The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-10-26
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as he paused - sssasesssely put has
right leg ACROSS The hrcs 81 his, left and
glanced penassty Exa shssreet. The
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When Wss sss - sedrs younger
tnan am nov, stCsernsd the traveler'
81 was exoss2Heay So0d of hunting.
One fall my love a <Ais sport led me to
take hunsiax tzie n IA Rocky noun
tains. Iwss sufAssss eed wanted to
sad a grizzly hssr Ala and a few elk
heads 10 NM sSkusS3an q trophies. and
fncidentaliy. IL 81 ts5eha be, b let day.
light through n hossn or .Swo.
"Well. for tvS weeks hunted with
out getting sisas Of kstr or track of elk,
hear or Indss.- and sAs thing was be-
ginning TO rss x,Snoszn<us, when one
Afternoon fond ne tyaSsrsng the bot
tom of n deepoezvea. I was alone, my
puide having resszrins,i In camp on &C.
count of a snr,s~es rxfkfe. The bed Of
the CANYON was re~tvSh deep assures
and covered vfsA gzsas rocks, and it's
sides were scanned snd cracked. A few
stunted shrub, 80 trees of the kind the
elk is fond Of iseaing Upon, grew along
the sides and bsseesa of The canyon, and
Ihoped to find some q the animals here
cropping the tss.dsr tz<-gs At last, Just
as I rounded q htgh E,efst of rocks, |
caught sight ef a elk, q noble fellow,
standing SONS 10 rods ND the CANYON
with his face toward ra He was nos
ing the air sussic;s yrsHv. and feared
that I would not. ces : gaoS at him unless
was oufcs sAers i. Accordingly l
threw nv riSs te Ysv f;eoolCer. and tax
inc basty am, - So sesaa. fat forehead
fired.
al was $csSsy ur7As0ared for the
startling css<s Of Eszs th,t. Almost at
the instant xs< Sszor ed the trigger
there came . ruE 81 ghsse smoke from
behind a rock ssxas IS rods up on the
opposite SIDE al s.s eSzua, and saw an
Indian lear - rs kees ossiy to fall back
dead. while at 80 tsze ssa1nent pierre
ing scream, sss-C.,.f5 senfng from d.
rectly over ny t>sd. cs7sea nae to look
Quickly I'D. In Ne .r1i6e.r, with great
paws outstretehvs and ioac. sharp nails
extended, behe.s = moan tain lion APP
parently sbo1t to Sroi, CT nv head. I
bounded to one sda. Us I did so my
blood almost h~oze with horror, for /
had Jumped direc4iy o<,Sg rattlesnake,
which now hay rot i've fest from me,
with his head yeszad rsa,;y to strike.
Before could rnake a movement to
defend mvssif fscss tILs new danger
down upon tie snaks sell tie body of the
lion, crushing out i6s Lie. The lion
rolled over oeos e. E,Eias and then, to
nv surprise. lsy gsiIl. ! had not had
time to reoorsz freza tie terror and as
tonishm.ns caused h. .-,ess startIng in
cidents uh1sa my sss wsve greeted with
a terrific f,e.sswinz, sra locking up the
CANYON / szzr tses ak .saarging down
upon NE. Irvsel sesSs, intending to
seek satisfy r. a3asss, x,sssz, to my utter
confusion, ses = 6oazs tsss away and di-
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