The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-09-09

But the bear had no intention of
leaving the man that had wounded
her, and commenced clawing the tree
as If she wanted to tear it to pieces
She ran around the tree in a frenzy,
and then, putting her fore legs about
II; commenced to shake it as hard -
she could.
Tke tree was dead and rotten; and
Charley could feel it give. Little by
little it trembled, and then commenced
to shake from top to bottom. 1t did
not seem possible that one would DO
able to move it. but there was a sud-
den forward movement, then came .
cracking of wood, followed by o crash,
and before Charley could jump in any
way to save himself, he had fallen to
the ground with the tree. He fell FROM
the branches and struck the ground
hard. so that he was stunned for mo-
ment, and when he came to he ex-
pected to find the bear on top of him:
That he didn't was something 81 i
SURPRISE but when he looked around he
dirily saw his antagonist few feet Oh,
Struggling to free herself from the
trunk of the tree, which she had pulled
on top Of herself.
1t was not very heavy, and she would
have succeeded in her effort had not
Charley picked himself up and got hold
of large stone that he held in his
hands and struck the bear over the
head with 1t. The blow only stunned
her for a moment, but he struck her
several times and soon she lay quiet.
He knew she would be unconscious
for several minutes, so he ran for his
rife and then went to see how Harry
was getting along. He found things
just as he left them, and went for the
cub, which was still keeping the dog
busy. A few blows with the rife soon
put the little fellow to sleep for good.
as the heavy barrel crushed his thin
skull as II it were china bowl
When the cub lay still tho dog did
not seem the least exhausted, but went
to where the old bear was under the
tree to see how she was getting along.
She was still unconscious, SO he lay
down near by to wait until she came TO,
as he could tell that she was not dead.
But this never happened, because
Charley, as soon as he saw that Harry
was all right, managed to fix his rife 30
that he could shoot with it. and put .
couple of bullets into the bears heart
as she lay under the trunk of the tree.
This ended the fight, and Charley and
the dog went to where Harry was lying
and sat down fof moment to breathe:
Harry was very weak, but there were
no bones broken. He was scratched
about the arms and face, but the ter=
rible squeezing he received had bruised
his chest and crushed his lungs until he
could hardly breathe. He said that he
didn't know what had happened to him
until he felt the bear dragging him out
of bed and carrying him off. He strug-
gled, but, of course, it di d no good, and
had it not been for Charley waking up
he would, no doubt, have been dew CURED.
While they were talking the dog had
gone to sleep. but suddenly pricked mp
his cars and listened He heard q noise
and started for pile of rocks a few
hundred feet away, where it was evil
dent that he found something from the
way he commenced to bark.
Charley did not feel much like doing
any more hunting but he took his rife
In moment and ran to the spot. But
It didn't amount to much. Only lame
bear cub In . very deep rift Ia the
rocks.
The little fellow just about had room
to turn around and could hardly have
got out by himself, even If he had not
been lame. Charley could have killed
him. but concluded to let him live and
come after him some time.
When he went back and talked with
Harry about it they both agreed that
the cub was brother to the one that
had been killed. 1t was also clear that
the old she bear had intended Harry as
meal for the youngster and would
have tbrown'him down to be eaten.
Charley obtained some water at q
water hole near by, and in an hour
Harry was strong enough to stand on
his feet and be helped home. He is
still sick in bed from the effects of his
hugging, but is getting better all the
time.
Charley went after the cub the next
day and he is now chained up in front
of Harry's tent He is quite tame and
his lame leg is about well. But Harry
never looks at him as he rolls over play
fully on the ground without thinking
how near he came to feeding the young
Francisco Call.
They Go to Heaven.
Black Sammy is q noted boy in the
Sunday school Ais teacher was one
day trying to make the class see the
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