Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-07-19

thor q she cast ana soutn ana L was
an x,o,f to bag both of them, which l
tbouot | might make sure of doing
If tbea attacked my bait, as l might
ooqiIv bore them both with single shot
from l'y Winchester express if they got
in rar -.
secodI lther, then leapcd the channel
AZ @ pc cam with catlike jumps, aud
anra.I the elk which they cautious
i IA ith pointed noses. re-
ioid prospect of securing two
su b. pficeut cats.
Hne u them, the larger and male,
90 up to the bait frs t, snuffed it over,
rot the fresh blood about the neck,
tbd yith sudden proprietary air he
M, gtcd the carcass with his forefeet,
gas. e. satisfactory purr, that sounded
lilI muiiled drumming of a
mar Wings, and switched his tail
abo swapping motion at the
ons n cat with fresh caught
mose z COl9ews might have done.
4.rht took her turn at licking
tI,ebloo and snarled her cat
nlesnel prospect of gratuitous
feas II I'd not seem to be in the
le1ass,.n, 2r they made no move
towad az ring, but after snuffing
and .seAmsA- The game for bit they
sat abeut Scratching leave and dirt over
it, with the evident intention of pre-
serving or hiding it for future use.
"Thhking my time had now come
shifted my position carefully, and
brought my gun to bear upon them,
waiting only for an opportunity to make
one bullet kill or cripple them both, as
ieafed that the unhurt one would get
out Of sight before could get fair
shot at 1t.
"su ldenIy, the big one threw him.
self upon the elk with harsh snarl, his
hair Using on end, his cars laid back,
and bis tail swift ching viciousIy as he
lay aafull length, his head turned away
from me, evidently watching some OBJ
ject doSn the canon. The female, too,
advanced nearly beside him, her hair
sticking out like bristles, and her angry
snarling was deeper and more threaten
ing than his.
"At first l could see nothing of the
INTRUDER against which this feros threat
enRg was launc led, but | more than
suspected its nature, and my excitement
rose. Either another lion or a bear was
approaching, l felt certain, and SO it
proved; it was a grizzly, ana one of the
largest had ever seen!
"He reared himself suddenly out of
the bed of the little stream, only few
yards from the lions AMI the elk. He
had been travelling up the bed of the
creek, ,-as bears often do in a shallow
stream. and attracted by the snarls
of the lions who had heard
him oming had emerged to see what
the fnss was about
''To my delight he took in the situa-
ton at glance and without a minutes
hesitation he shambled toward the bel
ligerent cats, mingl'ng his hoarse
growls with their savage snarlings.
had heard that the mountain lion
wout not run from grizzly, but did
not 5elieve it, and despite the fearful
threatning of the two before me, l ex-
pectcd to see them give way as the mon
strous bear came up. Imagine my as
tonishment when. as the grizzly charged
within leaping distance, both of the
panehers sprang upon him instantly.
.saasa sass X ~.
scene which followed Both brutes
pounced upon the grizzly tooth and nail
and closed with him in such a fury Of
savage outcries as made my hair rise,
and my whole body prickle with intense
excitement.
"The grizzly reared as the two ami
mails struck him; as he came up into a
sitting position upon his launches he
shook the female lion from his shoulder.
But the male lion held him by the
throat, his twany body lay along the
bears body, a@d his hind legs were
worrying with lightning-like speed and
strength.
The bear opened his mouth wide,
and lroared as he turned his head side
wisd and downward, and strove to catch
his fntagonist's neck with his teeth. He
faildd in his attempt, but at the same
monlent he caught the lions body
just below the shoulder in a
cIut4 p Of his terrible claws, which
seeul ia literally to hatten the snimal
betJeen them