Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-02-20

ing just been posted at point on the
edge of the patch and assured that the
bear would certainly come out there.
so he could Shoot it; and then to see
ellison break for the nearest tree and
get into it at the Crst sound of the dis
turbance in the laurels.
Everything worked first-rate. When
we got to the last laurel patch was
putting and blowing like tired horse,
and was about as near pushed as any
one could be, but thought of the fun
l was having, and the more was going
TO have, and said nothing, but just went
off to one side and shook my Sides.
:" Hes in here sure, and if there amt
breakers ahead, l can't read bear signs,
said Dave Ramsy.
Il unbuckled my revolvers and laid
EN- on the snow, dropped my AK and
stood n.y gun against tree l took
G1llson over to one end of the patch
and stood him there. -.
"'When the bear comes pitching out
I said, as If it was foregone conclu-
sion that the bear was coming out
right there and nowhere else, don't fire
until you see the whites of his eyes.
He'll come like steam engine, and
very likely run you down and trample
I'll over you and claw you some the
first time, but that's part of the hunt.
I've known some folks to make break
for the nearest tree and shin up it
when they saw the bear making his
rush, but that spoils man for being
bear hunter. Remember 1 says,
and don't shoot until you can see the
whites Of his eyes, and when he's tramp
ling and clawing and chewing you,
then get in your little work with your
AK and your knife. Understands
"Gillson kind O. suffered out that
he understood, and the sweat poured
out of him so, and he looked so much
as if he wished he was hcme, that l
::elt sorry for him, but went off into
a thicket and rolled in the snow for five
minutes and stuffed my hat in my
mouth to keep from hollering right
out, and then went back to wait for
Dave to go in and stir up the bear. l
stood right where I could see ellison
end a maple tree that stood not more
than 20 feet to one side of him.
'I'll have to burst when he throws
his gun and goes fer that tree!' says.
And if he is too scared to climb it,
know shall die!'
"Dave went into the patch to rout up
the bear.
Shake the laurels up lively says
to him, and boiler and howl like thun-
ier!'
II guess Dave had been in the swamp
three minutes or more before the dis
turbance began. When the laurels be-
gan to snar and crack and shake, l
looked up at ellison. He stood with
Lis feet braced and his teeth clinched,
and his gun ready. l hadn't any idea
that Dave could make such commo-
ton among such stubborn growth
RS laurels, and when the growing and
snarling tuned up just laid back and
wondered. ellison stood to his post
like soldier.
Saint that darn fool going to out
and run after alp saysI.
"Just then the laurels shook and
snapped rs if a cyclone was working
among them. There came from the
midst of the disturbance such a comhl-
nation Of yells and bowls and snorts
and growls that I'd taken fright my
self and run if I hadn't known that is
was only Dave. And ellison stood still
and waited. Then heard shot in the
swamp, and another yell, followed by
a startling creaking and swaying of
the laurels, tbs line of that connection
leading straight toward me.
'Gillson.' hollered, he's terror =
II don't know what ellison replied,
for the next second out of that laurel
patch, not 20 feet from me, crashed a
bear so big: and with such fury in his
eyes, that it's wonder didn't drop
in my tracks. I didn't have time to
think. The bear was coming head-on
for me, with his jaws swapping like a
thrashing machine. I turned and l
saw the maple tree that I had in my
mind reserved for ellison and my fun.
] flew for it. don't know how many
feet ! covered at q jump, but, although
I knew tie bear wasn't many jumps
behind me, had time to think:
lord! If ellison goes for that tree
now he'll cad me off, and I'm a goner!"
For fear he would. hOllered to him
in my desperation:
:" There's tree just below you, yen
der! Cut for that one!'
'.But he didn't. He started for the
maple. / PUT on more steam and got
there first. grabbed the tree, / re-
member bearing two shots. The next
I remember was that was sitting IN
the snow, with my arms and legs clasp