The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-05

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JoES W. 8EAELEs.
Spencer r!no from corner OF tOe Office and
passed that to me. There worc pot only
number Of dents IN tho stock. buto plainly
noticeable in tho top of the barrel The bones
aud teeth In tho bottle had been crushed from
tho lower jaw OF Mr.. Scarles by tho Ditto OF n
grizzly bear. while the dcnts In theTiile wcre
made by the gcisaly's teeth also.
WAC then asked Co nut nv bandr among
the darl, brown whtskers just bc@inuiIg to
turn gray. There were dents in the Jaw bone
on both sides that scomed to halI cut 1t OF.
About this time / noticed tina, Ar. Sesrlco
could not readily turn his head. He had plain
ly been pretty well chewed up.
twas on the 18th OF March, 1870. IN The
mountains OF Kern county. California Some
timo before that Mr.. Searcs. with others. had
gono of from tho settlement o. Njsalla for IL
month OF sport with the door In the noun
tains. They wore in part of tho country
neither had visited. and SO had taken n guido
along who had protested to know the haunts
Of tho game but for some reason they did not
have much luck at first. However. Mr. fe.rles
eventually saw big buck upon ledge. md.
getting u shot. knocEodi it over q rrecpico rs 1t
ran and thus scored tho first kill.
Going to the edge of the prccirice to look
over and SEQ whore tho Game had fallen. Mr.
Seares saw two full-grown grizzly bears and n
cub half grown in the canon below. Thereat
he managed to get around close to tho ami
mails. piled one Of them dead across tho dead
body of its mate. and. as the third fed down n
precipitous trail. throw it hand-sprn. fashion
end over end with bullet in the base OF its
head. 1t was this remarkable bag OF game
that sont Mr. Searles into the fight that so
nearly took his life
II Mr. Searles wanted grizzlies. why another
part OF tho mountains was tho place. the guide
said. There We're two the-o that had been
not only large. but bold ana ' fcrocions. '' "'''
That was ;he kind Of bears that searles WAS
went They reached. the spot and pitched
CAMP but because OF foul weather did not see
Meantime seares had shot away atout ali Of
MS GartridGSs snd sent FOR more after the
besds e roaa hs or
stag driver threy tho box s way and thep got
he could hammer tne cHrtrid sea1 through ths
Lick H e tud fHn s,6 dns q Gu S
fire 4 cartridge when In tho barrel: so no kept
on hunting.
right or old cartl!l!cs in tho magazine. and
the e,t thT Find he started ont
SAM ns TOD bis hGrss and thsn wept p poi
tho SIDE nss roaER ss
brush u big grizzly lying in bed. He could
POO no moro than it's nose. but aiming low he
S Has F2sa M brute over when two
Working his way down; seprles cut the
with a, foot on its breast to make tho blood
flow; when q noise va; heard in the thioke:
knew the SOUND. and after u time found the
trail Of another bear.
md searos vas Wet to, ths ska, from H" ths
moist snow that covered tho brush, but he
tool after To the boa" with all the ader OF
Eventually located tho, beast II chaparrnl
ehiSkSt; 1nI workG! aboH , it iHr some time
ross NJ on its lind logs win IS nose not twe.
brush. Tor soarles to back of oven step: the
best he could do was TO point tho rifle across
base So Of tho best jaw and 6uii to TRIGGER,
hoping to send ball into its G,"in., As Inc
Rhof Che Tie Sa
ths h4 a ent as thou Sy s h Ysfeu
pointing at the base q tho bears brain. pulled
e. h.m WE nnoth S WrSncH Sn IN eys!
beast rosc up and turned on hip, open-jawct
s sas I'M %s ps G aJ tS.sw HE nu
his luwer Jaw. Tho neEt blto WAS in the
throat. severng the wind pipe and laying bare
then it grabbed tho flesh OF the shoulder. lay.
ing bare tho bones and, cutting q blood vessel
from which tho blood spurted w so that
ssarle;. lying there. saw it stream in curve
above his face.
As tho boar pulled this mouthful of flesh
clear OF the bones its foot slipped and Searles
rolled over. Ills cont was all in hump OIL his
what does II man think whom q bear is
tearin. him to piecrs| was asked as Mr..
6earles paused in h9 narrative.
"Twon'y years II, California to 10 killed at
iSst by I--ni aN9f !. giizz!y. is what
ing SO very well. was disgusted." IL rooiied.
He WAS as near dead a. evera 1.-Two man was,
but u part OF his discomfort saved him. 1t was
turning cold rapidly. and tho wet clothing be-
Epn to freeze. and this scaled up, the torn
blood vessels Then. In spite of his hcrri-
about his throat H. srsSs and
Iain-Mr. Scarles managed to walk and crawl
e his horse, to mount 1t. though 1t was irac-
t!ouS beast, to ride four miles to camp. and to
reach Los Angeles Hospital. = three days
Journey away. He, lived while tho surgeVns
consulted ,p over tho best way to make him com
When thoy talked about boring through sound
upper teeth In order that they might wire the
piocss OF the lower inv together and to the
unper one, no even managed to kick one oil
shiem from the bedside hall way to tho other
he was rot quite dead after ali. Then one
came VINO patched and pieced and scwed and
Ilastere;. and inspired hone. and In rhroe
weeks the old hunter was up and around, get.
ting we'll IN u why 70 astonlsh even the sur,