Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-05-26

his opportunity, he grabbed the hfst
bear bt the neck and ran across the
opening, pushing bin ahead of hun.
Wneu he had gone a far as the rope
would let him. ho gave The bear last
and heariv shove and let 90. The
( bear 1T The end of the rope sailed up
almost 10 The branches Of the surround
mo trees, and tnen came rushing back.
! he iilpetus OF the rush sent him among
the trees on the other side. The other
bear stood on his launches and gaZed
on the result Of his effort with nnmis
taxable enjoyment. But the SHARED
bear swished back again, and brought
up against the bear that WAS having the
fun, and the next instant the latter was
wrapped in the forelegs OF the swinging
bear in n way that started the fur 10
fiying in all directions. That made the
Young bear mad, and Quick says that
me tooth and nail rough and tumble
that ensued was about the liveiiest thing
be had ever seen in all his experience.
The sspling bent and snapped under
the weight of the two bears. and danced
and tumbled Them around until the dirt
and stones and hair flew about like
chips from planning machine. The
fight lasted but few seconds, for the
fun-loting bear managed TO break the
embrace Of the shared bear, and limped
awav out of the latter's reach, where he
sat down and growled and showed his
teeth ut the bear that had used him so
unexpectedly rough. This bear, discOv-
ering Quick rolling and bowling on the
cabin floor. began his jumping-j acking
in thai direction again. Quick then
proceeded to carry out his resolution to
close the show. He found a stout and
heavy hickory stake in the ce bin.
When the dancing bear swung around
once more to the cabin door, Quick met
him and dealt him tremendous blow
on the nose that stunned him. Before
the bear could recover himself. Quick
killed him with Il few more blows
smashing his skull
In doing this Quck's attention had
necessarily been taken from the other
bear tor the time, but it was drawn
back in that direction in an unexpected
way. The hunter had scarcely dealt
the shared bear the last blow when he
recei> ed blow himself that sent him
SDidW iuR 10 tue 1fOuuus ITO SNld ih-
bled To his feet The second bear had
come up and taken hand in the fight.
Quick had not lost his club in his fall,
but the big bear had followed mp his
blow so promptly that the hunter could
not use his weapon to advantage. He
fled to the cabin The bear followed
him. Quick turned and aimed a blow
with the cu5 The bear parried it with |
one of his forepaws and knocked the |
club out of Qulck's hands. Quick ran |
to small unglazed window in one side
of the cabin, and threw himself from it |
head frs, leaving half of one trousers
leg in the bears claws. Quick had |
scarce y alighted outside the cabin when |
the bear, having come out by the door,
came around the corner. The hunter
ran around the cabin. followed by |
bruin. Quick got back into the cabin "a
few steps ahead, found his club, and as
the bear poked his head in the door be |
was met with blow on his nose that /
felled him like an OK He never got up |
again. for Quick Drained him with |
another blow Slowing the two bears /
in the cabin, Quick completed the fill /
ing of his bottle, and went back and /
finished the deer hunt. -Neio York Sun.