The Republican., 1897-04-22

sight OF me once they'd be apt to turn
back or shunt off in some other direc-
ton, and l wouldn't have any fun with
EN-. The noise came nearer and nearer,
and it had become one wild wave of
discordant sound, made up of blood
curdling yells and yelps and howls.
81 don't wonder the hunters they
have out here are shy of the critters,
says |. Judging from the music they
make they must be little trying to
ordinary nerves. But, then, them hunt
ers never faced Sinnemahone pam
Tiers.
81 peeked out from behind the tree
and saw the pack coming. Iwant to tell
you that they were little the ugliest
and savagest-looking beasts 1 had ever
seen or read Of
IF they had wings says, they'd
be griffins,' for that they looked like,
more than wolves.
They were coming like the wind, and
l opened on them with my Winchester.
The head one tumbled. The pack came
TO a standstill, but they kept on their
terrible yelping. l picked off 16 of em,
and the other 25 stood there, trying to
make out what was happening to em.
"'This is cowardly,' says 1, and [
stepped out and faced the 25. They
were hundred yards away, and the in
stant showed myself they set up more
fearful yelling than ever and started for
me. 1 judged from that that they
couldn't see very well at that distance.
found l was right about that. for as
they drew nearer and 1 came better
within their focus they began to SLOW
up, and finally stopped dead, maybe 20
yards away. They stood there, actually
struck dumb. l took step or two
toward them. Then saw their eyes be
gin to bulge. | took a couple more
steps, and every one of them terri
hle-looking beasts turned tail and tore
back through the timber so fast that
they were out of sight almost in a flash.
"'Luclly they didn't see me first, says
I. 4 wouldn't have got shot at 'em if
they had
81 picked out the biggest and ugliest
one of the 16 had killed to carry in as
a trophy, and started for home. was
disappointed, though.
Timber wolf amt my size!' says l.
must stir up silver-tip.'
The timber was thick where l stood,
but, looking ahead through the trees, |
saw an open space. | strolled over that
way to see what sort of prospect spread
cut from that spot. l found the open
space to be a wide plateau, extending
along the face of the hill a long dis
tance. Walking to the top of the bluff,
| saw that it terminated abruptly and
lad perpendicular face. 1t overlooked
a narrow valley. on the further side of
which was a dense growth of timber
which covered a slope that led up to a
high, rocky mountain two or three
miles away. The valley was not more
than a hundred feet below where |
stood, and after a momentary glance
at an interesting group of animal life
that was for the time enjoying itself
in the valley | let my eyes wander over
the charming picture that the vale, the
woods and sun-capped heights spread
out in Incompatible panorama below,
beyond, around, above me. After lin
gering a long time in rapt admiration
OF the scene l at last let my eyes rest
on the representatives of the animal
kingdom that my first casual glance
had noted. These were a collection of
bears. There were 13 of them, and
from their enormous size and formida-
BILE style of makeup had no doubt that
they were silver-tips. They were scat