Kansas City daily journal., 1895-09-14

character received the plan of vengeance
proposed with marked disapProWal tS 1hnr ~ vas Vas
senor should do, but in case his NleWS--
WHICH were no doubt sugEesuons OF the
would forthwith retire to the top OF q
rock that stood near hyi ana Which no
I,ole such as he himself intended to use.
As for fighting demon!os like these ON
The bear would make a general maSsaGIe,
SO that TO unhobble the horses ana give
them chance t2r bhy.r TfS ~ WIZ fSe " sanor S
If any fragments remained ne stated MS
intention 10 bury them decently. .-,-,
4 certain amount of obvious good sense
underlay the eNtr9ordinary forms ol 5peeg4
I'm which these ideas We're delivered, anl
oak tree at the ravine, saying that II this
heast was to be attacked, which he did not
T,ilce 10 do il. since his trail passed almost
irneath its gnared houghs, the original
plan of ambushing the cache ilset was
Now S5tw' this person whom Van called senor
TO his face, but spoke or as a Sorcerer anF
tigers much better than those lnanners
and customs which belong to bears, There
often returned early to their prey, grizzlies
might do likewise. and II would be Vel TO
This accordingly was done, and the watch
commenced even while the flush Of sunset
had not yet entirely faded. Evening Goes
not fall as IT is our habit to saay-darfHneS;s3
does not come down upon the e3rth, lioA i
rises from that abGae OF Tears. ear a!'u on
the night before, also strong, shlt"L
wind arose, and made a crookec .imb IanCh ,,i
less comfortable than one Of NOSE com ,I
| uaratively Commodious machans, or tree
| pIatforms. which are constructed IN IN
| da
Finally that roost became too distressing,
and the Evil One, who is al%ay3s a. nan9'
Wnsgffre4, /, ,dong i gSG sSom ' fans To lead to
| n second one in the same direction and
| then the thing happened that, always hap
RTss; fs sc;rcUia,ion ITi with With doGbie-shunie, look
! ing eagerly up the path, as Il that We're
abs33uiGgy 3 G eInecsdy S9S Gny AMI M forRwith stared
for camp. II is quite proper for all persons tql
| they would not have acted so rashiy therno
| selves Those who act, and the peopie
who hear, read Of. or even see sHSn itn
manner. Here hunger cold and uncertain
~ so arranged mental processes mat ,in,, nn-
| wouli Undoubtedly have called prudence,
| n great many men, who knew better, might
be confidently counted upon to 90 the
So So. going along the arroyo's deyaious;
! course sinuous and Iccentrlc hs h9ba
! Campfre and a pipe grew ever brighter;
and our hunter much commended himsel \
iSnpar when here was the false dawn al
ready? How Infinitely better to defer hos
tiIltias till one could see, and Van was
cajoled or bribed into rendering aid Other
| bears had been tracked 70 thelr ihlrs anu
| shot and a for this one, " was pam lAtI
NTuirnlng a sharp angle at this juncture,
man and beast met face 10 tace. Indet
ordinary circumstances II would have been
Impossible for an animal whose scent and
! hearing are so acute as those IN the griz-
zly besr, to be thus taken by surprise
| ant then strong wind Was roaring
| across the trail, by which all sound OF
footsteps and odor were completely swept
away. ..--,..
fused by fear, they act automatically, foI
| The most part under sudden and desper-
ate emergencies, and II IS on this account
that training is really rW imyW3inaple to those
Few situations could have been more
| menacing. The brake grew like a wall on
one side black chasm yawned upon the
other. and IN front reared a wild beast
found. Futhermore, accident brought the
| antagonists almost into contact ana wher
that happens, all great carnivora are near
| ly certain TO attack. A rifle goes up in
port mingled with the bears harsh, grunt
Ing roar, its flash lit up his vast, ungalnly
form and malignant eyes, In another in
stant came an overwhelming shock, a pans
into the ravine with a torn and dlslocateG
by Jagged rocks.
1t Is needless to say that neither nerve
issue nevertheless the bullet went straight
and happily not even a grizzly. can remain
dangerous long. after being shot through
assaiiant insensible below. sensibility re,
turned. and with II extreme suffering: bu
at daybreak Vans Yociferations echoed
like sweet music in that rugged gorge
He got the discomforted Individual /,
and, after slow. interminable ride. turn
] sd this wretch over 10 torturer calles