Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1891-12-26

81 W y AAtiA IN the NNfEuN pain anu
! irl; rather than saN die dawn oidny
Was IA hand There WAS a strange
stir 10 tile mr., as though the feeble
breath u life had come back 10 the
deaI and inanimatc nature.
over beyond tho eastern mounts ain
tops the stars were gro wing pale The
iir.i GRAY ttugg 81 dawn Was coming
long way Oh
llay came slowly. noted this with
surprise, ior | had any Number oi
times read descriptions 81 dawn III the
tropics wherein IL was represented
that dny came with bound ont OF
the blArknrss 81 the night. Perhaps
thr writers 81 these descriptions had
wasted until the san had already rcd.
drned the eastern sky before watch.
nv '0r the dawn From the time that
] noticed the first faint gray strca Is
lD iho sky until the sun WAS actually
SHINING on the mountain tops IL was
Perhaps littln more than an hour.
ilNvc scen the dHy break Ia he Rocky
Mountains 10 the same length 81 time.
Wliti the only difference that III the
tropics tile day came more swiftly
after the rosy lights had come into the
sky Between the first grnys 81 the
early morning and the rosy hues 81
actual day there was little difference
q TIN CordillerAs and the Rocky
Mountains,
lrnuld have watched the coming
day for another hour. but az soon rs
~. ~. al
ing objects Manuel carefully chose n
spot which could occupy during the
Impending glndtatorial exhibition. It
Was tho peak 81 a high rock that al
most overhung the path that he even.
tlAliy chose. aud with some difficulty
] climbed TO the top Of It Nature
evidently had intended the rock
Tor some such purpose as this,
ior Z gave n good view Of the path for
some distance on each side | could
easily have seen any animal walking
upon Il for n considerable distance in
either direction There was plenty Of
evidence, too, that tho advantage OF
TINS peak as a lookout station had
tecn appreciated and used by other
hunters than man. fndicai ions show
q that wild beasts presumably tigers,
md crOnched here in wait for nnsus
pertlng prey. This discovery gave me
. mud sensation might be reason
Rbly snie from the attack of n tiger in
NE path below, but | hesitnted To
hunk what would he tho result il n
tiger came mp and found mo oc-
eupying his private personal outlook.
When ] was comfortably concealed
behind the rock, although in posi-
ton TO keep careful watch OF the ex-
posed parts of the path Manuel dis
appeared. He was standing by the
nase OF the rock one moment and
INC next moment he had
vanished, He must have gone like
serpent, for'I heard no sound. Then
was alone on q tigers favorite re-
sort IN an unhaunted South American
forest. TWAS hardly apleasant sensa-
'lon, especially as my revolver seem
eu 70 he, as doubtless IL was, n very
inadequate weapon. A suspicion
might have crossed my mind that
manuel had left me there as q bait for
atlger, but would not give it a NOM
eht 8 eredence.
W. NtiN tiOlHth VII lilt llAthtapnih
sue by this time, and some OF them
We're 80 distinct that | could distin-
dnlsh them Small animals were
scnlnpering about in the underground
ana birds were calling in the trees. A
connection among the birds somedis-
lance down the path attracted my
attention, and | wondered il tiger
mad stirred them up, or if Manuel had
strayed as far away as that. A few
moments later there was another
connection in the distance on the
9ther hand of me, but / gave little
need to it. On the right hand side OF
~ e path a small creature, something
IKE North American woodchuck,
stopped short in his leisurely morning
walk and shifted suspiciously ut the
nr ! was to leeward of him in the
llght breeze that had sprung up, ana
so no could not have scented me. He
smiled q moment IN the direction OF
,he first disturbance, and then sudden
y diyed headlong into the under
growth. Assutedly there was something