CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1904-08-04

to make II waterproof. This was GOV
cred with about foot of earth. SO
you can see that old Frank was pre-
pared TO withstand a siege OF consid'
erable length.
Game was plentiful One morning
Frank looked out from the door Of his
cabin and saw a bunch OF about TWEEN
ty elk in his horse pasture. He got his
ride and killed two without moving
from the shadow OF his house He
dressed them and hung them up on the
meat pole
when he got up the next morning
ne found he had had visitors during
the night. Some bears had come along
and robbed his lnrder. What they had
not eaten they had destroyed or buried.
This angered Frank II was the
middle OF October. and the meat would
have kept In good shape. The tracks
indicated that there had been three or
four marauders, and he decided that
some of them should adorn his meat
pole He had little trouble In get
ting two more elk 10 put on the pole
Then he loaded his ride and double
barreled shotgun. When night came
he sat up. They were rather slow In
coming. and when they had not put in
their appearance by midnight he went
to bel.
when he was about half asleep the
peculiar half grunt. half growl, OF the
grizzly brought him to his feet in an
instant Peeping out through the loop
hole into the gloom Of cloudy night
he could see monster silver tip stand
ing on his hind legs and pulling away
at one Of the elk In his haste be grab
bed the shotgun. but the loophole was
too narrow 10 get the weapon In line.
''old Frank has since confessed tina;
be lost his head in his anxiety to get
even for the theft of the night before
As soon as the bear made on with the
carcass Frank forgot everything-win-
chester, ammunition. danger. even over
looking In his hurry that he was clad
only In a thin undershirt-and with his
old two barreied blunderbuss dashed
out Of the door and climbed on TO the
projecting log aud thence on TO the
roof sneaking over the ridge to the
caves on the opposite side. he saw the
bears form dimly outlined in the dark
ness working away on the carcass OF
,h.. ally
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corI,r ip,e-r,,t,o, N his fe.s, and
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murzie out and turned loose The
.harge piowed a ditch liz that bear
trota h;s head to his tail.
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iarkp.s. came hear. A ai,,inr Of
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And cuttIpv for the door Rut I'm no
Am. the hears had herun a eampairn
n retaliation IN. ON. he had sho,
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M. o,bers chargc,t nrouod IN. cabin
md tried to climb ON to the roof The
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M. si,,. and several Of tho brutes were
BIC enoueb 10 reach a few inches over
IN. .ave Franz .axs he pcver .nnre-
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elves up. for the dIrt would i've way.
md down they uonls roll
.At Ar, bs tried beating them ovcr
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bv RAINING him ON IN. head The
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