The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-12-13

heard hem for a while. and then all was still.
] stood at my post. not exactly certain whether
IT would be more to my liking II Old Jake came
when suddenly all choice IN the matter was at
end. There WAS commotiou among the laurels.
opening the huge bear suddenly appeared. He
was not thirty feet away from mo. began to
tremble with excitement, but blazed away at
and when the gun went of he turned like q
flash and went smashing and crashing back into
forging his way toward the other side. | shook
SO that | could scarcely reload my gun. but I
did it. such was my excitement. Then heard
a shot on the other side OF the swamp. Old Jake
ma" "! TI,%e IL, en SeI him' I T hone aeW was ssr NV wi inward XSnr ...
clamation: but presently heard a great tumult
in the swamp. 1t drew nearer to my side.
mingled with the ycips and howis Of the dogs.
The %laurels snapped and cracked. The scene OF
the battle shifted rapidly In my direction, and
ut last, much further away than he had come
out the, first time. but quite near enough, Old
rage. lie dashed across an open space. and |
saw that blood WAS pouring from wounds upon
him. and it quickly dyed the snow at his feet;
rent It with his teeth and claws until the bark
and splinters few ~ scores OF pieces about him
giant. and his cries were, fearful as he
snapped his jaws and slasned the tree
Mt him as he ragged. and pulled the trigger. The
hammer fell. the cap snapped. but the gun did
not go on. ] no Dear palu no attention 10 me.
torn the first one. With shaking fingers | man
aged to get ia another hird cap on ny ny gun Ha again +
tearing at the tree. when the report OF a gun
close to my ear almost G%eafened me. II was
Red brakes. Hearing nothing from me. he had
hurried around to see what was amis-. His ann
was true. The bear fell IN the snow at the foot
He rushed at a dead hemlock near the edge OF
the swamp. Wounded as he was. he climbed
the almost branchlesS stem nearly to the top
and cluDu there Suddenly he Came daRbinp ma
sEuHt and .s,ntY ci%spins it. The bark en
Of tho bear and slid from tho trunk
with ii. Tho great beast rose from tho
mass OF debris that covered him. sent It
jaws and fiery eyes. and crImsoIing the snow
with blood at every step. rushed ,furiously
toward US. Wy gun snapped again. 6nt Reds was
the game and tough old bear staggered. recov-
cred, rose in one last effort to reach mis- foes.
and then toppled over in the snow and moved no
more. | gave q wild hurrah. To my surprise Red
seemed ca", down instead Of in mood for re-
Ism, it Old }}]aakesf,er AK
,n m'Yss, replied oI Red uc cI1I ola JS axe, all Tishs,
both on EN-! Tore to pieces there IN the swamp.
by this rnmpagIn' yaTmint, ana whatll George
You that YOU went h%untin' with borried dogs
They had fallen victims to old Jnkc's fury.
nd there's that gun % mine you're carry
In said Red. I've hunted with 1t many a
day. and It never snapped afore. Now It snaps
three times hand runnln.' and don't go OFT the
fourth time. That the worst kind o. LUCK.
That's nigh as bad as KILN n white DEER
He took the gun and examined it,. Then he
drew the load. The result OF that was to cheer
him up. In reloading my, gun ] had in my haste
and illustration showed the bullet In frat and
rRmmed the powder down on top OF II. This
took the bad luck of the gun swapping, and Red
was In better spirits when he went home to
carry tho news Ottne killing OF Old Jake. and to
get help 10 fetch his huge carcass in. And Red
learned before he went TO bed TINT night some
thing that, while II SURPRISED him greatly, rRsed
his mind of the death OF George McMillan's
dogs. and gave MIN tna right to rejoice freely
OIL the downfall OF Old JAKE.
1t was after dark wncn we got back to Lords
Valley, but there were enough men about tho
tavern ready TO take lanterns ard pine-knOt
torches and go out and buck the big bear in. and
they did IL. A bigger bear never stretched his
length anywhere In Pike county than that one.
Its career. It's death. and its proportions were
Valley man VINO had been over ON the Paupack
came H.. After he mad heard al about the hunt
Tor Old Jake hr broke II piece of news.
George Mcmillan has thrOwcd up the Pau
pack school. sad he.
A ! said before. George Mcmillan WINS n
mighty hunter from the OF Lacka-
wnck, He had Tor n good many wears taught
Tar a. the Susluehanna some years. herause
when lie was young school teachers were scarce
In northeastern Pennsylvania, and schools were
scattered. He always hunted right up TO the
time he took charge OF u school. ana he was
famous Tor his lights with bears and wolvsSlnd