Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1892-11-11

y lcit tudI tntTe WAS SOlnetnln
i wrong about the cabin. He fel
4 afraid. He lighted his candle an,
e when he could see nothing lying il
S wait for him in any of the corner
D he peered into, he looked under hi
, bed to see if some murderous fel
low were not concealed there
Seeing nothing he concluded t,
. give j: up and 60 to bed.
When he turned down his blan
kets he found, to his astonlshment
his pet rattler coiled up in thu
, center of the bed. He had founc
a nice warm place and did no.
approve OF being turned out of it.
Not peg would he move and when
an attempt was made to poke him
out of the bed he raised a warning
note at once and reared aIoft his
head for fight.
The snake was finally lifted out
of the bed on sluice-fork and
killed. The miner was cured of
his fondness for pets of that kind
by the little experience of that
night. In telling the boys about
1t the next morning he said
Suppose l had not been to the
theater and had gone with my
usual jag on. @hy | would have
tumbled into bed without lighting
my candle, that snake would have
bit me and before morning | would
have been stretched In my bunk a
dead mani"
Scotch DAM AND THE GRIzzEY.
In the fall of 1861, prospector
known as "Scotch Dan" came to
Silver City and pitched his tent, a
small square cotton affair, at the
edge of Gold Canon, about twenty
rods above our little cabin settle
ment. That season the fall rains
set in unusually early. One dark
and rainy night we were aroused
by frightful yells and calls for
help, There we're four or five
cabins'near mine, and when | had
jumped into my duds and got out,
revolver IN hand. | saw lights
beginning to appear IN the win
dows oflthe other miners.
The man was in front of the
cabin next below mine and was
yelling:
"Hello, you in therel Come out
for Gods sake come and help
mel"
"Vhat are you yawling about
there?, cried /.
"Holp! want hslpp cried. the
man.
"a man that can yell as you are
doing is not likely to die right |
away" said |. "Who are you?"
'T'm Dan-'Scotch Dan, they |
call me. There's bear after mel'
"A bear after you? Where is
he?" cried |.
"He was right at my heels a
minute ago. He can't be far away
nowp
"The devil" said I, "thcre is
no bear this side of the Sierras,
twenty miles away"
By this time my neighbors be-
gan to appear andgathered about
Dan.
"Whats up? What have you
seen? Tell US what's the matterl"
cried the boys.
"Well," said Dan. "I WAS ly-
ng sound asleep in my tent when
, terrible big grizzly bear smash
I'd in one side of it and jumped
,nto me as | lay in my bed, and
began to try to get his paws round
ne to hug me. At the same time
le was trying to tear at me with
lis teeth-I could feel him slob-
,ering in my face"
"Well, what then?" asked o,e
,f the boys.
"Well, then" said Dan, 81 strug
,led with him-he growing at
ne as savage as tiger. / wrestled
With him and got him off me.
Then [ jumped out of the tent
md broke down here for help
With the bear suappin' and growlin'
1t my heels!" said poor Dan, whose
eeth were chsttering with fear
md cold, as he stood before us
n the ram in his shirt and drawers
Getting q lantern we went in a
,ody up the canon to Dams tent
sure enough one side of it had
)een smashed in. We could see
hat when we were yet a rod away.
"Whistl ListeDl" said Bill Wal
ace. "By THE Lord, there is some
hing growing in the tent"
"Yes," whispered Ed. Allen. 81
lear something There's something
n there surel 1t sounds like a
lam wiidcatW
This is just the night for'em,"
Bill Wallace, "Now,
hen," continued Bill, "all of you
De ready with your revolvers and