Morning journal and courier., 1893-10-17

ing the air suspIciously, and I feared I would not get 8 shot at him at all unless was quick about it. Accordingly I threw my rife to my shoulder, and, taking hssty
 aim at the broad, fiat forehead, fired.
 '1 was totally unpreparei for the start ling effect of that shot. Almost at the iu- stant my finger pressed the trigger there came puff of white smoke from bshind 8 rock some twenty rods up on the opposite side of the canon, and I saw sn Indian leap to his feet, only to fall back dead while at the same moment s piercIr Q scream, seemingly coming from directly over my head, caused me 10 look quicklv up. In the mid-air, with great paws ont
 stretched and long, sharp nails extended, I
 beheld 6 mountain lion apparently about
 to drop on my head. I bounded to one
 side. As I did so my blood almost frcze
 with horror, for l had jumped directly
 over 6 rsttlesnske. which now Isy not two
 feet from me, with his head reared ready
 to strike.
 Before I could make a movement to
 defend myself from this new danger down
 upon the snake fell the body of the lion,
 crushing out its life. The lion rolled over
 once or twice and then, 10 my surprise,
 lay still. l had not had time to recover
 from the terror and astonishment caused
 by these startling incidents whsn my ears were greeted with terrific believing. and, looking up the canon, I Fa~-ahe elk charging down upon me. l whirled about. intending to seek safety in flight, when, 10 my utter confusion, not dozen feet swsy and directly in tue path must pursue if continued my flight, a monster grizzly bear reared himself up on his hind legs. and with widespread mouth rushed for | me. was in an awful situation. l could see no possible way of escaping. On the right hand was the psrpsndiculsT wall of the canon, and on tho left deep chasm. Before was the grizzly bsSr and behind the rushing elk. Dsath faced me whatever way l turned. I trust I may never feel the horror of that moment again. The gviZziy bear sprang forward 10 seize ar q crush out my life with his strong arms, and the elk gave & mighty bound, his huge horns lowered ready to trsussx my body ''At that moment my heart seemed 10 | sink Into my boots. aud I fell fat upon the ground. With crash like that of the collision of two locomotives, the animals
 met over my psostrste form. The terrific | momentum of tks elk bore himself snd | the bear over my body. Fsr about five seconds there was & tremendous struggle. from then both beasts fell locked tnge' her to the ground, and in a moment more had expired. One of the sharp prongs of the
 horns of the elk had pierced The heart of 1 the grizzly, and the elk's neck had been
 broken by the bear in his des;h struggle. I bousdsd 10 my feet. nnt knowing whelh 1 CT to run or to stand still, 70 sudden, Eu terrible, and s1 many had been The dan 1 gers which had threatened me But every
 thing was guiet a5d al my fres were dead. "On investigation l fCuni that my r!i4 | ball had struck the elk st the bsss of the horns where inc bone is thick and hand
 and after partially stunning hin had l glanced dis0onally scross the canon aud | pierced the brain of the Indian, who, c 'n l cealed behind & rock, was sbout tn i c | upon me. The s5nck of the ball had b=sn | sufficient to defect the aim of the Indisn enough to cGuse him tO mics ne sod io pierce the heart of the mountain lion just | at the moment he spTsDs upon me from 6 | cleft in the rocks above my head. Tbe
 lion landed upon the rEttiesnske and | crushed the life out of him before he bsd
 had time to strike, and The elk and inc
 bssr in their esg-rness to kill me had de-
 stroyed each other.
 ''I call that lucky sho:, a: least for me. because it saved ny life five times, and
 WAS the death of sn Indian, grizzly bear.
 an elk, rattlssneke and mountain lion. '' And the traveller deliberately removed
 the right leg from the knee ot the lift and glanced upward with the loUk of a man who is confident that be is fsyoTite of Providence