The Anaconda standard., 1889-12-17

Ridge, aays . lott0r 20 thu New York Ssn.
He has b::n oonse.hse, possmA:sec. town
eye now ON the legislature. Seasecsaft is his
hobby, bsss he mingles u with 1laml3es,
agriculture and . general country store.
His only recreation 10 chasing the deer In
. son Uriah. Uriah 10 rising 16, and ID .
stub -and-swiss speciunen Of the true hack
'Riah," said Abner Grimes tho other
day, ''frosn the way the weather looks
belisve thsrs's deer over hack OF the
"WeIi, pop" sa,d 'Riah. ..ies's take the
dog and GO and fetch the deer i'm"
''why, that'a sor' exclaimed Abner. -
~ the suggestion was q sudden revelation
to him. 1--WE can do that, can't we?'
So he took down his gun. called the dog.
and he and Uriah started for the moun-
s sr Ssina f: si: ssS to Sans shs ,oS
and drive the deer, while his father stood
on a ridge at q runway. and put lead i'm
Hut Uriah had q big hunting knife in a
sheath at his side. The knife was to he
used To cut the deer. throat after the ami
hung up. When they reached the moun-
runway and started 'Riah on TO tho right
Of the ridge to start the deer from its hid
ing,Iiase; ,ass !: ,,,.. ,R,., .. . hi. to. /, s.,,,
Abner. ''Don't waste time or any fawns."
'Riah went OH with the dog. and, he
the dog Struck a trail and away he went.
'Riah followed, and in less than ten rods
came up with the dog. II might have
IL il was il had led plump against a six
foot bsarand the six-foOt bear had his
hack against n rock and his eye. ON the
dog. The latter, emlDOldlened by the pres-
ence of his master, pitched into the bear.
The bear welcomed the dog TO his eTn-
s"ss.i sai e Sim of Nm with SUCH W vim and psecs. ah
ion that his linn and almost lIesicatetl
carcass just missel 'Riah's head. The
.S-a-a-a-y!" said 'Riah, speaking to the
hear I'm a tone OF remonstrance. by
Jim. that was PeG's hes. dog. and. tell
just then Abncr's voice, mellowed by
distance, but very distinct withal, came
Swn tSs .snsn nm on the r;Jae. aid. o'"
dog, quick"
hear. .if he 'spects me 90 carry that dog
nm this ridge he's mistaken. But won't he
be maaleier'n thunder"
hack to the rock, his eyes swapping and
his jaws dropping foam. 'Riah looked at
the nnjoin.cd body Of the dog: , and then then
unjointer. The latter got tired of waiting
and moved forward to clear the woods of
Hay. 'Riah! came the voice Of Abner
down from the ridge again, and this time,
there was impatience in il. " Why don't
vou come ,p with that Internal tl.,U? q"
~ han't 1ot time to explain that to pop
inst now. said ,Riah m, a confitlentiaI
tone To the btnr. sand I han't 0ojn' ter
nkeer yo, l,y holiein' back to him. v
The bear diein't seem to care whether
'Riah had time for explanations or not,
and evislcntly xvas N rood way from any
Intention OF being scared. He reached
out for 'Rjah with one fore-paw. 'Riah
I,,npc<l forw orsi and socketl the long blade,
of his knife deep in bruins neck. Bruin
connterptl ON 'Rial,'s chest and sent him
ar,rn wiling ON the 0ro.,ntl
The blood spurte<l from the hole the
knife had bored i'm the bears neck. As
'Rinh fell the voice OF the hunter was
again heard ON the hill.
sHay. 'Riah!,' n said Hwhy I'm thunder
don't You come up with that dog ?'
'Riah was too busy to answer just then,
FOR hs, had al he could do to Uet to his
feet befDr., the hear ciimiDs<i on him. The
how and the bear had a lively tussle, hut II
wns a short one, The first stab the hear
received WAS fatal and two other thr,,st,s,
Equally good, let out still more bloo,l, hut
when The bcar fell i'm it's death struggle
He leaned nm against N tree, to get his