The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-04
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# WAS i'm Scptcmbcr-and the 'o''
RADIO sun had done its duty ana '''''oe
Phil as brown Of face ana STOUT VI
limb as any Of us-that the geo''ss
o,oss consisting of the professor ana
ten pupils, made an excursion INTO Tue
range with the object of taking a pra''
tiral lesson among the limestone peos
at the back of Lincoln Peak
Away we wcnt-feeling very h''a'-
sous Mt the idea of making an lhu''
pcndent expedition, even WIN h'''N,
ers for general scrambllnS oN''
rocks and fallen trees, chasing SOU"
rels and chipmunks. throwing Stones
Mt birds and rabbits. ana brhaN''s
generally just like what we WeF'-'
parcel of school boys. .,oo,
Presently we emerged from Tue 'f''S
and came out upon ano'hrr ',''e op,n
nark-like stretch of ground. liali way
across II our attention was sunueh,!
attracted by q stir among some hlEh
gross and out Jumped little DARK
colored short-lcggcd anIIllat' "H',"
looked like NOOll fi- - '
any such thing In nature. ~,
Away it scuttled, and away we all
went. with shout, in pursuit,
Phil happened to be some distance
bohjnd at the moment, being Dusty
engaged in digging u tarantulaS h's,
out of the ground with his khiie' n"'
40 soon rs he saw what we were "o-
inr he came racing after us. shouting
sJ,Oo< out! Look out! It's d
We did not hear what, we were max
fny so much r,sise ourselves. :.
Rut the little animal, whatever IL
was was too quick for us and disap-
reared into some willows WINE we
were still twenty yards bchllln', lhS
next moment the willows waved anu
bent and out bounced Il great she peai
"a grizzly! ~ .,.,od
with n veil of dismay we all turn'o
and scattering like flock OF sparroW$
when n cat jumps into the midst %
them fled for the nearest trees. bilik
ers. quite forgetting that he was 'tl'
general of the little eXpedlt'onaf9
force. made such use of his long leS'
that he was safely UP tree Delor'
any of the rest of us had reached on"
"A for me- | never reached one at all
In turning to run tripped over tn
Ak, and though | was up again II" ~
instant, the check made me 'he "S
of the fugitiyes. :,
The chas, was very soon over. i
ak Jumps, as 1t seemed. the sIe''
benst caught me, and with one DO,
of her paw on the middle of my Datl
sent me. face downward, to III
ground. with every atom of Drcht
driven out of my body.
The last circumstances was a goo
thing for me; could not have move
n muscle If had wished to. CONS
auently the bear supposed that l WI
deod. and instead of tearing me ,
into small pieces, rs | expected, u
began smiling me all over ana turhll
me about with her claws
Suddenly, however, she ceased al
began to growl, and heard Blinke
np In his tree call out, go back! "
can't do any good. You'll only Z
Yourself killed, too From which
concluded that Blinkers and the DE
had one thought in commons. they DO
supposed me to be dead.
~ / was beginning to recover !
breath little by this time, and in !
anxiety to see what was going
ward | made q slight movement W
one arm. and In an instant the D'
had that arm between her teeth.
hurt me so horribly that | tainted, q
all that happened afterwards l gntn
ed from the other boys
Phil, when he saw me Knocked 40
instead of climbing up tree like
rest, ran back to where had drop
the Ak, and, picking 1t up, advan
to my rescue.
1t was a mad thing to do, Their is
doubt about that; but Phil did lit
without thought of his own dams
Tt was In vain that Blinkers called
him to 90 back; he did not seem
hear, but kept coming on slowly, "
his eyes fixed on the bear, and the
held in readiness to strike.
The bear dropped my arm and
tsnced a step, standing across
body, growing and turning up
lips until all her great white tt
were exposed; but still Phil came
At six feet distance he stopped.
bear took a step forward, ana I
another, and then, with all the stref
Of his body doubled by the int
excitement of the moment, Phil stl
at her with such force and preci
that re split her skull clean in tN
But even in dying, the bear succ
ed In doing some mischief.
With a last convulsive effort
struck out. and. with her great eli
tore away the front of Pills coat,
and shirt, and made three deep
all across his chest from the left 81
der diagonally downward. Ano
inch and Phil must certainly have
killed. AS it was, he stood for q
ment swaying to and fro. and
fell forward upon the dead body o
bear.-From Grizzly PHIL by
ford l.. Hamp, In st. Nicholas.
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