The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-10-22
AYARN FOR HUNTERS
STORIES OF GAME THAT RAISED 4
MAN FROM HIS DEATH BED. -

"VN INV" ITO whit 0SSs '7~
Proof That No Passion II DO afropg - tho
IAaatuation for the Chase--Onos in Its
Grasp and There 10 No release Until
Dsath-Hh Last Quarry.
DR.. Trabish. with hiS Instruments
and his little bottles Of powders and
liquids, usually made the Hoback bas-
in religion once a month. When he ap-,
preached the shack of the Archers on
this November day he felt some mis-
givinss. for everything seemed so still
and quiet. Mrs. Archer opened tho
door to him and answered bis query Of
greeting in ssssuwful voice.
n don't understand why he shouldn't
have quite recovered BY this time,'
said the doctor. did you give him the
drops regularly" ,..s,..,.,
Eyes; but a bear come" i'Aas
"A bear? what" -7"
"First day after you left. LAS was
lynn there what you call speeches.,
MA uANuu
"Unconscious. Yes, he was pretty
low down, but still"
HE was lynn there, when Rem Cid
dings come In an told about seem
bear up near the timber line. Next I
knewed Las has his gun down an
was streakin' up the mountain half
dressed. Said no bear was goin' to
take advantage Of his bein' sick an
come foolin' round the house that
sassy. He got the lear, but three men
had to hold him in bed on account Of
his craziness for i've days.
Naturally, with such exposure"
He'd just about come to his sense.
when Ashcroft, who come down to set
up with him, told me about seein' elk
tracks by the cfict. Ashcroft spoke
soft an low an didn't mean no harm,
but Lias heard him in his sleep and riz
up an throwed bedalothes all over the
house; knocked Ashcroft down an
pushed me away as easy as though +
WAS some kind Of thing on hinges.
Then he got that grin an went out on
a run. Had just his shirt on"
Good land! Why, that was enough
to kill him, with snow eight inches
deep"
AT least a foot deep. Ashcroft an
three men hunted him all that day an
night. He'd followed that elk over
nigh the Tstons. He was plumb dead
when they brung him back, but the
elk was dead, too"
What! Lias dead? I thought"
"He was dead then, but he come to
next day an went out Of his head ss'iA
an then stretched out, an we all
thought he was really gone. The boys
come to watch with him an plan his
funeral, an whilst they was talkin'
Ed Groby said Harvey Wade had told
some one who had told him that
seven mountain sheep had been Noticed
UP nigh the tip of the Thumb, sixteen
miles away. They amt been no noun.
tain sheep nigh these parts Tor ten
years. A hunter like Las is--a man
so set heart an soul--Would follet
mountain sheep for hundreds Of
miles"
Il know. They are great game"
"They are, sure. We'll, DOCTOR, when
Ed Groby said them words there come
q kind Of CULVER Of LAS body an he
opened his eyes an looked around. I
knowed what was comm an run for
the rifle. But be was too quick, 'Wo4.
man! he yelled at me, don't set yer.
self ag'in me with a chanst at tnoun+
tain sheep He had the rife an was
outside an mile away, / guess, afore
them scared men knowed what was W
He was gone three days. They brunf
him home ylstiddy. There he is il
there"
The doctor went into the other rooIo
of the shack and looked at the thin,
wasted form before him. He looked Al
the most notable Of all the Tstop and
Hoback hunters. I.c looked at the man
whose fame extenied from the Wind
Liver mountains to Pocatello. Hs
] ,oked, however, at a man who was
Dying.
"Lias, can you hear me?" he in
quired, gently.
The patient smiled back weak
recognition.
why on earth did you act so fool
ish? ! thought you'd be we'll by this
time II you hadn't exposed yourself
So"
A film seemed to gather over the
eyes Of the mountain man. Then came
his last strength. He rose in bed and
gasped:
DOC, them mountain sheep horns
measure twenty-five inches. Amt an
other pair like EN- ever been took in
these parts. hit MIN right above"
Then ha fell back dead