The Red Cloud chief., 1897-07-30

the fy-wheei. and as the bear raced
down that side OF the engine. the man
jumped the belt and started up the
other side. The bear paused only an
instant when he came to the flying
belt, then over be went, and chased tue
man on around the cylinder end.
Round and round the engine they
ran. jumping the belt. slipping and
sliding on the sAck. oily door. but get
ting faster and faster all the time.
There was nothing In the room that
do would for = weapon, and Russell
could form no plan Of escape. his great
est desire for the moment being to
keep the engine between him and the
grizzly. Even this became impossible.
distance between them gradually les
sened till they were running only q
few feet apart.
The engineer shouted again and
again. but he had very little hope OF
any ones hearing him because OF the
great noise made by the machinery;
and even IL they did hear, they could
not get In to help him, for the door
was locked. and he could not spare
time To fool with that lock just then.
IT was simply maddening to him to
think thai there were twenty men In
the mill only few feet away, all ready
and willing to help him IL he could
only let them know Of his plight. and
yet to have that relentless brute chas-
Ing him around like a rat In trap.
A few minutes OF this wild running
exhausted the engineer. and he would
have stopped and let tho grizzly do his
worst had 1t not been for the dread
full blood-curdling noise made by the
animals claws as he scuttled over the
slippery floor. The bear lunged and
plunged along like a great awkward
calf. growing prodigiously the while
but he made astonishing speed for such
an unwieldly-looking beast. and was
fast overhauling the man In spite o
his utmost efforts.
Once, as the exhausted engineer
leaped over the belt, he thought tina
to drop on II and be crushed by the fly
wheel would be an easier death thar
to be torn to pieces by the bear. ant
he almost decided to end tho dread
full chase the next time he cam
running so swiftly to certain death hi
heart failed him. and he waited I'll
next time. Not so the bear. Almos
as the mans feet touched the floor af
ter the leap he heard an awful roar
and the next instant a badly mashe
bear struck the ceiling and droppe
like a shot.
That timely event Is easily explain
ed. As the man and bear ran roun,
centrifugal force caused them to swim
cut farther ani farther from their cer
ter OF motion, the engine; and tn
4 bear. being heavier than the man, fie
farther out TIL he came to q place q
: the slanting belt where It was too his
for him to Jump. Then he put
! forepaws on 1t, intending to clin
over. and that was the last Of hil
The belt, running ut that high spec
y jerked him In like a feather. and r,
o him through between 1t and the a
u wheel. When the fiy-wheel got do
. with him, 1t threw him OFF at the to
u as dead as herring and not mu'
, thicker than one.
. The engineer, however. firmly
y lieves that the spirit OF his lit
- ;, daughter influenced the engine to sa
:, his life by killing the bear; and wi
- can say 1t is only fancy? The ne
week he sent to Chicago and had Il
silver plate made and put 1t on 20
Alice" and he declares that she
quite proud of 1t.