Arizona republican., 1903-10-20

rnent, and we stopped and looked ar
Ound.
Although we were fairly two hum
bred yards from the bear, it was evil
dent that his anger over our appear
ance had not entirely cooled down.
The same swinish growls were borne
to our ears and the grizzly. still stand
ing or his hind legs and devouring the
servis berries. could be seen where his
head lowered above the bank of the
stream.
"One of the cowboys. ALI Kennedy.
took exception to the silver tips mood.
With the remark, amt goin' to have
no silver tip growlin' and snarlin' at
me- he took his rifle from his saddle
sling and proceeded to look at the
magazine. The foreman saw what Was
ZIP and tried to dissuade Kennedy
from his intention. urging the necessi-
~ of finding The cattle Immediately.
His plea ding. amounting almost to
command, fell on deaf ears, for Ken
nedy. although a splendid cowboy. was
accustomed to doing as he pleased on
most occasions.
well go ON after the cattle di
rect1y,' he said. 1t won't take more'H
a minute TO settle that bear
Seeing that other members of tn.
party were also examining their fire.
arms kennedy spoke up threateningly.
saying that he wanted help from no
one and that if n shot was fired by al
other man in crowd there would be
trouble. Knowing Kennedy as we'll as
we did, his wishes were complied with.
Kennedy rode down until he was
about one hundred yards from the
bear Then he dismounted and turned
the head of his horse away from the
game. AS a brave cowpuncher he
scorned to attack the grizzly except
on foot, for, in his code of ethics, he
and men of his stripe disdained to do
anything that would SAVIOR of the tao
ties of a tenderfoot. 1t takes a brave
man to attack a bear on foot, and
Kennedy was not of the sort tC ShirN
the task.
He stood by the side of his horse
and drew his bead on the grizzly. The
barrel OF the rifle steadied down for
a moment. Then came a puff of smoke
and sharp report. A second later our
straining eyes caught the imract of
the bullet as it found the game. The
head OF the bear went back as though
it had been struck by a sledge ham,
mer.
Right in the snout!" was the eXcla-
nation Of the foreman
The bear disappeared for an in
slant, and a second later was seen
clamhering up the bank. Kennedy
fired again. but this did not stop the
enraged grizzly. He started in a lun
bering but surprisingly amazing lope
straight for the cowboy.
Kennedy did not finch when he
saw what was before him. The bar
rel of his rifle looked as firm and rigid
as a bar of iron. SO little was it dis
turbed by the process of ejecting the
shells and throwing the cartridges liz
to place. The smoke curled upward
from the muzzle in a steady stream
and the rifles crack came with the
regularity of clock ticks. 1t appeared to
us that Kennedy made every shot count
for he stood on slightly higher
ground than that over which the bear
was coming, and we saw no dirt
thrown up by bullets, as would have
been the case had he missed.
THE grizzly presented an appear
ance calculated to inspire terror in the
hearts of the bravest. He was covering
the ground at high speed, in spite OF
bering gait rendered him the poorest
of targets. for the reason that only Il
chance shot could strike a vital part.
At one moment he would be doubled
up like a jack knife, with only his
hump showing; the next he would be
stretched ont at full length like 4
greyhound. Blood spurted from nearly
4 dozen wounds on his head, hump,
except spot which
would allow bullet to stop him. He
was gnashing his teeth like a wild
boar, and from his jaws dripped great
flakes of foam which f1eeced his Grim
son-stained hide.
"In less time than it takes to tell II.
Kennedy had emptied his rifle, but
still he scorned to take advantage of
his opportunity and mount the waiting
broncho and escape. He cast his rifle
aside and drew his six-shooter,s 4 pair
of short barrelled forty -fours." AS he
threw his rifle away he struck,his horse
with it, and the animal already ner-
vous from the firing and probabl :
seeming the bear, started forward i
few feet and then stopped. TIE ami
mails bride rein hung in front OF him.
and the welitraine.i COW pony SCI
dom rlovcS until the rein IS thrown
back o"or the neck.
1.-The foreman of the ranch had seen
the movement of the horse. which had
be"n dnnotiGeG by Kcnnedy, and Shout
ed
step back with your horse, AT!
Step back with your horse.'
But Kennedy was too busy with his
six shooter to heed the warning.
1T took only a minute for him to
empty his revolvers, but, so far as their
effect on stopping the bear was con-
cerned, they might as we'll have been
loaded with blank cartridges. The
great hulking brute whirued up to
within eight feet of the dauntless COW
boy and reared on his hind legs With
an indiscribable growl of rage he wad-
died with uncertain tread toward his
foe. Kennedy fired the last shots from
his six-shooter point blank at thu
breast of the towering beast, rendered
more terrifying by the blood and foam
which colored his hairy coat. Next in
slant, he threw his brace of weapons al
the bear, and turned toward his horse
1T was then that we gathered the