Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-01-11

and stunted pines. from which proceed
ed the most awful grumblings ard
bowls Imaginable.
Just as the party appeared on the
top all at once out from the sfubbic
came retreatIng the big Swede. fol-
lowed by an enormous silyer-tip who
was driving him slowly backward TO
ward the edge ~ the preclplce The
man was bleeding badly. nearly nil 81
one side OF his face being torn away.
the result Of q wicked blow from the
huge paw Of Oh emonster The bear.
on the other hand. was quite rs badly
wounded as his antagonist. His head
was n mass Of gore the lower jaw was
simply hanging by few sbreds. and
one OF his hind legs was broken The
Swede was backing slowly, holding In
his right hand large hunting knife.
which every second he would plunge
TO the hilt In the shoulder % his shag.
gy foe. At one thrust OF the Swedc the
bear caught him fairly with return
whack OF his monstrous paw that
must have broken the mans arm. for
he quickly transferred the blade 10 HIS
left hand, and then gave back blow for
blow, az best he could The end came
so suddenly that the horror.stricken
comrades Of tire doomed man could
render no possible assistance. Even
had they started on n run. they could
not have reached their friend In time,
and TO risk shot with rifle would
have been just ms dangerous to the
Swede as to the bear. Step by step
the man was forced back, until no
huge paw Of the monster. The bear
pice.
There seemed no hope for him un.
less he could assume the aggressive In
turn. and this could not be done. ns the
man was doing his utmost. and still
the silyer-tip was getting the better or
the fight. All at once the desperate an.
lmal raised his huge paw and brought
II down with terrific force upon the
head Of the man. The scalp was torn
away by this last stroke and the moor
! fellow was blinded by his own blood
Again the bear struck him. and tho
Swede tottered TO the brink. with moth.
/ Ing In reach to lay his hands on by
which he might save himself Evi.
IDENTIFY, with the desperation Of death
starring MIN In the face. Frnnck did tho
only thing possible under the circum.
! H'"h,tSs ne ut WIS NNHylnE back
ward and ready 10 20 over. he threw
from him the useless knife. and In dos.
pair Of all hope. madly clutchrd the
beast around the neck.
The force Of the last onslaught car.
rled the bear too far. for the next mo
ment both silvcr.tip and man, In tha,
awful embrace Of death. went rolling
over the frigbtful precipice togetbe,
ana were dashed into an nnrecoanizn
Die mass on the rocks and pines. bnn
dreds OF feet below. Francis rim,
was found In bunch Of aunkInp as
pens, broken short Off M tho stoct
There were no cartridges In the cham
Der. which proved that the seven. foot
er had certainly exhausted his maga
zine before drawing his knife. ana I'm
nfter he had shot MI his shells tbo III
ver-tip had insisted upon fighting n
close quarters which accounted 10
broken stock. and verified tho nrobo
bllity OF the mans using his g,,n ne ', :,
club when the maddeBsd beast '.ush.,
upon him. II was late IN tho faII who,
me encounter occurred. probably nj ,
Time when the monster was hon IN,
equipped with fat. and. Of course ~,
long, Keen blade would hive 10 mas
through thick layer of blnbber M
rore enconnteriDg n vital rart.