The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-06-18

With palpitatlng heart and trem-
bling hand he opened the front window
of his dwelling. Then he thrust out the
| barrel of the rifle with a faint hope
that the bears might take fright at
sight of 1t and run away. They moved
a little closer instead, and licked their
chops as though they regarded the gun
as an article of diet the Italian meant
to give Them on seeing this the ltal-
| ian concluded to fire the gun. He
/ steadied it on the window sill and felt
for the trigger, but Instead grasped the
| lever used for loading ard unloading
| the weapon. He evidently took this for
a trigger, for he gave it a vicious yank
and then closed his eyes. No explos-
ion followed this manoeuyre, but IN
stead a cartridge dropped out Of the
breech while another from the maga-
zine replaced it,
The Italian looked out, saw the bear
still, and then concluded that there was
something wrong with the rifle. Be
| fore he had time to locate the trouble
| two young miners, viii Stevens and
George Nankewis, both of Nevadaville,
approached the cabin. The bears eth
er saw or scented them and took to
| their heels, making for some timber
close by. Made brave by this unac-
Icountable retreat, the Italian grasped
his rifle and rushed out Of the cabin,
Taking his stand near the door, he
pointed the barrel in the direction TAX
en- by his late besiegers and began
pumping away at the lever. When
Stevens and Nankervis got to him the
Italian was rapidly working the lever
and exclaiming; "Whatsa a mara;
you sonagun, no shootw He was still
surprised that the gun did not shoot
He told the two miners about the bears
and whittier they had gone.
Nankervis and Stevens at once got
rifles and set out on the trail, hoping
for big days sport In the timber
they found that their game had sepa-
rated, so each picked out a set of claw
prints for himself, and they initiated
the example Of the bears. For several
hours Nankervis trhiled his bear
through the snow, the route being
somewhat tortuous. At last he came
within sight of the game about five
miles above Nevadaville. Just as he
was preparing to shoot he heard a
halo behind him, and looking around
lt saw 1lOllAtt DCdl liOltll6 LOW u
him over the snow with VIII Stevens
some distance in it's rear. Chance had
led the double chase into the same
spot
Steavens' bear paused at the sight of
Nankervis, and man and brute stared
at each other Not caring to have a
hunted bear hanging his heels, Nan
kervis concluded. after a moments
thought, to let his original game go and
have 1t out with the newcomer. So he
took careful aim and fired at the bear
his fellow hunter had taken a lien on.
The bullet lodged In bruins right shout
der but only made him angry. With
growl the maddened brute started
for Nankervls. The latter tried to
shoot a second time, it is said, but the
cartridge wouldn't explode, and he
made for shelter. He would probably
have found 1t in the stomach OF the
wounded bear only for the Intervention
Of Steavens.
That Nimrod had drawn quite close
to the bear while the foregoing incl
dents were taking place. When he
saw his friends life in danger, at the
risk of endahgering it some more he
blazed away at the bear in front of him,
running through the snow as he shot.
The strangely involved chase had last
ed only few minutes when the hunt
ing and hunted bear dropped. Steav
ems had shot four bullets into him, the |
last being instantly fatal. Five wounds
In all were found upon the body.
Proud of their trophy, Steavens and |
Nankervls dragged the dead bear into |
Nevadaville. The animal Is an unusu
ally fine cinnamon, weighing 443 |
pounds. The coat is thick and glossy,
but the bones show sharply through it, |
indicating that his bearship had not |
yet recuperated from his winters fast. |