Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-02-08
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| near the cache, moved with the utmost
/ caution and in breathless silence. Their
| hearts beat violently. and for the first
time little Mr.. Keely began to wish he
| had gun 1t was by this time nearly
nine o'clock. and in the first darkness Of
a September night. While Tip Fergu-
| son slowly reconnoitered and peered into
| the darkness the procession halted and
| the doctor lighted the kerosene torch
| Under its light the party found the tree
| which in the afternoon they had pre-
| pared as blind, and in a few moments
all were in it's branches. The cache be-
meath it had not been disturbed Hell
come soon if we keep quiet. they said.
| But he didn't come for long time
The party ''doused" the burning Zero
sene and sat in darkness for two hours
or more. The hard seats in the branch
es the long. tedious vigil. the quiet of
the night and natural drowsiness soon
! relieved the party of its spirits, and the
proposition then was made to go home.
lust then, however. commo-
ton in the bushes was heard. 1t
grew louder and louder. Then there
was a roar, and pretty soon rustic in
another direction. 1t was evident that
there was not only one bear approach
ing. but two. This discovery was quite
enough to keep every hunter in his
perch But the grizzlies did not come
near the tree. They seemed to meet in
the bushes about twenty yards away,
and to be bent on having a good time
until the breakfast hour. They growled
81 Oh
played for nearly two hours. The half
frozen hunters in the trees could see as
the early dawn approached the chapar-
raj move like waves in the sea. but they
I could see nothing to shoot at An hour
later daylight came and the bears be-
gan to think of breakfast. Slowly one
of the monsters emerged from the
brush. He was a tremendous animal,
weighing good deal more than half
ton. He came along with that lazy and
peculiar shuttle 50 characteristic of the
grizzly His companion. evidently a
female. was smaller but none the less
formidable looking. The hunters pro
posed to open fire, but Mr.. keeiy
pleaded for just one more chance with
his lariat. This was reluctantly
granted. for all were in great haste to
erd the business.
This story might have had a very diff
ferent ending had Mr.. Keely been refused
permission to try his lariat. 1t wa lue to
a most untoward circumstance connected
with the lassoing OF grizzlies. with
which Mr.. Keely was unfamiliar, that
the tale ends as it does. In order to ia
cilitate his use Of the Iariat Mr.. Keely
..,s given the topmost perch in the
somewhat fragile tree, and to better Sc
cure his prey when caught he had made
the home end" of the rope securely fast
about its trunk.
The wig bear approached the cache,
unconscious OF danger. When within
few yar(s of the tree and just within laSso
range Mt. Keely let fly his lariat. Alas.
he had i2arned his vaquero lesson too
we'll The -ope went out with fierce
swish. il gracefully unwound its coils in
the air. and in a second its loop was
around the bears neck. Unfortunately
it caught him with one forefoOt out so
when taut it came around his breast and
shoulders. The bear was greatly aston
ishcd, and gave forth roar which sent
his mate flying to the brush to protect her
cubs. Then he picked at the entangling
rope, but Mr. Keely} with true wlquero,
skill. frightened the loop, and he could
not shake it off. Disguised and now
thoroughly alarmed, the huge grizzly
made plunge for the brush Mr..
Keelv paid out his rope with the skill
of whaleman till it brought up with
snap and whirl which made the very
air echo. Fortunately the tree-tOp
gave and the sudden check and spring
landed the bear on his back. Now be-
gan a struggle between rope bear and
tree, which promised startling results
to the hunters. They foresaw this, for
Tip yelled Cut the rope; he'll have us
up by the roots" Fire at him."
screamed the doctor, but who could fire
and hold on for dear life at the same
time? The bear was furious and
struggled with all his strength. The
rope was new and of the toughest hide.
He's got us like trout on the end of
rod" gasped Commissioner Redding as
he grasped the slender tree and held
on. Meantime tse bears efforts re-
doubled. He pulled and tugged at the
swaying tree till it almost bent double.
At last with a mighty roar he
gave-one plunge. Down came the
tree-top to the ground, and up came its
roots The hunters jumped for their
lives. Relieved OF tire spring on the
lariat, the latter snapped like a cord,
and the bear, finding himself free,
doubled on himself and made for his en-
Snarers. Then came a race for life.
Fortunately. the monster was impeded
by The trailing lariat and the swamp
was near Into it pell-mell plunged the
fleeing nimrods. All were unarmed-
their guns were shaken out of the tree
early in the scene. The doctor went
into the water up to his chin and the
rest foundered through up to their
waists OF course the bear would not
follow them in the mud, and so ended
the contest.
sorrier-looking party never was
seen than that which, stiff, sore and
half-frozen. found its way an hour later
to Greenwood's cabin. Mr.. Greenwood
lid not chide them. He simply went
behind his cabin and laughed for good
hour. The hunters themselves had no
spirit for joking. and not one of them
would under any circumstance speak to
Mr. Keely. Their disgust with him was
marked. Chicago Times.
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