Saint Mary's beacon., 1903-04-02
Some Story TelIers.

The Lord save me from an Eng
lishman who has done things or saws
he has, said western man at the
Waldorf Astoria recently, relates
the Now York Tribune. Such a
one will spoil any party and throw
gloom on any gathering he happens
to be in. An Englishman of this
type was once visitor in my town,
and at the club he became an unmit-
igated nuisance. No matter what
story was told, the Britisher inva-
riably went the narrator one better.
For example, the man told Of o big
faro game he had seen at Cheyenne
in those never-to- be-forgotten days
when cattle sold at SIS a head and
every one in the cattle country sim
ply reeked with wealth. 1t was q
good story, bat as soon as it was
finished the Englshman rang in one
Of an experience he had at Monte
Carlo that made the Cheyenne one
seem like bottle OF fat champagne.
Then an ex-army officer told of
company of infantry at Gettysburg
that had been sent up to capture q
certain bill. They didn't secure it,
but 70 per cent. Of the company lay
dead or wounded on that bloody hill
side before the boys in blue could
be driven back.
The Englishman capped that
with an experience Of his in India.
Out Of company Of 76 Sikhs that he
commanded only two escaped-him-
self and another, the other shot so
full Of holes that he looked like
nutmeg crater.
When the refreshments made
necessary by this last anecdote had
been imbibed another man so forgot
himself rs to relate an experience
he had had while hunting bears.
The Englishman chimed in at once
with a legend Of bear hunt OF his
own He had only six shots in his
magazine rifle and was attacked by
four adult and two cub bears. After
an exhibition of fancy shooting that
must have made the performances
OF Wild Bill" or Billy the Kid"
look amateurish, the last bear fell,
shot through the heart, only six feet
from where the doughty Englisman
stood
The silence that followed the re-
lation Of this Munchauseu positively
hurt, but when it was at last broken
the fate that Englishman had so
long been tempting was upon him.
That experience, said the soft
voice Of a six-foot mining man, who
bad been silent, reminds me of
similar one | myself once had. l
was after antelope aud had CEASED a
pair Of them all the afternoon. They
finally came to a canyon and made
for IT, Just as they got to its en-
trance / shot twice at them, missing
both times. | didn't FIRE again, for
The reason that those two shots we're
all that ! had in my magazine rife.
Nothing daunted, | spurred my
weary mount forward and soon found
myself aithin the shadows OF the
canyon, which rose precipitously,
| With the idea Of resting my horse
dismounted aud that wretched bron-
cho took prompt advantage of my
! kindness by jerking the reins from
my hands and making bolt for it.
Looking around for the cause saw
a grizzly at least nine feet high rush
ing toward lie with open mouth. l
can tell you | legged il up that can
yon and busy brain accompanied
me- couldn I shoot the grizzly, for
my last shot had been fred at the
antelope. Just then rock came into
view, and, utterly spent, | cast my
self upon it.
Here the miner came to afull stop,
and the deeply interested English
man leaned breathlessly forward.
What, he queried, what did the
bear do, my dear fellow2' Why,
returned the other, without batting
an eyelash, 'heate meup, of course. +"
Grip Remedies In Great Demand.
When colds and grip are preva-