The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1896-10-17

the Jewel loose when he noticed small
pieces OF stone and quantities OF dust
were descending on his head.
He was not much of woodman, but
he knew that some cause must nave
produced that dusty rain. lie pauseu
in his work and cast an upward glance
of mingled apprehension and reproach
and was astonlshed TO see the ta"ny
hide and glittering eyes Of huge GAIA
mount crouched above him on another
shelf not more than twenty-five ie-t
from where he sat He was no coward
yet he had never held a private inter
view with 2 catamount and expert
enced no desire TO come to close quar-
ters. Ii was evident the cat was pre-
pairing TO leap and Howard did some
hard thinking. Finally he crouched
close TO the cliff and signaled the cat
to come. The eat did so.
With a snarl and showing OF Its fear
full teeth that cat launched itself down
ward like yellow cloud. 1t missed the
shelf because It was too narrow to ar
ford much Of chance In such leap
but its claws clutched the edge and the
animal was I'm the act OF making
desperate and probably successful ef-
fort to scramble up to where the young
lieutenant was nattened against the
cliff Howard redeemed himself In this
Juncture by giving the cat swift kick
in the whiskers. This dislodged the
angry beast, and. with howl Of rage,
1t partly twisted itself about and
/ Ind elnQ
ed the intervening rocks and fell Ike
wet blanket on the roof Of huge
cinnamon bear which had been sleep
Ing the hot hours away in a clump OF
bushes at the base of the cliff
Then the fun commenced. That Gin
namon let go his right and that cat
was sent sprawlng twenty feet. The
cat was a fighter and resented the in
suit by declaring war on the spot. He
not only declared, but he prepared 10
mix with the bear. lie sprang at
bruins throat, but the bear ducked
skillfully and clawed a handful of wool
from the cats back. The cat made an
other rush and succeeded this time In
fastening his fangs In the bears shoul
ders. The bear Immediately took q
chancery hold and began his famous
representation of now to squeeze a fel
low to death.
The cat was game, nearly as large
as the bear and full of fight and will
desperate effort he tore himself loose
and also made several ragged holes il
the bears fur and hide with the claw,
with which his hind feet were en-
dowed. Again they came together anC
Howard, who had been standing in q
trance watching the fierce combat, re
gained his senses long enough to tax,
aim at the battling brutes with his gooC
rifle. He stepped near the edge Of The
cliff and was about to turn loose witt
his gun when the sharp report of {
rifle above him caused him to los,
his balance and he tumbled headlons
to join bear and cat
"Injun" on the Scene.
For a time he thought he had beer
shot but as he felt none the wors,
, after the tumble, having dropped int,
some heavily foliaged bushes, he jump
, ed to his feet and opened fire on tn,
fighters. AS he did so the cat spran.
into Il e a r and fell with widely sp awl
ing legs at quite distance, and thei
lay still after clawing up all the bushes
. near II, while the bear spun around an,
around as If chasing its own tail How
ard knelt and sent in another shot. al
there was an echo from up the cliff
| This time the bear slowly straightenc,
. and with several bullets in his bod,
T yielded up the ghost Howard starte,
, to examine the quarrieS when he wa,
astounded to see an Indian in mon
+ grel costume of cavalry trousers. leatli
! er shirt and war bonnet of eagle fcaih
ers rapidly rush down the cliff an,
: claim everything IN sight.
'lnjuu KILL said the brave. with ;
sweep of his arm.
"lnjun did nothing of the sort" wa,
the retOrt as Howard pushed lot O
cartridges into the magazine of hi
rifle. Soldier kill and soldier will ms
T boss the job, If it's all the same TO Won
my buck"
The 'injun" showed desire to mi,
war medicine, and 1t is doubtful wha
the result would have been but for tn
timely arrival Of Captain Morris ana
squad Of troopers on the run The can
tain took in the situation at a glanc
: and ordered the Indian arrested TO
, shooting of Of the reservation. loade,
the bear and cat on the men and lea,
the way back to camp. He also Gale,
In the scouts and gave them goo,
rawhiding. As n conclusion to hi
mOnOlOgue he remarked: IF N IN,
not been for the recklessness Of thi
young fellow | would not have know
that there was a Ute In Colorado. OK
ccpting by consulting the war man
and geography. Get away with vol
and see If you can redeem yourselves
Gentlemen. hereafter orders not 4
leave camp apply to officers as well n
men,"
Coal 1Axtn..