The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-12-22

other that nothing less than memorable
/ necessity could keep them apart for /
twenty-four hours: nor would either OF
them ever engage with party of tour-
lists or sportsmen unless the other could +
go along even If both had to work for |
one mans pay.
After spending n day or two at Hot |
Sulphur Springs. we moved our camp |
down to Williams River. almost under 4
the shadow Of Williams River Noun |
tains, where fish and game were at that |
time plentiful.
The trout, however, did not take kind |
ly TO our artificial flies. so. early one
morning, while his son was doing the
camp chores. Joe, taking couple of
empty pickle bottles along. went out
toward the foothills to gather grasshop-
pers for bait.
He had no more than half mile TO
CO. and as the night-chllled insects
would be easily caught we expected
him to return within an hour But he
did not come. nor had he done so when
Peter. already, as we thought, absurdly
anxious, announced breakfast
About forty-five minutes after Joe
left we had heard several rife or pistol
shots echoing among the foothills, but
such sounds We're SO common that at
the moment we paid no attention To
them. While we were at breakfast one
of us, calling these reports to mind.
carelessly asked Peter If his father had
taken his revolver along.
why. yes, for sure: he never goes
anywhere without that" replied the
young man. "but I'm afraid he's got in
to some trouble this time. or he'd been
back long ago. Maybe, though. he's
wounded an elk and has followed it in
to the mountains"
After waiting another half hour In
the vain hope of his fathers return,
Peter became so distressed that. at his
earnest request. DR.. Lewis. Fred Reid
and | agreed to accompany him on Il
' search for the missing man.
. Aiming ourselves with rifles and re-
II volvers. we set out at once and, on
u coming to a particularly green stretch
/ of grass at the base of the foothills.
Il found the two pickle bottles. both duly
;, corked and full of grasshoppers, but nc
~ sign whatever Of joe
Then we three began to circle around
! looking. but quite uselessly, over the
= matted grass for footprints, while Peter
= struck out for a grove of young cotton
woods. bounding one side of the mead
ow. He had not been gone five min
utes when from out the thckest depths
rang Il Mortified shrek, followed by /
frenzied cry of:
ly Here. men, here, Hurry! oh, 70
t. Heavens sake, hurry
re Dashing like madmen across the lit
NJ tie plain. we reached the distresset
a. youth in few moments, and then saw
n fearful sight. indeed In the mids
of a patch of trampled, blood-staine,
ne bushes lay the seemingly lifeless form
to of poor Joe. The scalp was strippe
mt from the front part of his head an
hung down over his eyes. His lef
- shoulder was frightfully lacerated, an
the arm on that side badly mangled
- and broken in two places; the clothn
y was torn from the upper part of hi
nd body. and on his naked breast cape
,c four ragged burrows, evidently plough
:, ed by a single stroke from the claws G
.ad some giant wild beast. Whatever tn
~ enemy, 1t was obvious that the oil
~ hunter had made a desperate fight. fC
all the chambers of his revolver wei
~ empty. and his knife encrusted wit
gore, while the underbrush around We
~ beaten fiat and the ground trodden i
a to blood-moistened dust.
:, Peter, dry-eyed but piteously moa
ing was lying by the senseless bod
s. tenderly clasping ii In his arms, and {
seeing us. exclaimed; MY poor faith
has been killed by grizzly bear; an
SO help me Heaven; I'll never taste fo'
till I've destroyed the brute. Life
no use to me now
why. Pete. my boy" said DR.. lie
I IS. who had knelt by the old mans 81
De and was holding a pocket flask of bra
dy to his lips, your father Is not dea
He'll regain consciousness direct
Cal. Meantime you run to the camp for |
instrument case and tell our frier
Cal there to hurry along with the spri
wagon. a few blankets and such otl
CAL articles as they know will he nee
, sary."
ys Actually hugglng the doctor In
JOYOUS revuson of feeling and sof
emf kissing his fathers unhurt hand. Pc
'ou'' sprang to his feet aud was off lik'
shot. Going and returning. he m
cover nearly mile. but in less than
II in. minutes he was back again with
rant little box of surgical Instruments 1
arge some clean clothing for the wount
( out man. now sitting up and in full pos
sion of his senses On seeing this.
afrectionate son dropped to his knee
an ecstasy of thanksgiving and fa
'tore, rwept aloud for joy.
and Two minutes later the wagon IL
dered up to the edge of the grove
so our comrades. who had thoughtf
~ brought splints, sponges, handages
rs most needful of all. two covered ~
~ cts full of warm water.
90 Then. assisted by his pupil,
Reid the doctor cleansed and stit'
In Mace the pendant scalp, dressed
~ breast and shoulder wounds, set
IN bound up the broken arm and made
- patient as comfortable as possible.
~ the tough old fellow would not
ERkm h.cp to Damn Accompaniel by