The Montgomery tribune., 1902-03-28

ef you jest let him alone till We git |
away with this steak, he'll let You
alone, reckon
"The other boys looked at the young
feller an kinder smiled at h;s takin'
on so, but still kept a-turnin' their
meat.
"'A bear, did you say, cap'n? ex-
claimed the young feller. as his eyes
sparkled an his face glowed like the
fire. "A bear! The very animal I've
bin a-lookin' fur so long in vain, an
now when l wasn't a-lookin fur him.
to come right in the camp, toov An
he was just about to light out arter it
as ole Hank Strengthened hisself up an
cleared his throat ag'in. an sed:
"'See hyar, young man, you hain't
lost no bar. an We hain't lost no bar,
as We knows on; an ef we he'd this Is
no time or place TO look him up.
Sides, jest let us devour this ration
an then we'll sarcumvent him. He'll
hang around long as this meat smells.
"But the younsgter was determined
to 20 fur the bar ter onct, and there
was no use O. tryin' to talk him out Nv
it. lie war bound to 20 anyhow.
cole Hank got kinder riled, SO he
SCI:
"'All right, ef you don't want ter
take my advice as knows; but them
bar'll be the death Of you yit, till YOU
git more used to- en- an let 'em alone
when they hain't a-touchin' Of you.
That are grizzly, an he's no slouch
NV critter to fool with. Better let
him alone, leastwisc till arter grub,
an then we'll help YOU
81 don't wan, any help exclaimed
the young fcllcr. drawin' hisself up TO
his full hcight-an' he looked as il he
didn't need il, he was so splendid look.
in. This is the first and only chanc
! have had on the trip to get sigh,
Of bar, an I'm not a-goin 10 lose it.
I'm not afraid Of him, an to prove il
I'll bring him into camp
"We all Of Us looked at him an
laughed, though We couldn't but adj
mire hisnerye. cause We saw he meant
what he said: but the idcar Of talkin
o bringin' a grizzly bar inter camp
Jest as il 1t war a rabbit. rather go'
lus. Ole Hank war the most took back
but he was hulIed. too, an all he seC
was:
at can't be did. 'ccpt by scratch
an tain, my fault il you git hurt
"'Never mind about me giitin
hurt; an III bring that bar inte
camp. toor An then he called hi
two dogs an lit out straight fur tn
swalc.
"'Sorry.' said Hank, when th
young feller had gone, but mebbe
little tussle with a grizzly onct II d.
him good. We must kinder watcl
him. so he don't git clean chawcd up
"There was a clear stretch ofabou
800 yards a'twixt the camp an' tn
swale whar the bar was, an We coul,
: see plain, though the grass and tn
Z. saplings was too thick in the swalc {
see the bar. The hosses was oil 1
T one side. an didn't seem to notic
about the bar bein 80 near EN-.
I'VE kept on a-roasiin' our meat al
rglancin' at the swalc. We seed th
(, youngstcr plunge boldly inter tn
grass an brush. follered by the dog
"ln few minutes we heercd tn
z dogs a-barkin', an then We hecrd
shot an awful racket among III
u grass an bushes in the swale, an I'll
snarlin' Of the bar. We all stood u
to watch an listen, an in about mil
e it out bounds the young fellcr out ,
u the swale a burned sight faster n i
e went in. an thet's putin il strong.
u "Fust, he throwed away his riff
! then he loosened his belt with his r.
volvers an knife, an let them drol
y then he peeled OIL his coat an throwe
g. that away, an next his hat went a-fl
Is in. He'd got about halfway ter can
n when out comes the dogs--which he
d held the bar back, l rcckon--a
le cl'ared in rear O. their master.
o "By this time the hosses he'd got
sniff Of what war goin on, an hoss
/, like, they made fur camp, comm
Sc ahint the dog. They hadn't more
ar got inter line than one o the biggC
ID grizzlies ever sot eyes on con
X s-chargin' out o. the swale with b
n tongue a-hangin' out foot an b
a. mouth wide open, an snortin' loud
y, n lokermolive. lie swung right