with fury when
is her kitten berau to call. She bit aud
ms awed at the bear, and by great effort
or, pulled it back f3w inches. Had not
its The space been SO contracted she could
les nrobablv have drawn it out, but she did
IS not have fair show to use her strength.
,ars Tor ewes looked at me over the body o
t | The bear, and if one ever saw fury 1t wa
l1h IA those orbs. l gav, her couple o
ives Knots, hoping to drive her eff. thin
ID / wounded her In the head, for she SC
+ Of INA terrible screaming and ran ou
fire 6ut in two or three minute' she Wa
.rol aek aoain with more fury than eve
sn..nn he'd her kitten forward, no
- o,,,1 be appesssd at its resto
a'' = lflfon. l. CLIMBED over tho bear ar
him keachcd her, and she took it in h
ears mouth and backed out. was please
hit, man over this result, for the cave W
my as hot as an oven, smelled powerful
ver, stout Of panthers, and the powder smol
oy almost stfled me. Being bit rattle
! TO had brought on an intease thir:
and l felt that l had got
ay do something pretty soon
lorn- sufocate. Pretty soon crept fc
val ward, and began pushing at the
raed carcass, but had not been engaged ov
OF two or three minutes when the panth
ows. returned. She had carried her Kilt
had to a place of safety, and was now e
when on revenge. She realized that t
At carcass must be got out of the way |
ight- fore sh1 could com~ at me, aad had
at it not seized the grizzy by the car al
ne Of hung on she would have RULED t
l on body out the cave. She hung to
'hich for half an hour before sh, quit IL
oxen joh, and then sh3 retired in w
was which left no doubt that she wou
'ance watch at the entrance.
ht SO When the panther had gone 1 stru
alto match and looked at my watch.
shot was nearly loon, and i was really suffc
more lpg for water There was damp sp
was on the rocks over my head and
had licked it with my tongu, and ia til
ruck way got som. relief, but l would ha
spun traded my whole outfit for one gl;
l wai Of cool water felt th.t l was in
orm bad box, an as is generally t
orkcd case in such Instances, l thoug
Town, OF every way out of it but the easlt
TT ! one. reloaded my revolver a
'etore panno to wait until the panther wou
other leave the ncighborhood, but about
lat nc clock suspected, from the NOV
,rtake ments II the tunnel, that the one l h
encountered had huntcl up he7 ms
l0' aad brou; hit him to the front. Su
- soon proved to be the fact, but as or
J" one could enter the place at time,
lPP'N was no advantage to them. They to
'''H turns tugging at the carcass Of the be
aud the new comcr would have drarp
l''n'' II out In short order but for nv int
~" ference. There was SPACE of abo
nv 'i4 iache' between the boly and Il
''"Y. .0o' OF the tulael, an |, thou h Il
70 =. lumes Of tn powler almost choked m
y =" showed my revolver oIr until clio
y ',s - 10 the panther and then put two bulc
.I;av, ~ ~ 80 MS HOlt ana DaCk
Ee,r 3 9u'' and the way he dill r,v, up ar
,,tif u0Wn that ravino made my hear stan
~ Wv hs ! mad wounded both and neither
- -, ~ ,aem @ ventured iato the place agai
= ,o,. ! OF about an hour heard them groy
:, q, "g and snariing outside, and eve
7orab 'iek , OF their claws on tn. rocks "
lqrlrr
oonld panty andlbl' but by and by they ga
,.,,z1I, "Gp as bal job aud went aw,y.
! me II was now close on to 8 o'c.ock, al
= and went at the carcass with the detern
l,r,es u,'l0n to push it bc'or. me. 1t was
: hale I'si the limbs htd siiffcned like sticl
oo,sil 3ls I the leet eau ;ht at every inequaIi
fn,thr ,40 resisted my efforts. There | W,
"a my .uan ot 80, giaat in strcagth bo
n and rr raa''' and Indian fighter, penned