The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-26
A TALE OF A GRIZZLY.
II Was by n Truthful Man and Found
Ready Believers.

From the Detroit Free Press.
Gentlemen" began the man with the
WALLER whiskers as he lay back TO MS
freshly-lighted cigar. lit is seldom l tell
a story ard l never brag. l was just re-
calling a little adventure which happened
TO me in Wyoming few years ago, anu
~ Won want it YOU can have it. III relate
it, let me hope that you WIZ credit me WIN
all due regard for truth ana Veraclty.
The group of listeners agreed 10 10 80,
and after due reflection the man with the
yaller whiskers began; ,,-,. ,,,,,,s,
IT was drumming for a chicago mouse
which dealt in spices, pepper, mustard anu
so forth. One day, after working the town
of Granger, l was TO go by stage over 10
the town of Hill City, but the Vemcie sOt
avav without me and made preparations
for a tramp of twelve miles: Up 10 that
time | had sold nothing In Wyoming puI
Is at mustard and black pepper ana Woulu
have nothing but the strongest cayenne
and lots of it, at that; Any one OF Tue ne
miners would spread hair an men u ~ ~ "a "a
a sandwich and chaw away without sheu-
ding a tear / therefore made up Two
mound package of cayenne and started lor
Hill city over the mountin traIi; o,a tho
And you met road agent! sald the
man with wart on his chin -...,,
mo. / did not" replied the man with
the WALLER whiskers. Il could lie ABOUT II
and saw | did but l would not be so base
There were no road agents to meet, but
what did happen, when i was on tne crest
Of a hill about half way between the Two
towns, was that l ran slap up againlst
syr{zzlv hear which looked to be as Dig as
a house and to weigh three toIis' -
stepped out from behind mass OF rock
and we were face 10 race pelole SN'
pected his presence. - - -
sAnd YOU threw the cayenne pepper IN
to his eyes and ran away SAID the man
with the Roman nose. -....5 ..
mo. sir The package was strapped 70
nv back. Even if 1 had it in my hand
l should have been too scared 70 tnIoM ~ -.
For a matter of perhaps twenty seGo oilus
we stood there facing each other, ana thel
| turned and ran for my lie. L was Some
thing of sprinter in those Gays anu e pc
lieved / could outrun the pear, as tne nIst
mile was all down-hill, and l know my
GAIT was close on to 2:40 when l started
/ heard the grizzly after me, put toE the
first half-mile l held him level. had De
gun to hope that | should get away Wleii
nv foot struck a stone and went sprawl
ing at full length. BEFORE coulu lise
he was upon me. - -, $500 4,
"And deVOured you, OF course! Sheereu
the man with the wart =,
mot necessarily. The first grab ne
made at me he got hold of that package OF
cayenne and tore it open and began 70
chaW il up and he didn't mind me when
| rolled away and sprang up ana shin-
ned up a handy tree. That bear mad Dusl-
ness on hand after getting a taste of that
neDDer ] have seen the dancing bears
which Italians lead around the country.
but the whole lot of 'em rolled into one
couldn't equal the. performance OF my
grizzly He not only had mouthful of
the hot stuff, but it sifted into his eyes
and blinded him, and the way he did take
on was a sight to see. He growled, roared,
Whined coughed, sneezed and cried, and
he rolled over and over and went through
all kinds of gymnastic performances. If
I'd had a little more nerve l could have
got down and killed him with a stone.
well, how did it come out?" asked the
man with the Roman nose.
Very queerlyb inpeed, sir. The riot
created by the bear brought out another
after a bit who also got some of the
pepper flying about and pretty soon there
was a fight between 'em. From my po-
sition up a tree ! witnessed the neatest,
incest struggle for life any man ever be-
held and the end was a pleasant one.
The fight lasted a good half hour, at the
end of which time both bears were dead.
About that time the stage from Hill City
to Granger came along, and we loaded up
the carcasse and took 'em along, and a
butcher in Granger gave me $40 apiece
for the victims For a year or so | used
to wear claw on my watch chain, but"
but every body used to ask you how
much you paid for It'll! interrupted the
man with the asthma, who had hitherto
preserved rigid silence.
yes" sighed the drummer, sit was
that way, and l had to tell the story too
often. / gave the butcher a receipt for
you gentlemen desire to"
as each man lifted his hands and let
them fall again; and the man with the
yaller whiskers said he was much Obliged
for their confidence in his veraclty, and
went up to his room to write some let
tiers.