The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-03-07

THE BRAVE EXPLOITS OF TWO
COLORADO HEROINES.
lfraia o. nice bet Vet Of uoas-- fsestIecs
Aeceasi % ths Nerve Of Two Western
paassls The skia Nev Vera
a. Eos.

"A
need not remind the reader 81 tho
dangerous character OF the upper Bob
ercek neighborho0d. IL Is only sur
passed by the same region along Bitter
creek. The condition OF both localities
may be graphically. albeit fgurative-
~. described by saying that In each
the old glascutus sharpcns his iangs
on the bones OF his dead. Carrie and
Maude Eamcs. aged respectively is
and 20 years. lived with their parents
on ranch. Their father. Jim Eames.
was away on the grand jury. leaving
them in charge OF the stock. What
was their surprise the next morning
after their fathers departure TO find
that some animal had leaped the ten
foot fence around the horse corral and
killed and BALI devoured large Nor
man stallion. weighing some LOO
pounds The next morning the man
glea carcass OF another horse was
Ioun in the corral. This was not 10
be endured. Shouldering their trusty
repeating rifles, Carrie and Maid
Eames started up the lonely canyon OF
the roaring and raging Bob creek.
They followed the animals trail east
IL by his tracks. which were six
inches In diameter and pressed deep
ia the hard soil metimes .hey
would notice where he had switched
his tail and cut of sapling or shat
tered rock. StlIl they pressed on.
At last. in the afternoon. they were in
the ominous neighborhood where Bob
creek comes out OF the ground. The
wind moaned and sobbcd In the pines.
They could hear band OF Ute Indians
holding dance two miles tho other
side OF the ridge. The sky was over
cast and snow-flkcs flo ted Ia the air.
They pressed on. Ia ten minutes they
came 10 an immense hole In the ground.
down which the tracks led. Ii was
about six feet In diameter. dark and
forbidding. Maude seized large
stone and threw 1t down the hole. 1t
struck the bottom with a crash. In
stantly there came from the cave "A
piercing shrek. bali human, half de-
monlac. We've found HIM" cried
Maude gayly. Carrie grasped her gun
firmly and started to decend. like GEN
eral Putnam OF old. and dislodge the
beast As she did so. common field
mouse. aroused by the stone, ran out
OF the hole. Both girls screamed.
gathered their skirts about their
ankless and mounted convenient
stumps. I'll the horrid place is full
OF mice / am not going into IT," said
Carrie. Neither am /. answered
Maude. The mouse having disap-
peared they determined on new plan.
Securing fir pole twenty feet long
they lowered IL into the hole.
Ii did not touch the bottom. but
Maude had thoughtfully brought a
rawhide lariat and tying this TO the
end OF the pole. they paid out thirty
feet OF II. making fifty in ALL At this
depth they felt something clutch the
pole. They knew that they had got n
bite. and began 10 haul in. Their
catch was game and chung 10 the side
OF the hole desperate. and constantly
emitted ear-piercing, almost human
cries. They feared that their line
would break. but fortunately IL did
not At last they grasped the upper
end Of the pole and gradually began
70 haul that into sight The maddened
monster still continues 10 struggle
and fight at the other end. At last
/ they snw his eycballs cleaning down
in the darkness. Leaving Maud to
land the beast Carrie seized her rifle
Maud gave one mighty pull and his
terrible head appeared above the
opening. Instantly the crack OF
Carries rifle awakened the hiding
echoes OF Bob creek canyon. Another
pull by Maude and the dead body OF
the monster lay at their feet It's
teeth had been 90 firmly embedded in
the end OF the pole that II could not
let 90. IL was an immense panther
or American tiger more commonly
called mountain lion, and weighed up
ward OF GOO pounds Tying the lariat
around its neck the young ladies
dragged II home behind them. where
they arrived in time 70 round up the
stock and make everything snug for
the night When the writer called
the next day he found Carrie embroid-
ering a table-scarf for Christmas
present while Maude sat az writing
desk. busy at poem which she In
tended 10 submit 10 Harper's. A
manicure set and navy revolver lay
near at hand.