The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-02-15
PREBLEs FAKE BEAR HUNT.
cot Up as q Joke OF oreennorn
Hunter GfflSoc-
n rs~s1s.s r.<sp<
1 Ts. % ss<h ..
Ksl~.f IRss Dave E.ssy HsA 70 %
o.s I.Is ik< op<~ c~-sfU
% Ls4gk

Fog ru1rs thsn Eve ysz-E -. b'sai
nor a six- Of bear lad b7sl se-- u
H. ,i1snity Of E0-s Lac. Pa and e'1z'
,.,uusstly tl-e Killing q bag O-e nez'
Tier. o1e ,sxy Elzte = gT-a; sGrpr- -
I'm tia, eos Aer Of the heTnkek csit
There nere al10 csreEEstace>s co-
nee,ed With LIE killing Of TIE rear iI--a
ruz<se IL stiIl Ioor- nOtabss-
Doc Prebyc lives ., Bose Lake he a
. DG-p<1zSdEr. goe,s-E2iC-s1. ga q
p>eizliy .oaI Of yrz-r.icaI pie so1s>
weeks ago a party Of sS,or-sEssn ez-a-
20 Euse Lake 80 s5-Df fs< Gays a.
partrstzs All othsr snz!4 gzz'e' "h.-a
I. aks,us;ar, there boats AE1oaz then
va = .,irs yogng raAn from Pi'tso1rsa =
named Gil on. Young Ci!ls0l WA e.
Irely unsopAsticzts6 A. hEn.<E. az
Wa probably tie g-ssEssi ilc!Tac IA
about baek',oods things -rer se>n Il
TIA: lozslity. He Soo2 bcezr.- gam
for rnarhieTo.s asiiVez VITO 5il.d h.la
full Of hz!r-Tsa.nz h-zr AID Nilcczs
stories ard other tales u life II De
WOODS t.ser-zbyus. GillsOa sceeP'ed
everything be hard il go|,d faith. and
became fred with . dea.ie 10 kill .
bear. Having b>ea told ia. be wa
liable ., aEy rsOE1sEt 10 colne face 70
face with = tear " q cztz--oGnt- G.!l-
sos followed The s3vies oi Doc Preols,
and erery tine be H.nt mo tie Nos>fs
se strapp~A hurting az a. his s='e'
carried . biz knife, and k-pt ore osr-
rel Of his gun hsz.ily charged with
buekxkOt. 1ts rst Of tie hunting
party ,hrrnseIses sn!y-l The fun sac
natives yer. hzTiSg with Gillian, AID
did not in.erisre.
Sion zttS. there was 'z!l III sroT
In tia, Ioc-iIiy, ard Doc Prsble Goa
<eissd the iica - getting Up = hezS
hunt for yo.ng Gi!lsoE's DrLset- Pn,-
ting On kis -gOt.- Do,Dts be made trz-c -
In the new Snow from o." big lzure!
patch 20 another one Z mile Up the
mountain saQ FROM tbs: oae u = third
one 1ezrly tzo nsi!sA away, OF he edge
Of BiiLei'a hollow Tlr1e hs struck the
old bzyk ro~d AID retained hor.e by
Il, Toward sIsnjny ke weEt ~ Re-nez'
boarding horse, who're .t< hua,srz were
tOypi4g, a..4 Esrcz r,ce-d IL q rlnc..zlzS..
way thz, f-ILEs the t-zcks he Lad sSs.a
In ,h@ snow Up s.oEg Lys's mountain
that afternoon she biygtzr tear Ina;
ever had rin,ersf II tia; district tad
coE.e il aat cn.lsd himself up in soI-e
laurel u ,nh oTer TIA. way.
y, wouldn't t@ much tEolble 20 rvut
LiE3 ont, :,Zisss, saId Dc, IL any
oDs cared 70 go %: and riak
Gi!!sOa W. al eIcite--elt a. once.
znd declared ,hz; be uoEid 20. for ore,
The rest III TIE party. EusPsctIEg there
r4zS = ..3ke ~ Il, ,zit he might 20 II ~
wanted %, argt that thsy l.zcu'i cyl.s
out there ~ b@ slzNsr! md ehaDAl
and ns11lsIt up ~ b@zrz. ard would
Ltzy =: ho-zs. 50 DC Pr.DIs tol6 Gil
soL that he uogJ 20 with him, 1nd
Dave RAn%y, Bs--ea' byss chopper.
.Ed az 81 --zr hVIte.. ssd Il would
20. tn,,. Do~ t-zTi9E civlss.t t..e Secret
u ttss k,lzr u zJss u hiIa
TIE :. rte k:srt<G o-t cz.ly lie next
rzo.zi52. = .Ls.gz --.::. nth t@rr-la o,
hEa ~ .oaftt uiih D.ckkao-. ard Lis
az AID a.g iE!te rszly =. u, kzat.
Prsoss All I-zEz-sy 0ssca czz--.ss1 cDgbJ--
tst,>ss cAcr-..Iy ayes and = ri5-, and
re1c!Ts-1 ~ tksi- let's.
wen Ez2 E5ls . .ygyk clstoa<r.-
sz.5 D,s Pr.ale ., I'll s1z III, foot-
p-iat rs>zs1rts nearly - ;zches- AID
u. brg-R. L>zr rTsr 80 = II srOund
kere b,s,>-& .i.SlE . trz,. oa.y eigE.
inches byng. TEs.r's lizbl. IN " some
b.cr,S syiit i-.o.e night, and !, won't
al " f-zr's 5!ood. sitLer.-
Gi;isou Uas inclined ~ weaken when
- szr thc tFacky in the snow, and
ASKED "rebIe why they Couldn't trap
the bear fiat and then Kill him, but
Prsble aud ksmsy laughed at him. aud
Lold him they did;'t bag their bears in
tha, way. e" the uasopssgtica,ed hunt
,r br4I'7d 10 md vent on.
Il rad laid out 10 have heap Of fun
tia, day" sad Doc PreDle, telling about
II aftrrwarr',. according 20 the pro-
grauTns had mad.. This YEAS 10 tramp
up DlIlS anu
an 1ng the E,urels for four or Fl We miles,
trailing the alleged bear, and all the
time loading him " it'll the danger there
was in the rush Of d ferocious bear from
4 laurel patch 70 anyone who might
stand in his way; then for Ramsy,
hen we came ~ the laurel patch
where We had agreed that the bear
had stopped, 10 90 into the swamp and
rort lin up making a tremrnd Gus huh
bDb. and bowling md snorting and yell
Ing. as IL the bear Gas worked M to the
widest pitch Of fury over being dis
ln-t,eh. and was going out of that
swamp With . rush 10 carry trouble 10
The frIt one he came 10. ellison hay-
Ing just been posted at point on the
tdge Of the patch and assured that the
bear would certainly com. out there.
W he could Shoot 81: and then 10 see
Iillson breai for the nearest tree and
get into IL ..t the frst sound of the dis
IurDance in the laurcls.
"Evci ythi1g worked first-rnte. When
Te got 10 the last laurel patch | was
putting and blowing like tired horse.
lDh was about az near pushed as any
one could be, but thought Of the fun
was having. and the more was going
10 have. and said nothing. but Just went
Dn 10 one side and sh,.,L ,nv .;I,.