The times., 1897-04-04
ntent ,,steni,r wbile stood wonder

transformation, / heard the same pfClohSeu
baytng subdued by distance, that hai
heard in the timber. IC came from the I'll
rection of the mountain, out OF the timex
timber, and grew rapidly more distlnct.
sAhaf saws l. Timber wolves! GuDS
to take q fan out OF these silver-ups, sup
pose.
Then you should have seen those bears!
They ran to and fro, every moyementshow-
ing that they were furious with rage
The stiff hair on their necks stood erect,
and / could see, even at that distance
their eyes glanng fiercely. Ihey shappeu
their jaws savagely and chorus or ugly
growls rose from them TO where stood.
They're mad all through, says L,
and they need 20 be ii rtheyintend TO stand
up against them timber wolvesl They We
never had any lessons from sinnemahone
panthers, these silver-tips hahn t.
The bears massed themselves not far
from the base of The bluff as the noise OF
the advancing pack drew nearer ana
nearer, directly below where was stand-
ing. | knew Lnat the chances We're Sood
for a lively fight, and | lay down nat
and looked over the edge OF the biull
in such "a POSITION that L could take IL All
in as il went on. lad scarcely uohe 50
when the edge of the woods seemed TO De-
come suddenly alive. From the trees along
the timber border yelling and howhng 1kc
demons. crowding, pushing ana tumDhhB
over one another iii their haste 10 &eV IL
niece OF them bears, swarme ed horde OF
ferocious beasts that at once recognlLed
as the same kind that 1 had faced down
half an hour or 50 before There were
TWENTY-FIVE in the pack, and L haven I
anv Doubt that they were the same ones,
too They didn't wait a second, but rushed
across that open and threw themselves
upon the massed silver tips, and The heht
was on.
THE mingled cries of the bears and the
wolves filled that peaceful vale with such
sounds as ! had never hcard, even oil tIIe
old SinnemahOne IN it's better Gays III
less than minute the ground was coVeEtu
with the bloody and lacerated bodies 9t
wolves and bears. 1t was learlm hdru
thing for me to lie there ana see th"0
terrible battle and know there was no
way for me to get down and have Il hand
in it.
In less than fifteen minutes the fight
was about over, because there WIS oIiy
one bear and one wolf left to fight. nc
,,a,r was tho. biggest one of the lot. He
had lacked up against the bluIi. AN
around him were strewn the bodies OF foes
no had slain. But one had surVlFed his
fellows. q tremendous one, with hcitd ana
iDw of ennrInOus size. He was Iit@''lhE
from, Il score OF wounds, but he spranSoNtr
the bodies of his dead companions, ana
caught the bear full in the ragged, IleeI-
ing wound in his throat. 4 ne bear gave
p howl that made the bluff trenible. thrr"
isIacerateI furelcgs around his Isstilint.
ard drew them quickly together
c,uld hear the VOLTS bones crack ana
crunch in that fearful embrace, but he -ld
mot loosen his laws from the bears throat.
even to give his death yell ne ''e.i'
hold his victim tight in that last clutch,
stood ~ a statue 4 moment. then S"iye'i
and fell like a topping tree to the ground
his death clasp around his foe, ms foe
death grip at his throat.
THE battle was over. 1 viewed the
fell.
... There's something like eight tons OF
GOOD bear meat and hide wasted, says l.
AMI about two tons OF timber wolf seat
tered 20 the winds.
u hadn't got through commenting ye'
when suddenly it began to grow tiark
/ looked up. The air was filled with BIZ,
black birds. the roar of their wiags Solil-.-
inc like a hurricane and the florh' s'
dense that they mad the sun Ike thahdei
clords They settled down in tnat valley
and such a feast They were ravens, trfd'
that grow in that country TO he aS pIg Us
eagles. The feast didn't last mt .Ch&e'
tnIn the fight that had spread it Then
tho ravens rose and winged themselves
avyay SO uIysteriUusly that in "a minute
there wasn't ore to he seen in the SKY
Below where such fierce aud noisy hf'
had becn so short a time before. tLer'
was nothing but cleaning white bones and
staring skulls TO mark the scene
",Guess there won't be anyone trying tC
stir up silver tip or timber woii IN thi'
region any more says |. They We citahe
each other pretty well out, take IL
$50 | shouldered my timber wolf trophl
and went back where l came from
tun,bIed the wolf down there before the
Fort Wasbakie man He staggered rack
turned male and came near fainting away
..Great Bloody Gulch Chost!' he yelled
rs soon as he got his breath That ain
. timber wolff A timber wolf is PEI
Maltese kitten long side . that critter
That's one O. tie rcarin' terrOrs y Win
River That's wild dog O. the Wind
! River Mountains. They're the terror an'
| scource o. the region. They're death u
| every Iivin' thing that roans mountain ol
rIuin they're speedy. tiIeleSS, stuhfOfh
| The swiftest thing in the woods can OUT
| run ON. The fiercest and biggest can
| stand up ag-iu EN-. Nothing can stop en-
| in the chase and nothing can turn ti
| awav from what they start out 10 elt
They've got only one mission to purs'l'
| sIay and devour. Where did YOU find lm
| one dead? No livin' man Killed one.
Noe says I. That's cause no lvin:
! man out here ever stood up before S'hhe
malone panthers,' says /.
But I guess that pack OF wilh dog
of the Wind River Mountains must Law
| haen the last of their race. for never RAJ
across any more all the time | was on
! there I've always been sorry. though
that ] didn't know they were Wild dog
of the Wind River Mountains instead O
timber wolves for I'd have pitched II
| and saved some Of them silver tips "-Nev
| York sun.
The Consumption of Things.
The II ,263 GOO people of the Unite'
| c+o+os consumed ueT CAPITA last yea