The sun., 1897-02-28

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~ never was ss fond Of hunting a. am Of
fishing" the speaker. who had the temperance
pledge In his hand with the bead stiii on II.
was saying. but whenevsr 70 into part Of
the country where game 10 expected or even
suspected. I sometimes take gun along.
oftsner borrow one. however, OF some OF the peo-
pie in the neiRhborhood. and often have to
take any old thing. aad quite as offen am 20
careless take the gun without carrying along
anything to feed Il with.
"Once this car-lessness came near costing
me dear. aud gave me the most intense ten
minutes I ever experienced. was out In the
West Virginia mountains. where . man sees
bear about as often as he sees O hshermsn
without a Jug OF bait-I beg pardon, mean q
can OF bait. and as Il was easy to borrow .
gun from the farmer who was to be my guide
did so. IL was a muzzls loader. as lots OF the
backwoodsers stir1 have. and II could stand
lot Of rough usage. threw II down by the
stream where could get II In case the nshing
did not pan out TO suit me. and went into tbs
water. I was in . delishtful little cove.
h-dxcd In by the walls OF . canon. on . small
scale. and the ish did 90 we'll that In the course
Oh an uOuE Or tWO Il nau duttc taiuk VI p<@o-
ties. Then all At once they seemed 10 have
had enough and quit. and went back 10 where
the gun was.
~ tried to whistle up my guide. but he had
gone down tho stream and was out Of hearing
II was 4 pretty phase in which he had left me.
a2d as II was . rsstful kind OF . nook thouRht
I would take . nap before taking M arms
How long slept don't know. but. whom I
awoke behsld sight which made nv hair
stand on end, 10 wit. bear. which looked -
big as . rhinoceros. down on the edge Of the
stream eating up my hne string Of hsh with
great relish. II wa. q lady bear. which no
doubt accounted for that fne intuition which
conveyed the intelligence TO her Of the where
abouts Of my ish. II also made Il more seri-
or two TO look after. IL not the Kind Of bear .
peeceuble man cafes 70 indulge In.
anxious to cancel ali snsasements and res
owing TO the fact that the bssr blocked mp ali
;ss san rS saa Defend , Sn .. ss
sble. This part was easy. for the gun was ly-
ns .na n and TO io.s II.
sind down the cove, and :. We. under bush
began 70 hope that I.mixht sneak out and yet
OF while the beer was busy at lunch. In ths
but. but TO ON my horror. when I reached for the
powder nask there was only enough TO load
enc barrel Of The ths gun With ahe,Nyy. NV, 5, Shsrss; s
| blAcker when I looked for shot and found the
bag with only . half-dorsn bird shot sticking
Il was about to give mp in despair or make Q
run for Il or pray for deiyerance or somethins
ike that when thought OF ,he sinkers on my
stones for bullets. but there wssn't on. 70 b.
had. and hailed the sinkers as proyidential
provisions and began TO hustle them on the
Inns aa I could- L half dozen or
more, one or two OF them three or four inches
lous. and feeling that IL WAS q cse Of last
loaded verv nSasi5 TO the muzzle. knew
something was going IN happen when that gun
ssnSepos, % behind Il as in front, but stili Kept
| the muzKle pointed toward the bear.
II waited awhile IN the hope that when he
away. but was not to have any such luck.
could see. now that my attention sas 90
pSos pSSsrtqi oia on the little cove. M and | very evi
dently lived somewhere up In the mountain
tdat this cove was q short cut 70. for she came
was eotng. made myself a. little ~ could
! and hoped she would get hy me without pro
wiShIs ih ffty ,y feet ' OF me @ she snslied /. mouse
! ana NJ once her hair began TO fraz1le and She
/ showed unmistatable signs OF business. shs
tie air time or two. and then nIed her eYeI
on me lying down behind boulder about {
she emitted . snort ths! sounded like tn,
overture to Wagner opcr. and started di
rectly for me- Itelt that tne irresii tl6c and th'
in this vtst. Wild wilderness, and tried Il
| com pose myself properly for the solemn &C
9i tse bsas o came @ rumblIns: and GrowIins towart
lag Ehithsr was ;SNot!ns. nlaS tp sAeI sS thss,
scoot. and in half minute ! brought ul
against = stone vail. With tie stump OF q tre'
saJ 4.sd Gsi hsd
and l lodged behind this stump. gun In hand
firmly resolFed to.sell my lie a. dearly a. pos
hind les.. looking. to me. as n she were I
mtle.htxh and growing taller every minute.
postponed aIT longer. so. With nervous .n
lug animal and held 10 so:,ths butt would re.
TO speak. and became cooler and ~ondere<
whether IL was worse 10 have the bear sause.
me to death or 70 have tho gun kick mo u
slider points Of casui.try IKE this. for the bea
close that could feel her hot breath on M
pallid cAeek. a. the story books would have II
the old gun do the rest And how She done IL
Tee ShiEz. II sounded as II . thunder storu
Lad broken IN the mountains and there wer
Se.T. be- o' Oh. % Where va. " .Ses never .nsw unit
that supreme moment what . thorouxhl!
aass psesSa That % bear % had az hole % in her ri eoai,
have thrown 4. nsh basket through. and sh
was splathered all over with ainkers and othe
| fshius tackle. and I-wAs all right But tn
was so loosened In the ribs that bought he
from the farmer and never hred her Again
| I've got her home, though. In . frame mad
| out Of that bears bones, and n any Of -yo'
rents don't believe-me ! can show you the.gul
At any time you vii come 70 my house ant
| look at It.
motion TO appoint committee TO visit tn
| home OF the narrator wAs Immediately IN,
| unanimously passed