The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-29

Ad Sobera I'o,lowed Them Moro Than
one Hundred Miles aud Got Nm.
New York sun,
"Nhcn YOU start IN To talk about bear
huntcrp," said George sohers of North
cumberland county Pennsylvania, ''you
want to wait until you hear about my
brother Adam before YOU talk too mucn.
rye hoard Of Il good many beur hunters.
hut rye yrt Ia hss,r OF any one tnu,
ia let Al get into a bach, seat Tor, n
remember just one Of his hunts for you.
tn show you somcthing OF THE stun ne
h mAde Of
''llc WA out one day near the memo
Of Baker run, and struck the trail OF j,
bis boar In the new nnow. He followed
ii a miie or 80 and came 10 whore an.
other bear had Joined the trait. rhat
suited "A and he Kept on. II. had gone
maybe anulnot mite or so when a tniiu
bear cliippcu M and went miong with the
Other two. rhir Just toleled Al 10 death.
1t was Monday. Al kept along On
mo hocis Of those three bnara nut
hhdnl got near 1longh Ia en- TO SEQ
IN" color of 'em wlrn night came iio
hal Followed uto trull al day, ana *
had led him from swamp 10 uwamp anu
ION ridge to ridge Tor II Hpod thirty
nulca. Tho nHgrnvHtinE part OF this mat.
ter WAE mat IL had TUNED and twistod
ANA wrlgs.@d about 20 mat Al was within
n mile of whore he had lust struck the
tran OF the single bear IN the morning
aud not moro thAn Two mines from ms
home. where he knew a supper M Tor II
ink ana a nice warm bod were waiting
for him But Ad lust canned right down
an the tran ana was on n again nj thc
nret strcRk Of lipht.
THAT day h0 followed the bears whcr-
ever they yea, md hcar IN TINT coun-
Try hnH iife choicn of about tho worst
lot of country la Ect over thnrc Is IN this
state md these bcars closo the worst Of
The lot, When might came along Tuesday
Nd nul tYHNIltsH IA MIL
twenty miles from homo und, az far as
Signs won't, was no ncnrcr to the bears
day morning. But he was iuat getting
warmed up 10 hia work No cnmpod on
the trail again md on Wcdura1ny morn
ing WAC up before the sun and out on tho
tran again. Now. the result OF that DAVIS
chuac would have been apt 10 make ono
roaring, tearing mad "A hadn't seen
anything more Of The hears than the end
Jesse Sirenl OF tracks thcy made IN tho
SNOW, and at nEht hr was only mile
from home But "A seemed 70 think 4
was all right, for he never said word
hut camped whore he stopped, and was
away again NJ dawn FOR n fourth days
tramp after the bears. He had Travelled
now more tian ninety miles, hut that
wasn't diacoprne,ng % ~. He'd be fol.
lowing those bears yet II he hadn't come
up to 'om before.
About mn hour after the start on
Thursday he was made happy by Il sight
Of one Of the hehrs, and he Knew they
were getting tired of being driven all
wcrn feeling sleepy ana wanted TO md
a place 20 stow themselves away for
tho winter and would more than likely
call hal, some time during the day,
They did, but not until late m the after
noon, and fifteen miles from Baker Run,
AZ rot a shot OF one, ana wounded u
The sight Of blood I'm the Enow was rather
n tonic for Al The tfni turned after
TINT mud led back toward The Hun.
"Ad hoped 10 come up with the wounded
bear Mt leag, before night and put " out
Of the ned Of further tramping but lie
di1n't ana had 10 camp once more on the
trail. bright and early he WIS up Friday,
and two hours intei he had the aatefac-
ton of Knowing that al three Of tho
lonfn. the wounded ono Htill bleeding, had
swamp out Of WI ich the 1irst bear had
starred on Noh1ay
IA entered the awnrnp and FoCn came
upoD the wounded lear lying In A shell
tered plncc behind clurip or lnurcls. He
put bali through tho bears head nnd
them both on tho edge OF the swamp and
making thoir way as fact az they could
for ihe open corntry N resume the tramp,
I'D knocked one OF the over at the hrst
shot The remaining bear got out aud
led Ad chase OF five miles, where Il
entered another swamp ana was full
there. Al routed the old fellow out and
wounded hn. The bear was Tired of run
ming and showed fight He came at Ah
llk. cyalone, but met TWO Wlnchester
and n half Ad bad chased those bears and
was tbroe times In sight OF his own house,
but he wouldn't give up. He had 500
pounds OF bear meat and three nice skins
for his pluck, and they brought him N2j.
doesn't seem 10 think any more about
that hunt than IF he had just been out an |
hour after squirrels