The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-03
Bad Ben Is BaM Like a Iews-hAp. "
SAID SMacDougaH.

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thing but my bowie. but knew how to
handle that In them days. The first Teller
/ laid out with swipe across the Jug lar.
Then jumped aside, dodgin' the next two.
and caught the last chap-a pock-marked
greaser-with d straight thrust in the pit
Of the stomach. The pint of my bowie
stuck In his backbone, and come pref
~ near getting nipped by the others be-
fore could yank 1t out. I run like a
deer for hundred yards or so, separation
en- Then turned quick and caught the
head one by the arm. He got 1t In the
side, and his mate whirled around to git.
but | throwed my bowie. and he fell be-
fore he had made a dozen steps. The knife
vas stckin' between his shoulder blades"
ssVoU have evidently been through the
] smoke of good deal of hash" said
John Calvin MacDougalI.
You bet. I can't be persuaded to tell of
my experiences very often. either. Like
Jack Dalton said to old man Thorpe at Py-,
ramid Harbor. T'm man Of few words
keep OF my TRAIL Yes, sir, you bet. And
when do say anything generally aim to
hew close to the line"
Guess you're pretty poor marksman
with a broad AK" muttered Mac, but
BAD Ben did not appear to hear. Then
the talk drifted to the subject of carl
Dou, and from that to hunting in gen
eral and Ben related several thrilling ad-
ventures with big game-notably one with
huge Alaska grizzly over in the Sheep
creek range. II had just put my gun
down by a rock to get drink of water
from little creek. just raised up
from gettin the drink when I looked
plum into the eyes of a 'normous bald
faced grizzly that'd come out of the
prusn Just across the crick to get a
urlnk at the same hole. I tried to lose
tnal bear. Before i got the scurvy last
wnter could run some, let me tell you,
W. could only Just keep about a foot
= mead OK the nose of that there grizzly.
ne give squeal at every jump--much
as 70 sayi Hold on a second, white man,
I've got business with you.' Hound big
spruce CROWN at the edge Of terrible
nign preoipce, and by maxim one tre-
mendous jump caught the lowest branch
ana ana pulled myself up. That bear bumped
Ainseit right up after me.
crawled out on limb over the preci-
piee, and the bear come right along. too.
:. yeiied at him, Hold on, you d. fool,
tnis limb can't hold us BOTH He stopped
minute, givin' me time to yank off my
ofeFaiis held on to one leg. throwed the
other over the limb above me, caught 1t
on tother side. 50 when that grizzly come
cfeepin' careful out to me and the limb
broke off with a snap, grizzly went over
the precipiee and / was left swinging by
them overalls I clumh down and got to
the bottom of the canyon, where I found
grizzly deader'n n dish rag"
Ben remained for several days at the
bar. enjoying himself and the boiled carl
bou The miners went to sleep every
night to the tune of some remarkable tale
OF most disastrous chances. OF moving
accidents b. food and field" During the
day he inspected the progress Of work on
the bar giving advice gratis as mining
expert, The Scotchmen endured 1t with
patience until he applied the last straw
by telling them that it was proper to leave
water wherever possible on the bedrock
TO facilitate cleaning.
Forbes MacRae stopped work at this--it
xas too much for him. Leaning on his