The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-04-04

htile while before daylight I AccJIe
panied him with ms whole mind mad Z,
W 20 KIN bear OF die IN the attampt.
When we turned out next morning
the air was keen with frost. and No
rare ~ this altitude that ] could dis,
unctly hear the breathing 81 my guide,
who must have been many yards In
front of me. About mile FROM tbs
Jaeal' We turned sharply into iio
timber. and ssgan climbing toward
the top Of the mountain. The weight
of The big Winchester and the amn;i.
milton belt made the steep ascent
siin Job for "icndcrfooi.
iomerO carried d0uble-harIcled
shotgun with n hope ~ getting a crack
az flock Of wild turkeys. In his
hand be had small box which had
been whitfield from piece Of noun.
tain ash. and over H. thin edges. from
time 10 time, he drew a piece OF safe.
producing an exact imitation Of the
Wild turkeys call was positive that
heard Il answered on several 0cca.
slons. though Romero. keen.eared rs
he WAS, whispered that they were
echoes.
We found the summit about daylight
without having gotten a sight VI tur.
keys. though my mind WAS so worked
up with the stories Of ihe night before
that gave small heed 10 thls fact
when. for all ! knew. and as ! I'm.
agined, each clump OF chapparal we
passed hid an enormous bear
|. In fact. by the time we had reached
the top | had developed an acute at
tack Of "buck fever" and had inv0l.
unfairly thrown back the hammer Of
the rifle that carried q slug heavy
enough 10 Kill an elephant. 10 FUN
cock" Romero was on q short dis
lance IN the right. when. a. ! ap.
proached clump of underground at
the bfsc Of n big rock. I saw bunch
Of t~pwn hair moving slowly across
behind the bushes. and. without taking
aim. fred point blank through the foil
ag-.
g1r boom Of that gun and the
awf ~ echoes u started into life. along
wi,H The terrible state Of my nerves
and the thought Of the bear had just
killed. was too much for me. and |
sank down on q boulder near az hand
Romero came rushing up 10 me with
the query. what sou shoot f0rY''
Bear" was the one word uttered
hy my trembling voice as ! glanced
fearluliy toward the rock where the
smoke silll hung over ihr chapparal
Gmsplng the rife ] had BET fan az
my feet. and pumping the empty shell
ont Of u. Romero. an eagerncss. step.
ped cautiously over % ihs place | had
designated a. the spot where be- might
ind an enormous grizzly IN the
tbroes Of death.
Carefully he pushed the branches Of
e. prlckly underground aside with
tl' point Of his ride aud then. with a
rlar ~ laughter that set the echoes "a
u oiion again. he dropped down on the
~ md aud rocked Backward and Tor.
Wtd with his great brown hands
c,i .pluc hls stomach. al the while
emitting the mnsi horrid roar ! have
ever heard.
Had the man gone crasyf
80. the thought Of 'tcnderf0ot
getting away with one Of the largest
rnars n ail the mountains around had
ulnrryed him, 30 thought
when De got his breath. and while
big tears tricklcd down his checks. he
called 90 me. Come. see your bear"
went forward with trembling
nhs. ! must confess. and parted the
i.ushes rs he had done, gazed out upon
ho ledge o. ind-not q bear. but a
ig brown Jack" rabbit
Nes. the slug from the rifle. by sons
strange accident. had struck him
sluaro IN the stern. aud. after ripping
him into everlasting smlthereens,
. rad plasiered itself out upon the rock
. . 81 q big silver dollar with ragged
E edges.
hough convulscd with mirlh. go
q go me- aecd 10 SAY: Well ibs
81 gh of that gun has scared all The
nc that may have been about here
g.. ! there's no use 10 - farther Let.
gc hack to- the 'lakal'"
hen be- gathered up tle remains Of
+ pisr ~Bunnie." tied them together
" d a string. fastened Il 10 the end OF
BIZ cun.harrrl aud led the way down
+ tie mountain side. stopping every now
ara then again 10 give vent 20 hi,
mirthful feelings In most outrage
cts series OF outlaws"
when We reached the 'iakal' Their,
" - She scll-samc group OF ''greascrs.
/ u lians and half.hrerds. and When
Romero hung the trophy OF the hum
uinn convenient peg and jabherfd O
[ feg words In a language that might
M 20 been Chaldean or Chinook, fol
al ] knew. the crowd broke out int,
tbs loudcst aud most uproarious Kin,
Of eaCkllng