Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-03-13

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got in his mouth, for Hubbard had
again slipped down far enough to save
his thinking box. just then the horse
got up and the bear dropped Hubbard
like a hot potato and started after the
mustang and Hubbard lit out for the
tall timber. When the bear saw that
he could not catch the horse he turned
of and made for the %ehaparral. After
Il had caught the horse and brought
him back ] said: We'll, old fellow,
that was a mighty close call you had
Yes, said he, and II 1t had not been
for this old hat Of mine it would have
been a id sight closer, and l have
a notion to shoot that internal mus
tang right now
about a mile from here pointing
down the canyon with his finger, II
had a mighty close call myself several
years ago.. There is a little bench on
the steep side Of the mountain down
there, and as there is a good spring Of
water on it and good grass, it is a fine
place to camp at. ] made my camp
there late one afternoon and after
picketing my horse | built a fire and
put my coffee pot on to boil. l then
cut several slices Of bacon and put
them in my frying pan, and just as /
was about to put it on the fire |
happened to look up, and not more
than sixty yards from me, there was a
big gizzly coming straight for me as
fast as he could walk, and as he was
growing loudly, / knew at a glance
that be meant mischief. To drop that
frying pan and grab my gun was but a
moment, and Ilet him have itright in
the sticking place. The shot knocked
him heels over head but he was up In
a second and came charging at me
with blood in his eye, Not more than
ten steps from where / stood there
was an oak tree, not more than eight
or ten inches in diameter, and threw
my gun down and Skinned up II Ike q
monkey. The first thing that the bear
did, when he he reached the tree,
was 10 try to shake me out, and | had
to lock both my arms and legs tightly
around the tree 10 keep him from do
ing it--for he shook it as though II
was a bush. After trying several
times and finding that he could not
shake me down he changed his mind
and then started 70 gnaw the tree
down with his teeth, and from the way
be made the bark and wood fly, ]
thought that it would not take him
very long to do it; but after he had cut
the tree about half down, he changed
his mind again and then started In tC
dig it up By the roots. / don't think
it was more than five minutes until
he had dug a hole three feet deep,
swapping of the roots with his teeth
as he came to them, and the tree be,
gan TO wobble as though it was about
to fan and | thought that / vas
goner sure, and salt wouldn't save me
But just then the bear suddenly
stopped digging and sat down to rest
and in a few moments he began t
vomit blood, and then toppled owe a
dead as a mackerel. All is well tina
ends well, thought l, as l slid dow
the tree, and it wasn't long before
had his hide of and some Of his mea
in the frying pan, cooking for m.
supper.
mot long afterwards | had anothe
mighty close call right over yonder.
And he pointed to a black mountain
on the opposite side of the dee.
canyon, that was covered with a dens
growth OF chimisel brush. "One morn
ing / shouldered my rifle and starteI
lover that mountain to look afte
some horses that l had pasturing o.
the other side. l did not take my bea
dog-the best In the state-with me o.
account Of him being sick at that tim
. and laid up for repairs. When / got I
: the chimisel | followed a narrow ira
, on the summit and when / had gon
/ about half way through the brush
saw a cub In the trail just ahead @
me, and without stopping TO thin
what l was doing, / shot 1t. And RICH
, there l did a foolish thing that learn
{ ed me a lesson that | shall never for
? get, for no sooner did the Wounds
: cub begin to cry than the old she bea
! came tearing through the brush like
! whirlwlnd. She was the maddest bea
| ever monkeyed with, and the wa
: she tore the brush up by the roots an
[ tossed it high 10 the air, beat an.
/ performance Of that kind that | hal
[ ever seen before. As soon as | hear
her coming | threw my gun down AM
4 crawled under a big bush a few step
below the trial and 1t wasn't lon
5 until she leaped right on top Of tn
bush / was under and fattened NJ
out like a pancake. though that /
5 was all up with me then, but, as m
E good luck would have 1t, she did no
: see me, and just then she heard tn
. wounded cub crying, as 1t was goin
S down through the brush on the othe
side Of the summit, and she in
mediately followed 1t.
81 How many bears ] have killed Il
: these mountains is more than | know
but II they were all alive and togethe
d there would be a large bunch Of then
q 1.-The Chinese doctors In San Francisc
i pay so for a large bears gall and tn
e oil Is worth Eve dollars per gallon an
c their hides bring a good price. l ono
y killed a bear In the mountains tina
h was a curiosity. He was a two-yeal