Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1894-03-31

" SAVED A ROCKY MOUNTAIN HUM
rER's LIFE frye TIMES.


ne Took Good Aim. and when Q~ies was
one@ Mare Restored No Counted " Five |
Dead Bsaies--Ne wenderHs IL Called =
Famous story Teller.
A group OF men were sitting on the
hotel porch swapping" yarns. ''Some |
people do not believe In luck; well. do,
snd I'll tell you why" said the traveller |
Is he paused and deliberately put his |
right leg across the knee of his left and
glanced pensively down the street. Tho
group pricked up their cara. for the
traveller was famous story teller, and
oil rightly judged that his remark was
but the prelude to the recital Of ons Of
his adventurcs.
.when was some 10 years younger
than am now" continued the traveller.
II was exceedingly fond Of hunting
One fall my love Of this sport led me to
take a hunting trip In the Rocky noun
tains. was ambitious and wanted to
add a grizzly bear skin and few elk
heads to my collection Of trophies. and
incidentally. II IL might be. 10 let day
light through an Indian or two.
"Well, for two weeks hunted with
out getting sight Of hair or track Of elk,
bear or Indian. and the thing was be-
ginning to get monotonous. when ono
afternoon found me traversing the bot
tom Of deep canyon. was slone, my
guide having remained In camp ON nc-
count Of n sprained ankle. The bed Of
the canyon was rent with deep assures
and covered with great rocks. and its
| sides were scanned and cracked. A few
ssnnted shrubs and trees, of the kind the
elk IL fond OF feeding upon, grew along
the sides and bottom Of the canyon. and
hoped to find some Of the animals here
cropping the tender twigs. At last, just
az l rounded u high point OF rocks, l
caught sight Of an elk. noble fellow.
standing some 10 rods up the canyon
with his face toward me. He was nos
ing the air suspiciousiy. and feared
that would not get shot at him unless
| was quick about II. Accordingly !
threw my rife TO my shoulder, and TAX
ing hasty aim at the broad. fiat forehead
fred.
Il was totally unprepared for the
startling effect Of that shot. Almost al
the instant my finger pressed the triggez
|, there came puff Of white smoke from
, behind rock some 20 rods mp ON ths
, opposite side Of the canyon, and ! saw al
indian leap TO his feet only TO fall bacl
/, dead, while at the same moment pierc
] ing scream, seemingly coming from di
rectly over my head. caused me 10 lool
!. quickly MP. In the midair. with grea
, paws outssretched and long. sharp nail
: extended, beheld a mountain lion ar
parently about 10 drop ON my head.
bounded TO one side. As | did 80 m
blood almost froze with horror, for
= had jumped directly over rattlssnakt
: which now lay not two feet from ms
) with his head reared ready to strike.
= Before could make movement
= defend myself from this new DANCE
: down up the snake fell the body of n
: lion, CT, ng out its life. The iin
! rolled over once or twice and then,
: my surprise, lay still. ! had not la
: time to recover from the terror and o
i constituent caused by these startling Il
g cidents when my ears were greeted vii
= q terrific believing. and looking up Il
!. canyon I saw the elk charging dow
seek safety In fight. when. to my utt
nj confusion, not dozen feet away and q
~ rectly In the path must pursue II | co
Il tinued my flight monster grizzly be
ae reared himself up ON his hind legs n
with wide open mouth rushed for m
a. was In an awful situation. could .
of no possible way Of escaping. On {
Ia right hand was the perpendicular WI
ar Of the canyon and on the left de
chasm. Before was the grizzly bear q
behind the rushing elk. Death faced /
whatever way turned. trust N
'as never feel the horror OF that nome
a again. Thegrizzly bear sprang forwa
he to seize and crush ont my life with
ses strong arms, and the elk gave inigl
ng bound, his huge horns lowered ready
on transfix my body.
tor "At that moment my heart seemed
be sink into my boots, and | fell aat uT
ty. the ground. With crash like that
the the collision Of two locomotives, the Q
to mails met over my PROSTATE form.
the terrific momentum OF the elk bore b
Sell Nud tttb btnk 0sEA Atf hs>k3s
about Ave seconds there was treln
!. dous struggle; then both beasts
Ia locked together. to the ground. and
.un- moment more had expired. One Of
ies- sharp prongs OF the horns Of the elk
Of pierced the heart of the grizzly, and
The elk's neck had been broken by the
med in his death struggle | bounded TO
Ct . feet, not knowing whether to rul
car stand still, so sudden. 30 terrible an
many had been the dangers which
threatened me. But everything
quiet, and all my foes were dead.
died s.On investigation ! found that
her, rife bali had struck the elk ut the
leral Of the horns. where the bone Is !
am and hard. and after partially stun
can him had glanced dsagonaiiy across
lay. canyon and pierced the brain Of tn
dian. who, concealed behind q rock,
about to fire upon me. The shock o
ball had been sufficient to defiec'
pun aim of the Indian enough TO cause
peen TO miss me and to pierce the heart c
lnhn mountain lion just ut the momel
1.-TWO sprang uponme from cleft IN the
aoha- above my head. The lion landed
over the rattlesnake and crushed the Iii
of him before he had had time to .
anton and the elk and the bear in their |
acnon mess TO kill me had destroyed each
re- the II call that lucky shot, At lea
j, but me. because 1t saved my life five