Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-10-18

meat he mere s,gut OF parry OF
sportsmen will set him storming
against the practice ~ hunting Just
20 Kill" Out evening. as We sat watch
Ing our cheerful hrr In camp In the
high SIcrras. he told the following
story
summer before last" he began Il
mel on the trail a crowd 81 frisco
sport, who were hurrying one OF their
crowd down the mountain. lie had
hugt himsrlf they said. in getting
away from bic she grizzly that had
charged them in defense 81 her two
lHlf grown cubs tia they were pump
Ing lead into with their krag Jorgen-
sens
"'Shc got away from We. after an
iLfy rln",n &c., Tut she's wounded.
ami sh.'ll de. anyway.
"'rh- next morning I sighted col
umn ~ smoke among the wild ridges.
whore the head waters OF the san
Joaquin rise I.ate that evening after
covering forty OF the toughest miles OF
trail ou record I rode mp the meadow
ON which the Frisco sportsmen had
campei. aud found 70 cirrled with fire
They had neglected 10 cover their bed
o. I've Goals
Il was dead tired hut there was
not .ng 20 so but get the crawling
finres under control before the wind
81 the next morning should spread II
over the whole country 30. after
hasty meal. took .uy shovel and be-
CIV.
Fighting Dire is hot. thirsty work.
and about midnight nv throat became
80 parrhpd that : could hardly swa'.
low. From below me. In dark. hcav-
i'y wooded canon. there came the err
t.clng sound Of q mountain stream. | !
drnnpfd my SHOVEL and started for 70.
1T was pitch dark ~ soon ~
passed out of the light OF tie IRE line. 4
Progress was. az the best. slow: bui
with the usual risk 81 bad falls and ~ .
lnnding unOu raitlesuakes thar one az 7
ways takes IN travelling the mountains
at nigh'. ! hiundercd on down the p
rough. timhrrei slope. finally nearing
tho water without calamity
rs ! was feeling my way along
about 3OO feet from The creek. | WIS
startled by low. fierce grow from
tn darkness below. followed immed.-
ately by tho terr nc crashing Of
haayy beast thrashing ITS way toward
~ through the brush.
Scared out of ny wits. turned 10
rim. but trpped and fell. sprawling be.
fore going dozen steps. The sound
ciose behind of huge body lumber
ing ov'r the log, brought m" with rat
like AGILITY 10 my feet. Thu ran
squ'rely aclius; q tree aud without
"a srcurfs raus'. went mp 70 Ike q
squirrel The beast was under the
tree before was out 81 reach. and
heard No swish of huge paw ~ It
mad" desperate pass At my legs.
The thing had come upon me 50
ihlt pcrched Tor some time
inong the topmost branches before
'ol'ect q my Wits then gathered my
'"lf tngrihr~ ana tried To get line on
ha situation
1T was very Rain that was trccd
~ q bear. for the menacing crowls 81 .
hr beast came up from below. and
through the branches ! could SEQ It's
yves cleaning ike two balls Of fire
m was ovidenr that was in had
lnx. There wasn't thing to do hut
70 In the dark and think. Long before
De end of that night had concluded
hat had stumbled upon The fcrociouS :
N hearthatthe city men had crippled.
This made IL .ook pretty had Tor ,
,new that she was siill lively on her
'eet. aud yet | feared that she would ,
,e too sick ~ travel aud ugly enough ,
70 camp under the tree until fell out.
"Th"n ther" was the thought that
might not have q chance 10 stay in
he tree very long. for there was the
ire cracking away mp on the ridge.
The canon would probably huru out
when the DIV wud came M. and then
where should be; Would tho bear
iull oui when Tho IRE approached. or
would she hang on and growl until II
vas too late Tor either Of Us to get
lwnyt
There wns no way of settling the
question. 81 sat In my treetop. look
~ down ~ The two glowing balls Of
ire AZ the base NJ NV refuge. aud fig
ircd on the proposition until my poor
M brain ached
AT last daylight came. finding me-
'if with the u ght chill. very tired aud
hungry. but desperate enough 10 do
inythinc descended the tree ~ lar
- I dared. aud examined my enemy
e proved a. be the biggest. leauost.
ierccst-looking old she grizzly | had
yer seen. she had couple ~ bullet
Wounds. hut she wasn't broken down
anywhere and although somewhat
anne. showed signs when I prltcd her
With pine-cones of being pretty active
N her feet.
Although. as l said before. was
esperatc enough 10 do anything. I
rawled back into the top boughs ~ the 1
roe where the sun was now shining
his was the only thing o sane man I
0uld do.
Il sat there without a hope or the (
Ign OF hope. unless. indeed. Il was
bat the fire. which had 10y this time
rent down into the canon n mile or