Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1896-07-15
FACING A GRIZZLY.
HOW A BOY KILLED AN ANGRY REAR
WITH , BLOW or AN Ak.

Ms Brave Act Saved the Life Of One CT
His Companions The Geology Glass
Found Something In the Rockies II
Wasn't Looking For.
1t was in September-and the Colo.
RADIO sun had done its duty and made
Phil as brown of face and stout of limb
as any of us-that the geology class,
consisting Of the professor and ten pu-
pills, made an excursion into the range |
With the object of taking a practical
essen among the limestone beds at tho |
back of Lincoln park.
Away we went-feeling very hilar-
ions at the idea of making an independ- |
emit expedition, even with Blinkers for
a Notwithstanding over rocks and
fallen trees, chasing squirrels and chip
hunks, throwing stones at birds and
rabbits, and behaving generally just
like what we were-a parcel of school
boys.
Presently we emerged from the trees
and came out upon another little open
parklike stretch of ground Half way
across it our attention was suddenly at
tracted by a stir among some high grass,
and out jumped little, dark colored,
short legged animal, which looked like
a woolly pig-if there be any such
thing in nature.
Away it scuttled, and away we all
went, with a shout, in pursuit
Phil happened to be some distance
behind at the moment, being busiiy en-
gagged in digging tarantula's nest out
of the ground with his knife; but as
soon as he saw what we were doing he
came racing after us, shouting: Look
outl Look Outl It's a.
We did not hear what, we were max
ing so much noise ourselves.
But the little animal, whatever it
was, was too quick for us and disap-
peared into some willows while we were
still 20 yards behind. The next moment
the willows waved and bent and out
bounced great she bear-a grizzly
With yell of dismay we all turned
and, scattering like a flock of sparrows
when q cat jumps into the midst Of
them, fed for the nearest trees. Blink
ers, quite forgetting that he was the
general of the little expeditiOnary force,
made such use of his long legs that he
was safely up tree before any of the
rest of us had reached one.
AS for me, never reached one at all.
In turning to run tripped over the
ak, and though was up again in an in
slant the check made me the last of the
fugitives
The chase was very soon over In six
jumps, as it seemed, the great beast
caught me, and, with one blow of her
paw ON the middle of my back, sent me,
face downward, to the ground, with ev-
cry atom Of breath driven out of my
body.
This last circumstance was o good
thing for me; could not have moved a
muscle if had wished to. Consequently
the bear supposed that was dead, and
instead Of tearing me up into small
pieces, as l expected, she began shifting
me all over and turning me about witt
her claws.
Suddenly, however, she ceased an(
began to growl, and heard Blinker
up in his tree call out, go backl YoV
can't do any good. You'll only &c
: yourself killed too. " From which con
Y cluded that Blinkers and the bear hat
o one thought in common; they both sup
Y posed me to be dead.
was beginning to recover my breatl
little by this time, and in my anxiet
to see what was going forward mad
= q slight movement with ono arm, an
y in an instant the bear had that arm be
e tween her teeth. 1t hurt me so horribl
}. that l tainted, and all that happene
v afterward / gathered from the Othe
a boys
Phil, when he saw me knocked down
instead Of climbing up tree like tn
Il rest, ran back to where l had droppe
10 the ak, and, picking it up, advanced
n my rescue.
1t was a mad thing to do, there is L
il doubt about that; but Phil did it-an
Re without thought Of his own DANCE
=, 1t was in vain that Blinkers called
him to go back; he did not seem to hea
but kept coming on slowly, with h
10 eyes fixed ON the bear, and the ak he
le in readiness to strike.
er The bear dropped my arm and a,
III | NdnOCu - beetAAAAAtH ttoAOoD -DON
es growing and turning up her lips unit
70 all her great white teeth were exposes
~ but still Phil came on. At six feet di
lance he stopped. The bear took a ST.
NC forward, and then another. and the
Id with all the strength of his body doubl
ly by the intense excitement of the m
RS ment, Phil struck at her with such for
e. and precision that he split her ski
o. clean in two
an But, even in dying, the bear succeed
in doing some mischief
With q last cOnvulsive effort s
'iy struck out, and, with her great CLAW
ed tore away the front of Pills coat, "
IT, and shirt. and made three deep cuts
on across his chest from the left should
he diagonally downward. Another In
M and Phil must certainly have been killC
As it was, he stood for q moment sws
- ing to and fro, and then fell forwa
ls upon the dead body Of the bear. -"Gr
ue ely Phil, by Sidford F. Hamp, in
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