The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-31
BESIEGED By PAINTERS
ON A CANYONS lrnoe|
The Thrilling Experience Of Disabled lImio
in the Black Hills -Rescued BY
an Indian.

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scent again. He reared up. vhiris5 ~
three or four times as II On I ,ss,.,s s..s
then he pointed full at ma S.~
fifteen feet long would have ooss<rS r. !.
ground between us-betWeSh wk1is 4 slS
helpless and he half crouched ~ g VI
II the film could be torn from fhoS.' s;s,5
how they would CLINT ana eilSS,. y. O.
blaze! There was something II nv s'z- D
OF his low growing which ckiI1s4 49,
blood--a menace. a warning o. skss .sSz
to come. which forced me to abrs ~.
eyes and utter last prayer. wiz ~.
ne hesitate? What delay his sprfn.y -.
waited so long that argued Il al = y
his blindness reasoned against hia Ss-.z
ity. He had been blind for yoar q ~ m
perhaps. He had never left the e6y5 ais2'
except to move up and down ~ 5'
one route, and he probably feSSu16 y s2'S5
into the ravine II he venture6 Z Sssi5
But he finally made up his nnie1 ~ f.
It II the scent held I could I'm N ~ rs
his continuous growls, BY ia 49, ~
fiat back on his head. as you havS Sssu r.
an angry cat; by the click 81 ~ ~ H..
on the finty rock as he soueht 4 fu62SSSi
for spring. AS he was on ia 16ks1 ~
taking the leap the caprjeiom IT,
played him trick. HS s1d66nlv ~ s2x
scent and walked slowly down ~ sS1l| S}
pick Il up again, perhaps fed6onf19 N
! had moved my position. : 81
Made the 1.sapy
Ten feet to the right he Ut n - 1d1I1
q fierce snarl he crouched su6 r11s ~
leap. w al " "a
Did the beast know the lay II ~ - 4
before losing his ey0ixht, ofvsk n 11i
subtle instinct given to me IT. IN ri
was clear leap of fifteen fe1txn " :
foot or tive more Only 1t tliaf 1I6( c1d
he strike the shelf on which / s(lnf a
rose in the air like bird taking fl1E1. 7S !.
scribed a graceful half-cufve r ~ -
and landed so lightly that I III ~ 215
than heard him. He va ten ~ S1II 4
from me. and he reared up mi 1T Y v y
the air in every direction. Up u III
slant my broken ribs had sivea ~ rs
pain. All of a sudden Il eecioc1 N.Y.
knives were cutting into the htd4 ~
had to clench my hands and dhuf ~ II
hard TO prevent scream from - ~
lips. But for the. wind ana ~ 1HcE.
beast must have got my scsntsS5 1e.1Sf
hand. There was such 1 sWlit ~ r.
was at fault. and he did not IN lI11 4
the ledge. On the contrary am 1Sn7
two minutes he leaped back en- ~
ravine and disappeared intD ~ - ~
with many q groan and han
ejaculation, drew myHeH n1G I'm \
rested against the Cliff. kneW ~ ri
ribs were broken, and that un3ou Go11V5
cred by accident could newer ,oeS4 ~
ledge alive. It certainly ha1 ~ u r. Z
snowstorm, and It took cnlx b ~ ~
ments to hide me from A11E xn6dr ~
white mantle. This WA ~ n61ln1ltS
again. Az the pain mAda ~ ~
scious, a full grown fefn6l1 p6r>111 ~ j
lowed by q cub which ~ ~ ~ 4 4
year old. scrambled down ~ Fpr11 s ~
opposite side Of the ravtSie u ~ ~ Is
the blind beast. soms tflnt n ~ I
ence must have been IN tho IN u
though 80 faint they could not J66 ri
air, and 1t seemed to me a. X In Ncl
directly at me for several s6eon1 & ~
did 30, I was buried under ~ mev ~
they failed to make out what ~ & ~
object was. They finally tufh0 ~
appeared in the cave. but wexe ~ y 6(3
only a moment. When they seerloG!g
the blind panther was with t1enk ~ ~
three scrambled up the rocks ~ &.1oe II
peared in the forest. There kn6 - \ 3
killing somewhere. and they ~ opHe y Y
conduct him to the feast EefAxpo ~
brought to him food now and lhGr M ~ 4
must have had to 90 with then IT. ~ y
1t mattered little to me Wholhor ~ \
panthers went or remained. Hodl - II
free from injury. believe eo1ad IN +
made my way up the cli6. theueh y ~ Y
a dangerous climb, but with hgeke :l \
could do nothing but wait. WorN r. s
set out in search when Il did ~ ref T. y
camp at dark? OF what use. - ~
ing snow had blotted cut my na1l
the keenest bloodhound would ~
I, la 4 stn y
day when fell over the Cliff n y ~. v
a cold day / should have frcuoa n e.!
In that exposed spot within ~ hc1f h
tunately for me- It was bcafoe1x -
weather. and the pain ~ - 9felt e.
never minded the cold.
Help Comes Unexr
was waiting for know ut wnnt
the end OF strong bark rope Win I'D
in IL suddenly was iii down IL fyont 4 II
eyes. No one had come II ee6tfh =
Peter, our Indian guide, hsd 1!1toy.
the panther den the day befose Az q.
come back on this day IA hoye ~ 1ess sl!! e
shot. Indian ike, he had tAkM sz.<
survey OF things while waiting ~ -
a time had discovered me On ~ m ~ ~
low. Few men would heve tr1ed 49,
did AS soon as had slipped W. NE. ~
over my shoulders and drawn y u11t II
began pulling, and though veiS1
teen pounds more than he did. ~ y
succeeded in landing me on the ~ III
the cliff. The rough usage recely& Z. z.5
me faint away, and II was uhile ~
conscious that the three pAnthen u sE
ed. AS they scrambled DON 4 :sa ssss{
and stood for moment tne 1s1
and killed the femaae, Bht 35sPp ii ss1.
in her tracks, and he nred sealn ~
ed the cub, s. q
The Blind nanther could have saxea
self. In fact. he did dash int4 e
but, as II realinzing that Aoee 3 NJ ri
ed on for food and drink wete & VI .aSS;
that without them be must perls 2 *7<
peared. shifted at their bodlee IT, sss1s
with a scream In which 49, ~ ~
ravine and vanished Into a. ~ :. ~
be mashed to q pulp on ~ - !. *