New-York tribune., 1902-08-03

* na- rent of the company lay dead or wounded on
that bloody hillside before the boys in blue couo DC
driven back ,
The EngIishmaD capped that with an e3perleIi0e
OF his in India Out OF company ., ~ 80
that he commanded only two escaped-hilnsei anu
r,+bar-+h. other shot SO full Of holes that he
looked ike nutmeg brater' -
..XK-hen the refreshments made necessary by this
last auecdote had been imbibed. another man 30
forgot himself as TO relate experience ne hao
bad while hunting bears The Englishman chimed
in at once with legend of bear hunt OF ms own.
He had only six shots in his magazine rlHe' anu
was attacked by four adult and two cuo oeais-
After an exhibition of fancy shooting that @ lhus'
have made the performances Of Wild BIZ OF 6i'y
the Kid look amateurish. the last pear Ie' siol
through the heart only six feet from where the
doughty Engishman stood
The silence that followed the relation of this
Munchausen positively hurt. but when 1t was a'
length broken the fate that Englishulan hau 50
long been tempting upon him
That experience said the soft voice or SIX
foot mining man. who had been silent rernlnds
me of a similar l myself once mad 1 "dS
after antelope and had chased pair of them all
the afternoon. They finally came 10 canyon ana
made for it. Just as they got to its entrance L
shot twice a them. missing both times oldn
fire again. for the reason that those TWO SholS
were all that / had in my magazine rifle. Nothing
daunted | spurred my weary mount forward anu
soon found myself within the shadows Of the
canyon which rose precipitously. With the idea
of resting my horse. 1 dismounted and that
wreteched bronco took prompt advantage OF my
kindness by jerking the reins from my hand and
making A bolt of it Looking around for the
cause l saw grizzly least nine feet high
rushing toward with open mouth can tel
YOU I legged 1t up that canyon. and busy brain
accompanied l couldn't shoot the Grizzly tor
my last had been fired at the antelope Just
then rock came into view and utterly SPENT
myself upon it ~,
Here the miner came full stop, and the
| deeply interested Engishman leaned breathIessy
forward. What he queri"d. what dld the bear
do my dear feIlow% Why, returned the other:
without batting eyelash. he ate me up, OF
course
There is in a Southern city colored nanny
whose alteration Of her only son borders on idol
airy.
During the last winter her husband fell III. and
very Ill at that For weeks he had a tusse with
| the grim destroyer but finally he won out by a
small margin. The colored nanny was devoted
nurse. but not overanxious one. She accepted
his recovery gratefully but calmly as to leave
the feeling that would have been equally
calm had death. and not life been the victor; The
husband well toward health ana strength, the
fell i'll. and then how different was the story
| The little colored boy not dangerously SICK.
but his mother came near making ..eTseii SO from
sheer worry. The contrast between her caImness
during her husbands Illness and her anxiety dur
ing her sons great as to call forth COM
uent and reproof from her mistress
Yes; dats so, Miss Jane, Vas tne me eSpIanadIon S lion
| ELECTED, hut yo de boy ne my perry own
chile, while Jake cher husband hes anudder
woman's chile
In a resort by, where most OF the
znals Donuiation goes down on Friday afteraoon