The sea coast echo., 1897-12-18
FIELDS OF ADVENTURE.
THRILLING INCIDENTS AND DARING
DEEDS ON LAND AND SEA.

Seldom does one find more thrill
ng scene than chat in Gilbert Parker's
'Pomp Of the Lavilettes," tn which
Tom Ferrd is locked up in q dark
warehouse with murderous bear:
"He ran suddenly to the center Of
ihe room, The candle still ia hiS hand,
and turned TO meet his foe! IT came
,Ayagely at him. He lodged it, ran
past itJ turned, doubled on it and
lodged again. A half dozen times
bis was repeated, the candls still far
hg. 1t could not last long. The
,ear wss enrsged. Its movements be-
ame swifter.- It's vicious teeth and
fps we're covered with ffoth which
iripped to tho floor and sometime5
rpastered Ferrols clothes as he ran
>set.
"Feroi suddenly remembered the
| broken bsyonet upon The ledge against
me we'll II he could reacli 1t there
might be charcs 20 strike one blow
,or life. As his eye glanced toward the
vall he saw the steel Aash In the light
If the candle.
1.-THE bear was between him and 1t.
He made feint toward the left, then
10 quickly to the right. But In doing
10 he slipped and fell. The candle
dropped W the floor and went out.
With lightning.like instinct Of self
preservation he swung over upon his
ace just as the bear In q wild rush
passed over his head. He remembered
6serwRd the odor Of the hot, rank
body end the sprawiing, huge feet and
,laws. ScrsnIbling TO his feet swiftly,
be ran to the wall, Fortune was with
him. His hand almost instantly
dutohed the broken bayonet. Ho
whipped out his handkerchief, tore
The bcarf from his neck aud wound
hem atpund his hand that the broken
bayorst should not tear the flesh as he
iopght for his life. Then, seiEing it,
he waited Tor the bear TO come on, his
body bent forward, his eyes straining
into the dsrk, bis face dripping drip
pingI-Aweat, bis breath coming hard
ktid labored from his throat.
l'For q minute there was absolute
silence sav1 for the breathing of the
man and the eaYag5 painting of the
beast. Presently he felt exactly whore
the besr was pnd listened intently.
He knew that 1t was now but Q question
Of minutes, perhaps seconds. >
1.-TWO things happened at that' mo-
meiit---tho sound Of knocking on door
,om6whers ard the roaring rush Of the
pear ppoh him. He sprang to one
lide, striking at the beast es he did sd.
The bayoneb went in end out again.
Then came voices from the outside.
Evidently somebody was trying to get
ID, The bear roared again and came
bfi.'' II was all q blind mans game.
Suddenly every particle Of strength
bad gone out tsof him. He shivefed
snd swayed. Godl Would they
oever gst that window openl Hfs
heart seemed to give o sleap, then
slowly to roll over with thud, and he
fell to the floor ss the bear plunged
forward upon him."
Yanne Castine aud Mic LavIlette
break in Just IN time to drive the saw
age beast from the fallen victim, and
Ferrol is nursed baCf to life by Chris
tine.
Lively Encounter with wild Bull.
Adventures Of all sorts enliven the
pages OF s.. J. Stones "In and Beyond
the Himalayas." There Is one lively
encounter with wild yak bull that
contains a spice of humor as well as
adventure. Mr.. Stone had wounded
the animal, and he and his native
assistant, or shikari, ran to intercept
it as II bolted up the steep and stony
hillside.
u slackened my pace,3' said the
author, ''but Paljour, not noticing
this, went on and got above me-: He
was thus between the bull and my
self. AS the bun turned the swell in
the hillside he suddenly came in sight
Of Paljour, and, instantly changing
his course, charged furiously at the
old man straight down the hill.
"Paljour retreated toward me, best
pace, shouting to me to fire. But ct
first I could not see the bull, and
when he did come In sight the shikari
was directly in line with him. r
shouted to HIN to get out of the way,
but he was too hustered to under
btsnd.
Fortunately above me, and about
ten yards of, small rock iutted out
OF the hillside, and Paliour screwed
himself under 1t into the smallest
space. The ipfuriated bull stood
above the rock, only few feet from
the man, evidently at a loss. He
could hear his enemy distinctly, for
Paljour was shouting continuously at
the top Of his voice for me to come
and hide under the rock beside him
II was clear that both man and animal
were unconscious OF each others
proximity. One was mad with rage
and the other was off his head with
funk.
+, "There was no time, however, TO
admire the tableau, for the monster
above me was bent on mischief. r
put 500 express bullet into his chest
and down he came straight for me. I
backed few yards to get out of his
course and fell into stony hole, cut
ting my legs very severely. The
hand of Providence agaipl In the
hole I was out Of sight Of the furious
animal, which Numbered past me
about three yards off,
II had just time to twist myself into
sitting position and deliver my sec
ond barrel into his shoulder as he
rushed by. That finished him. He
fell twenty yards below me, sprawling
on his belly, with legs spread out,
thus checking the otherwise inevitable
roll down hill.
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