The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-09-10
TERRIBLE BEARS
IN THE KLONDIKE
They are Of the Variety Known as
the Bald-Face Grizzly.
so SAYS THE KL0NDIKE KING
How He Was Caught Between Two of
the Beasts and Escaped While
They Extcrminatcd Each
Other on the Spot


The Kloudke King paused mediiatively
ard the group on the hotel poach hitchei
their chairs mp closer
"Talkn' Of bear" he went on; now up
in tie northern country there is various
kinds. on the Little Pelly, for instance
they come down That thick 10 feed on
The salmon IN the summer time that you
can't get Indian or white to 90 higher
than a days travel 10 the place. And mp
! in The Rampant Mountains there's curl
( Gus kind OF bear called the 'side-hA
/ grizzly. That's because he's trareed on
/ the side hills ever since The food ana
/ the two legs on the down-hil side is
/ twice as long as the two ON the uphill
Ana he can ou,run a jack-raobit when d.
gets stem up. DausegousY catch yout
( Bless you. no. All "a man has TO do is TO
circle down the hili and run the other
way You see. that throws mister bear
long legs up the hil and the short ones
I down. Yes. he s. "a mighty peculiar cfea-
tufe but that wasn't what l started 10
I 10 tel about
BALD-FACE BEAR.
They've got another kind Of bear mp
on the Yukon, and his legs IS all right
/ too Hes called the bald-face grizzly,
/ ard he's as big as he IS bad. IT'S only
I a fool white man that thinks OF goin
/ huutn hlm. Indians got too much boss
sense BIT there's one thing about the
( ba,d-face that a man has TO learn; he
never gives trail TO mortal creature. II
you see him comm. and you value your
slim why. get out Of his path. II the
.f.rIf .r.Ia HH a
him an inch On, hes selfish beggar,
/ take my word for f. But l had 10 learn
au this Didn't know anything about
/ bc1r when I went into the country eX-
cepting when ! was a yOungstcr I'd seen
a heap OF cinnamons Of that little black
kind 'And they was nothin TO be scared
at
"TeH. after we'd got settled down on
our claim. L went w. the hin one day,
l00k.n' for q likely piece OF birch % make
an axe handle for the one my pardner
broke But IL was pretty hard 70 find
the right kind. and I kept ago'n and
agOin for nigh on two hours. WASH III
no hurry 20 make my choice. YOU sec. for
] was headin' down 20 The Forks all the
time where 1 was goin' 90 borrow q Jog
bit from Old Joe Gee. When j started ia
put a couple of sour-dOugh biscuits and
some sow-bcly i'm my POCKET I'm case
might get hungry. And I'm te.lin' YOU
that little lunch came iu right handy be-
fore ] was done with f.
COULDN'T SCARE HIM
"Rime-by 1 hit upon the likeliest little
birch sapln' right in the middle Of
c.umD OF jack pine. just as / raised my
hand axe ] happened 10 cast my ewes
down the hill There was d Dig baar
comm I'D swinein along on an fours
right IN my direction il was o ba.d-face,
bat little ] knew about such kind.
Jest watch me scare him. says 20
myself and stayed out Of sight IN the
trees.
'Well. waited tin he was about a
hundred feet oil. then / runs out into
the open.
"'Oohl ooh" 7 horered at him. expect
in him to make Off Ike chain lightning.
MAKE Off He Jest throwed $40 his
head for one good look and came
comm.
ooh! OOH 7 holcrcd loudcr'n ever. But
he Jest came comm.
'Consarn YOU" s says 10 myself get
tin mad I'll make you jump The trail
$50 j grabs my hat. and Wavin and
holerin' starts down the hin to meet
MIN. a Dig sugar pine had went down in
windfan ana lay about breast-hish.
stops jest behind IT, oh Dald-face comm
all The time 10 was jest then that fear
tool, me. yelled IKE "a Comaucte M DE-
raised 10 come over the log and fired INV
baf fuu g, ne So. srt.o,, ,t. go ''''
rpr,tq, 49,
'Sayl ] rounded the end of that log and
put down the hin at two-minute clip
ola ualo-iace reachin FOR me 9t every
Jump Al the bottom was broad, open
Hat quarter Of "a mile 20 timber and full
OF nlSecr heads. ! knew 81 ! Slipped 7
was a Eoncr bat hit only The high
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