Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-28

WAS A GREAT MULE.
THE GRIZZLY BEAR HAD NO CHANCE
FOR LIFE IN TIE FIGHT
with Pete Man Could Travel Any
whore and Need No Weapon Whatever
Asaeacious sAnimalsTh Could Kick
with the Force Of o Pile Driver.
7 II boughtja large iron gray pack mule
70 carry my goods across the Sierra
Neyadas.. Lchristened him Pete. The
day after we started we-Pete and I
came to'a nice grassy place. Itethered
Pete to a tree, allowing him about
twenty feet range, and taking some
ham and crackers out of my haversack
sat down on fallen tree to.eat them.
While Ismunched the ham and crackers
Pete cropped the fresh grass which
grew long .and green. Suddenly he
reared up and snorted in manner that
very plainly said, "Look outp' -
I sprang to ny feet, and it was quite
well did so, for it saved me from the
embrace of a very large, very hungry
and very ferocious grizzly bear, who
was standing erect and preparing to
throw his paws around me. I rushed
for the nearest tree and was up in it in
the winking of aneye.
was safe for the time being, but,
alas, poor Pete! The bear went about
things IN a very cool and complacent
manner. / could see by the expression
Of his eyes that he was taking Pete's
measure, for he cooked his head over on
one side and assumed an appearance Of
great wisdom, as you have seen critics
look at a picture.i ~ -" -. =
.Pete's. behavior, much as I had al
ready learned of that remarkable AMI
NAL, surprised me. When l was SAFE
his alarm disappeared altogether. He
dropped his head and began to nibble
the grass agar He went on with his
grazing just as if there were no such
thing as a grizzly bear in the world. He
wouldinip off the succulent green stems
pnd chew with great steadiness and
regularity, and occasionally / could
hear his contented snort as he struck an
unusually delicate bunch of grass.
PETE KEPT ON GRAZING.
The bear was as much astonished as ]
was. Evidently he considered such. con:
duct without a parallel, for he looked
harder than ever at Pete, then scratched
his head and tried to think out an an.
swer to the problem. But Pete calmly
went on with his grazing and looked
neither to the right nor to the left, while
I sat in my tree and held my breath.
By and by the bear arose, made q
grand circuit around the tree in order
to watch Pete from every angle and
point. Getting no satisfaction out Of
that mode of procedure he came over te
my tree and looked up at me for All an.
swer. But i had none to give him.
Between the bear and me wesleyan to
think that Pete had lost his mind. Per.
haps fright at the appearance of the
bear had so bereft him of reason that
he continued to eat grass through the
mere force of habit.
Soon the grizzly's appetite overcame
his curiosity and he prepared for work.
He seemed to me to make critical ex.
animation of his destroying apparatus.
He stretched his front paws and slapped
the muscles of each with the other. Evi.
IDENTIFY he was satisfied that he was in
good trim, for he showed. his great teeth
with JOY. Heappeared satisfied that he
was fit to demolish a whole drove OF
mules.
These things done, the bear gave the
signal for action. He opened his mouth
and emitted a series Of grow1s which
made my flesh. CREEP, and my hair rise
under my hat. = ~.;s-s =:
|, PETE STOPPED FOR A MINUTE. .
Pete went on grazihgs His counte-
nance expressed no proof that he had
heard the growing of the grizzly. The
latter dropped on all fours, with his
hungry mouth open and his great teeth
disclosed. Still Pete made no sign that
he either saw or heard, but confined his
attention strictly to the business of find
ing dinner. The bear, also having the
latter in view, rapidly approached until
he was in striking distance, and then,
rearing up, prepared to disembowel
Pete and break his neck with one blow.
Down came the outsGetched paws, and
at that moment Pete seemed to become
aware for the first time Of the presence
of the grizzly. He sprang forward, the
paws struck only the air and then I saw
a gray form double itself into ball and
bound upward. Out of that ball few
two legs. which shot. back and forth
with the. rapidity of piston rods, going
thump, thump upon the body of the
grizzly. Up and down went the body
and back and forth wont the two pile
drivers. The bear was struck all over,
on his head, on his shoulder, on his side,
on his paws. He fell in one direction
and then in another. He was kicked
into the air and pounded into the earth.
The breath was driven out of him and
life followed, and at length he lay upon
the ground shapeless mass, every bone
in his body broken, while Pete had qui-
.etly returned to his interrupted grazing
without a hair injured.--Louisville Cour-
ier-Journal.
Crushed.
Young Artist Ito friend who has re-
Gently furnished bachelor apartments)
Charley, dear boy, I admire your taste.
Isee you have little thing of mine
hanging there.
Friend-No; did you paint that9
Young Artist-Yes; I'm proud to say
it's from my brush. by the way, Char
lev. If it's a fail, question. what did the