The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-07-03
FACING A GRIZZLY.
HOW A BOY KILLED AN ANGRY BEAR
WITH A BLOW OF AN Ak.

Want Looking For.
II was in Septem ber-and the Cole
RADIO sun had done its duty and mad
Phil as brown Of face and stout of linn
as any Of us-that the geology class
consisting of the professor and ten pu
pills. made an excursion into the rang
with the object Of taking . practica
lesson among the limestone beds at tn,
back OF Lincoln park.
Away we went-feeling very hilar
ious at the idea Of making an independ
ent expedition, even with Blinkers fol
. general-scramblinR over rocks and
fallen trees, chasing squirrels and chip.
munks, throwing stones at birds and
rabbits. and behaving generally Just
Ike what We were-a parcel Of school
boys
Presently we emerged from the trees
and came ont upon another little open
parklike stretch Of ground. Half way
across 1t our attention was suddenly At
tracted BY stir among some high grass,
and out jumped little. dark colored,
short legged animal. which looked like
woolly pig-if there be any such
thing In nature.
Away 1t scuttled. and away we all
went, with shout, in pursuit
Phil happened to be some distance
behind at the moment, being busily Ell.
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
out! Look outl It's a.
We did not hear what, we were max
ing so much noise ourselves
But the little animal. whatever il
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 flock Of sparrows
when . cat jumps into the midst OF
them, fed for the nearest trees Blink
era quite forgetting that he was the
general Of the little expeditionary force.
made such use Of his long legs that he
was safely up q tree before any Of the
lest Of as had reached one.
As for me, l never reached one at all.
In turning to run I tripped over the
u, and though was up again in an in
tant the check made me the last OF the /
ugitivea
The chase was very soon over. In six
jumps. as 1t seemed, the great beast
aught me, and, with one blow Of her
aw ON the middle Of my back, sent me.
ace DOWNWARD, to the ground, with ev-
~ atom Of breath driven out OF INV
ody.
This last circumstance was a good
hing for me; could not have moved a
MUSCLE II l had wished to- Consequently
ne bear supposed that was dead, and /,
lstead OF tearing me up into small /,
leces. as expected. she began shifting !
'e all over and turning me about with :
n clawa
Suddenly, however. she ceased and :
gan to growl, and heard Blinkers :,
? In his tree call out. go back! You y
mt do any good. You'll only get :
'urself killed too" From which con. !,
uded that Blinkers and the bear had !,
ne thought in common; they both sup :,
'sed me to be dead p
l was beginning to recover my breath =
little by this time, and in my anxiety !,
see what was going forward l made T,
slight movement with one arm, and !.
an instant the bear had that arm be- !,
'een her teeth Ithurt me 80 horribly :,
ut tainted, and all that happened !,
terward ! gathered from the other Q
"a :,
Phil. when he saw me Knocked down. =,
stead OF climbing up tree like the
81. ran back to where / had dropped Il;
AZ, and. picking IL mp. advanced to \;
= rescue. ~
1t was mad thing to do, there is no y
ubt about that; but Phil did it-and :,
thout thought Of his own danger. =,
was in vain that Blinkers called to ~
N to 60 back: he did not seem TO hear. I,
kept coming on slowly, with his 30
- fixed on the bear, and the Ak held
readiness to strike. :.
The bear dropped my arm and ad -,
need step, standing across MY body. 10,
wiling and turning up her lips until an
her great white teeth were exposed 81,
still Phil came on At six feet dis =;
zee he stopped The bear took a step r.,
ward. and then another. and then. o.
"a all the strength Of his body doubled tw
the intense excitement Of the mo- :"
nt Phil struck at her with such force
precision that he split her skull
An in two scr
SUIT even in dying. the bear succeeded TO
doing some mischief moi
With last convulsive effort she len
lck out. and. with her great claws, wo
away the front Of Phil's coat. vest cra
shirt. and made three deep cuts all inp
1ss his chest from the left shoulder roc
gonally downward. Another inch the
Phil must certainly have been killed. the
IL was, he stood for a moment SWAY. the
to and fro, and then fell forward
q the dead body Of the bear. ---"Griz- bro
Phil. by Sidford +. Hamp. in st. Tn,
holaA r.,
The Warden Of Oxford. "nu
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