Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-03-12
TORN TO PIECES BIZ a REAR.
A scout's Thrilling E.pesieaes - sAs M
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From the San Francisco Kaansnsr.

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From the San Francisco KxAnsnsr
I'm 1876 WINS in the service ~ . scout q. ~
Big Horn expedition We were on husk Cr~SA
branch OF the Big Horn. in Wyoming, ssa che
scouts were riding ahead, keeping loolsous epr
Indian signs. In the advance were I'm Cody
and old California Joe. Barrett tle trooper.
and myself just beyond us ives u troop Of
the third cavalry.
seeing something move in the saes hruah
about 200 yards away, called The sstsutioa of
the Others to il. In . moment Cody ia:
1t 5 bears give it 10 him, Billy : ana bsaasd
away. The bear broke cover and rsa % u,
creek and an OF US fired at him Some Of tAs
bullets hat him. but he didn't stop. BE tum-
bled down the high bank and crossed the cessk
on a beaver dam. Barrett dismounsed. ul6d
down the bank and followed ths bear sorou
the beaver dam.
There was large pool sbovs the dam. "a
between the pool and the opposite slun vas .
rank growth Of tules, into which he bear -
gone out OF sight California Joe shouted %
Barrett not to go into the tules. That bas's
hnrt. said Joe, and he fight in thsA brusA
All OF ne told Barrett to be esrsful. bnt 49,
only made him mad. Think l never hunted
bar before! be growled and, paying no atsen-
tion TO our Warnings hs began nAksae III ~
into the tules
The firing had brought the troop m IN q
hurry, and the whole command ~ss ssrane cut
along the blum watching BAsrett. Psshaps
Barrett had hunted bear before but he aid -
most foolish thing ever saw done BY q nan
IN this world. Instead of holding his carnino
In both hands and parting the tulee with ths
barrel as he advanced, he held II in his rieht
hand by the middle Of the barrel sad pusSsd
the tuies out OF the way with his isft hani-
I'm moment the tules closed behind hin
and the next instant his carbips came vhirainG
through the air anu fell into the pool INea
came the most awful shrek I ever heard God!
can hear II now. The tubes swayrd sna
cracked and out came Barress and The b>ax.
locAed together and wrestling for life, Bar.
rett back was toward us, and he was strua-
Cling with all his strength 20 drag Sne besr
across the narrow strip Of open ground int
the water.
Forty carbipes and three long ri8s, vs~
cooked and leveled in an instant, but B.rr00
was between US and the bear and ~ dared uos
nre. Don't take your eyes from the besA'
said old Joe to me. Watch for an Oman M
and let go. And there We stood, more thaa
forty men, on top Of the bluff and noe moeo
tIep nifty yards away, watching the desA
struggle on the narrow strip of sand, the mus-
zio of every gun following the motions Of ne
man and bear and every finger aohina 90 pres
trigger. Three men Of the plains and The
whole troop OF veterans stood there Win every
nerve strained. and not q shot could be arsd
but while We old frontiersmen stood shsrS
sighting our rifles to no purpose one Of the
troopers, O raw recruit named George Penny
royal, from pennsylvania, aid down the bank,
crossed the beaver dam and ran ND TO vhsse
Barrett and the bear were fighting Stoopiag
down beside them the trooper poked the mpzsie
OF has carbine into the bears mouth asd pulled
the trigger, and the whole top of the bears
head went up in the air.
old California Joe looked at the boy In Cd
miration, and turning TO Cody he said: .Hil
we've let a tenderfoot come along and show ~