The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-07-11

.' FACING a GRIZZLY.
A Coy Kills an Angry Bear With a
Blow of an Ak.
| 1t was in September-and the Colo
RADIO sun had done it's duty and made
Phil as brown of face and stout of
limb as any of us-that the geology,
| class, consisting of the professor and
ten pupils, made an excursion into the
range with the object of taking prac-
| tical lesson among the limestone beds
at the back of Lincoln Peak.
| Away we went-feeling very hilar-
ious at the idea of making an indie
pendent expedition, even with Blink
ers. for general -scrambling over
rocks and fallen trees, chasing squir-
at birds and rabbits, and behaving
generally just like what we were-a
| parcel of school boys.
! Presently we emerged from the trees
and came out upon another little open
park-like stretch of ground. Half way
across it our attention was suddenly
attracted by a stir among some high
grass, and out jumped a little, dark
colored, short-legged animal, which
looked like woody pig-if there be
any such thing in nature.
Away it scuttled, and away we all
went, with a shout, in pursuit.
Phil happened to be some distance
behind at the moment, being busily
engaged in digging a tarantula's nest
| out of the ground with his knife; but
as soon as he saw what we were do
ing, he came racing after us, shouting,
''Look out! Look out! It's "a"
We did not hear what, we were MAJ
ing so much noise ourselves.
| But the little ANIMAL whatever it
was, was too quick for us and disap-
peared into some willows while we
were still twenty yards behind. The
next moment the willows waved and
bent and out bounced a great she bear
| "a grizzly!
With yell of dismay we all turned
and, scattering like flock of sparrows
when a cat jumps into the midst of
| them, fled for the nearest trees Blink
ers, quite forgetting that he was the
general of the little expeditionary
force, made such use of his long legs
that he was safely up a tree before
/
AS. for me, / never reached one at all
In turning to run tripped over the
ak, and though 1 was up again in an
instant, the check made me the last
of the fugitives.
The chase was very soon over. In
six jumps, as it seemed, the great
beast caught me, and, with one blow
Of her paw on the middle Of my back,
sent me, face downward, to the
ground with every atom of breath
driven out of my body.
The last circumstances was a good
thing for me; 1 could not have moved
a muscle if I had wished to. Conse-
quently the bear supposed that I was
dead, and instead of tearing me up
into small pieces, as 1 expected, the
began shifting me all over and turning
me about with her claws.
Suddenly, however, she ceased and
began to growl, and I heard Blinkers
up in his tree call out, eco back! You
can't do any good. You'll only get
yourself killed, too." From which 1
concluded that Blinkers and the bear
had one thought i'll common they both
supposed me to be dead.
| was beginning to recover nv
breath a little by this time, and in my
anxiety to see what was going for
ward I made slight movement with
one arm, and in an instant the bear
had that arm between her teeth. It
hurt me SO horribly that 1 tainted, and
all that happened afterwards I gather
ed from the other boys.
Phil, when he saw me knocked down
instead of climbing up a tree like the
rest, ran back to where had dropped
the ak, and, picking it up, advanced
| to my rescue.
1t was mad thing to do, thu is no
doubt about that; but Phil did it-and
without a thought of his own danger.
1t was in vain that Blinkers called to
him to go back; he did not seem to
hear, but kept coming on slowly, with
his eyes fixed on the bear and the ak
held in readiness to strike
The bear dropped my arm and ad-
vanced a step, standing across my
body, growing and turning up her
lips until ali her great white teeth
were exposed; but still Phil came on.
| At six feet distance he stopped. The
bear took a step forward. and then
another, and then, with all the strength
of his body doubled by the intense
at her with such force and precision
that he split her skull clean in two.
But, even in dying, the bear succeed
ed in doing some mischief.
With last convulsiye effort she
struck out, and, with her great claws,
tore away the front OF Phil's coat, vest
and shirt, and made three deep cuts
all across his chest from the left shoul-
der diagonally downward. Another
inch and Phil must certainly have been
killed. As it was, he stood for mo-
ment sWaying to and fro, and then
fell forward upon the dead body of the
bear.-F,r Grizzly Phil,'' by Sid
ford F. Hamp, in st. Nicholas.
How to Make Cup of Tea.
. Nothing is easier. The odd thing is
that SO many girls fancy tea making
difficult art, when it is really a very.
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