The sun., 1894-12-30

bent hi. steps; Not a great vny from the
made in The early part Of the night, before the
RS B enjoyed Sastns more 9nS tRsp
another that animal was a grizzly. No real
pursuit OF buffalo elk, deer or antelope soon
loses all interest to any one who has had good
shqoting q this kind; nor is there any real sport
per; some, many q them iin fact viii, take Y
have breath n their body Many Instances ins-
tackled men without any provocation whatever.
II is the spice OF danger involved which endears
the pursuit Of the grizzly TO the real hunter.
time being, and followed the bears trail at q
swinging gait. 1t led into the timber, but still
kept on at good pace, Intending to slow up and
proceed more cauti2usly W whenever the track:
into q dense pine thicket, ana as Weaver stepped
loud yoCf, rose from under : low slhics:
what was lntrndlns on his midday siests. Crack
pain the bear dissppeared. But at the sound Of
the gun It. seemed 70 Weaver as II the woods
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another shot at Il, and it rolled over with a
howl and struck and bit at the other bears, and
nate battle going on among them. Weaver now
concluded that discretion might be the better
part Of valor. and started of up the mountain
point on higher ground w6ere he would have
the sdvsntage., After climbing about thirty
grizzlies were still after him. He frsd twice
and knocked out one OF them, threw down his
ther. As he expected, the bears stopped to claw
and bite the hat, and while they were at 1t he
killed % one more Then he peeled p, Of his jacket
oided 70 make Anal stand; in fact. he couldn,,t
and he knew II he got short OF breath his aim
would be poor. When he stopped, the bears had
cissins Il into shrsds. Firing g' four shots S he
killed two OF the beasts, and the remaining one,
seen,ng seem to lose e,.,nrage, turned and took the
mountain before a lucky shot broke its back.
weaver went leisuroly down to it and gave IL
lying dead In plain view. Advancing cautiously
into the theket where he had fred at the first
and SsspnS for TTeatS. Suiie, @ through SITS its
Old Bill started back Tor the cabin.
>IinRlo and Clarke were having quiet game
of poker forty beans TO the wolf hide, when their
partner hatless and coatless, came in the door.
taneousIv e1ciaimina. "injuns!" made a dash
for their rifles. scattering the cards and beans
In all directions. -
Keep yer shirts on" said Weaver. as he
REACHED for his pipe on the shelf and proceeded
TO fill 1t. Keep yer shirts on! They amt no
lniuns aI ound as know Of"
"What's up them" asked Clarke. What yer
come In here for like n wild man, without no
coat or hat il you aint had u runnin hght ?"
"Wall!" replied Weaver. 81 have had q kind
Of q scrimmage with q passel of bears. struck
n band OF seven. and they give me close call"
and he proceeded to tell them all about IL.
Saddling mp their horses after dinner, the
wolfers went up the mountain and skinned the
bears. Weaver went over the ground and
showed them how II all happened, but indeed
he need not have said word, for The story OF
the battle was as plainly written in the snow as
are the A B Cs In n primer.
The rapid settlement of northern Montana
was too much for Weaver. He saw with sorrow
his old hunting and trapping grounds fenced In
and ploughed up: so some four years ago he
quietly pulled up stakes and left the country.
No one knows where he went but IL Is thought
that he II either in Alaska the far north coun-
try In the, region, of the Great slave Lakes.
Wherever no Is his Old-time friends wish him
luck. as they did Ia the good old days when ten
derfeet and railroads were not. nor was -uch Q
thing as q barbed wire fence TO be found in all
this great country.