The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-10
CORNERED BY A CINNAMON.
Experience Of an Unarmed Man with . Hess
Bear In a New Mexico Canyon.

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The truth Is mighty ana VIII prevail ~
marked COL LoVe''' 'he veteran "e.'einer, VINO
tells a great many sood stories anu / ways .
companies them with aihdav'u' ana IL pre-.
walls IN various ways, Let me tel you now On
one occasioh y pie'aAeu upVn "
70 give up 'h'r coMiol'"ole piaoee :" ~"
smoking compartment o. HFepet "~s
dowh ID Ne" MEXICO ana ! ca"ho "poaiue -
ALBUQUERQUE win u very aSreeao'' 'ompan'1"
in the curse OF a ohleaRo man l nhu o"y
mel MN hai an hour oeiore 'raih .ne snu
didh Kho" MS hanle' ou' ne was soou 'eho~
all the same ana ! was gao ne war sonhs
through WIN me 10 Mso 'o""' nH"sAn"s
DAY one OF 'hose Ne" meA'vah i. ua's INV
makes a cake OF Ice curl W me- 'ea'helhs
fame, before " meits IT, ana "heh We nAe"
ourselves about our per'hs ana gov ih'o ,ne
smoking ROOM we iound 'he only TWO sea.s oy
the windows where mere was a orea,h Oh ar:
occupied by two Engiishmen' VINO looked ash
they had come 70 stay' lhey hau oeeh up .ns
thew were telling were tremendous. But they
ny - >. u,h. q, 49,
were not Interesting enough 70 MAKE !. pieas-
ant for US away from the window, and made
sew n- W III M Z n - IMAM 0ly MI yhQt r lnA nLAR4M
p -, go n,ha, naor,. a. ,h.-~v
III coulo. ana put TWO o'ner peop'e 'ne''s
knewof.
II knew that II I could ever get a story
- a.. ..o,a ,i.,an Co. ,h., 40 To-. -
s'arVeo, 'hey ~ouiu hs'en' y 'hoS u 'o''S~
hear a Yankee tell stories, so waited my chance
hecausa ,bev had n lot of good ones themselyes.
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Aver d WINE 'housh' 'here Wa open'hs 0n"
Ibroke for IL.
$40 Won remember. Colonel" I said In a loud
voice W 'he lineage nan ""' nnNh' navo ooen
a Major-Generai for oil knew. that little ex-
.uaw as nv Iontins ,or a breok like that AN
he was iooa'ns . d oieaA ine 'nA' an
at first he recoiied' but ne sprung BACK In an
instant and lit on his feet.
,u,u ,o,ho e,id tr,,rr 70 e+,dv o,t th>
wen, ~ H' 0"'N' "'"As w 49,
time and circumstances but go ahead WIN
it, and five heard 1t III stop you
aI no1d.d a, bir :, ,soognitio on ~ nj. oo,,h-
houu7 "' "An - = - :, e"'
ing on, for had mentioned TO him that lthoushs
we might get them out, and started ahead with
my s'oIs "h''hiH"uh' toeH vi oo''hu 'o'no
thing that would have moving power toit. ses-
ing that most OF my hunting had been for min.
.ra, donosi,.
.,d toinine of tha Enrli'bman rathsr 49, -
ILL nn oonnrnrton thoncS ttav were nniita ann,sS
to stop TIER he own taking TO !.s, e TO, TO n ne, w:s
H.. $1,000 Wv vayicn srd CnInraJn an1
nv ~ ~ a ~" T.aos coun,rv + Ia ~ sn~
perience, I was riding along a mountain TRAN.
60 ~ nadjl. horn and taEinr o,it a nimg nssS
was sliciHr OF enough for a pipefnl viii nv
nnenLnifa When all at once nv bnrsa rears1
Almost falling hack on me, and sIinnad IN A.
III ad nS ii. btnd Los and narap oy 49,
ne trait In In a ninmtn he sIpginS IF . ,e,,,..
M befnre me cniIad nm In he road sanIainsd
.he hoase : Srahs" t a tha nnrsp gSar conuuG1
nnt /. arye envhodv eIss ss he had serr.C ms
Nc H. s,n md reyniyers we're fastened 70 ,nv IA.
az s ans Tnv .addIe was With INV hopse sosns
~, a"L H., go .ara antn 80
noamn t = b b . " M, oo "a an az -
snrS we n% AMI lily Y ia ~ ~ H. 1 Se''
"ltnrocks hIu hiaiLs hIllru Neianr. 49,
iT ELSisnuen srm.u 70 tnImn .nerc
Nhhm. rn = h m ~ ,torto. "I hn, 49, sAsns
% onaH thSs, ,hars MS ~ns n tnsr .om.rheys "a
,aa,ed dn ~ and ma "a snw rv 49,
they helu on anu proo'nsr law ny norsS
ABOUT nan a me nTasi hmu ai.tr uu,l,ng ~
uhe snaNs ~" nH n "a 80 "a o,H
u, showing ,nat ne wa s-vcnteeh years oios
went after the morse anon arn,atnenti
Inc morse wa, over on another TIdge and
IN trylns 70 rearh nm oI a short cut. s9t ooSn
INTO a steep raylnh ana mere 1 ssarsu up tne
biggest CINNAMON pear MAJ l eyer saw IN my
Life. Blamed II dont believe ne wouid weigh
a ton and | know be looked TO me to be big
and | was totally unarmed' ~ had only nag
IN, gun could have put up a fx n, al risht sn9
got nm. but u was 0hty a. q ia,. fesor. snat !
with all the chances against me. There wae
nothing left M but to run for Il, and went Oh
up The ravine like a scared Vol. You So y
had gone up the hill or down IL, the bear would
have nabbed me in no time, but going along tbs
side Of a steep place, the bears legs ara thrown
the other, and q man can outrun him II there
Is any sort OF gong. lbe raVine kept gettln9
sleeper on me as \ wsnt ny ~ ana naS 10 keop
slahtlhg GOWN aAi Tue tinr anu 'he U'a1 "~
saIhihg, +, mo, 10 ho ,oorl.r canaan ~,sA
AIlast II ~. to os LesnM snvn w
VANS op .est nish ah1 heu,o re Ead =, ~
GOWN anu ! hau iaA..o ue 80
drled-up creek al III Dot.onl' anu . sp =
the best c9ld. lhsre Nas .uan ~ Iunaoo~u{
q quarter o. y hIe iutnei ~ ~ 10 ~
wheh i sot iho,e ,haI = ~ 1iiooke1
over my shoSid%r anu We a,d comins over ths