The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-15

ed the boulder, shifted once or twie
sighted me on the rock and prompily
struck in.
He had to swim and the current was
SO swift that he missed the rock few
yards and so gave me a good shot ! k
him have the best l had. and made hin
kick, but he reached the shore all right
and now his dander was UP in earnest
plugged at him again, but 1t didn't seen
count. On he came, higher up this
time and sighted better for the rock, !
waited for him. and when he heaved biz
big. ugly paws on my rock l let him have
it in the throat, and that fixed him. HI
swept by, fairly making the water foam
It's the last time, gentlemen, that wan
t. be freed on a rock by bald-faeea
bear"
It's funny said the doctor, clean
cut, well-knit specimen of fine physea
manhood, whose clear gray eyes ans
square jaw betokened plenty Of grit, 'its
funny how your first grizzly takes hs
nerve out OF you. Two or three years az
i went hunting with friend In COLORADO
I had killed some big game myself and
knew that he had killed plenty Of II. Bui
neither of us had killed grizzly ard W
were each eager for the first chance
"One day, when | happened TO be ou'
alone, as / came through ciump O.
quaking-asp what should | run plump u
against but big grizzly busiy employ.
ed in rotoing around in the dirt aita
fc 3D.
He hadn't winded me, and there
stocd, just screened by the quaking-asP
almost near enough to touch him with ny
gun, while he went on roofing, utterly ua
conscious of my presence.
Now or never / thought, as !.
brought my gun to my shoulder and care
fully sighted for his head. Then h
sights began to wobble and an ague seem
ed to seize the gun. l steadied myseil,
locked around for convenient tree anu
tried again, this time for the shoulder
Again the gun wobbled and | ground ny
teeth in rage.
1.-The bear lifted his head. seemed y
smell something up the wind and STAR ar
off at a good gait away from me. "ea
old boy / thought, If | can't MT Wv
stending / can't running so l LET MIN y
4 81 felt pretty glum when / came INV
camp that night, but / didn't say sr
thing. My friend was cooking supp-
and he seemed pretty quiet, too Ais !.
supper we lighted our pipes and sal :"
the fire thinking. r..,
What's the matter, old MANI VIZ,
ARE you so still aboutT finally ne ssAss
"'Oh, nothing I said, trying 70 se''
lcheerful. az,
Yes, hang it, I Aid.' | answered 0''
lgedly. IL
We'll. so did T. he said. and the in0
Ident was closed
I'VE each got our bear afterWaIui
lever, so the disease didn't prove la.a,
well, gentlemen" said the CONNIE
traveller, Il never hunted pear w. ",n,
but heard story the other DAY o.
fellows who found one in Moh'aH'
i it's a chestnut. kcall me down :. IN
They were prospecting right up - hss;
big hear country. but they let tno 0oe
alone, and the bear let them aione. .,6
night they camped in a deep canO", ,,ss-
while one was cooking supper une .one
started out with his shotgun TO ss' .,nt
birds. Lots of birds up there ~ ,,oE
you can almost kill them win d sso,ggt
Pretty soon the man with lhe a chi.
. ran up against grizzly, ana M.i .tar.
ely was mad about something anu s, had
, ed for him. The man hit the " uhs,
for camp, the bear right after n.m heard
, the fellow who was cooking supp p.o,ntsl
. the landslide coming down s-ie Nd ~ bis
he saw what was up, and graz .bcOt
gun to shoot. But he was afraia "a b
, for fear of hitting his partner
couldn't do anything but yell .so ma
run. r-u-u-n! he yelled anu nnIs q
and the bear both let out co thai
links, and the gravel flew ias'''
ever. ,,sncng
run, r-u-u-n, he howleo'
around to try to get shot. 49,, 'rIn'
RUM painted the other Ieiig,' ths
, H., do you think I'm thio"
, race? "-Oregonian.