Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-06-07

crous incidents. The story is as fol
lows:
For twenty-four hours the snow had
fallen at Mammoth, and at 5 O'Clock
on the evening in question fully three
feet covered the formation. Robert
Edgar, better known to the whites as
Geyser Bob, and to the Indians as Po-
sintonka big Nose), was forced to
make his bi-daily trip with the 0
tage Hotel on the night run Of his path
finder he espied a large bull elk coming
over the brow of the hill.
Here was a chance to square up for
all the tricks of the Cottage gang,
which was given to using Geyser as a
butt of not a few jokes. Forgetting
the dignity becoming a Government
employe, he hurried to the stable, pro-
cured an armful of hay and returned
Just as the elk reached the foot of the
hill, and cast the hay in front of the
front door of the hotel.
The elk, not too proud to tickle his
throat with Government dry grass, fell
to. It was now $50, and three of I'm
Gle Sans trained and tried Philippine
heroes came over to chat and spend an
hour. AS they approached the elk he
tossed his twelve point, took a few
steps forward, and the soldiers, seeing
that he meant business, Immediately
made for the barracks, it at once be-
coming a point Of interest.
Assistant Superintendent Joseph De
Bar came for dinner. For ten years
Joe had not gone off a walk. He strug-
gled along through the snow. head
down, until providence babe him look
up. He obeyed providence, and not
twenty feet in front Of him the elk was
making ready to charge. Joe charged
first. Madly he plowed through the
snow, made a hundred-yard detour and
entered through the back door.
Huntley Child and G. Roger Pryor
followed in Joe's wake, and it is doubt
full if ven when younger they exceed
ed the speed record set by De Bar.
When Old John, the Waterman, came
Joe was on the porch to give direc-
tons. "Come right along, John; II!
keep him busy" With that Joe stepped
forth, armed with bottles, stovewOod
and pieces of coal. The second throw
landed, and the elk, enraged, sprang
forward. Joe, for the second time in
ten years, exceeded a walk, sprang for
the door, while Old John made haste
to find the back door, to which a fairly
good trail was being rapidly made.
Pryor advanced the theory that the
elk wanted water. Manager Campbell,
Of the cottage, voluteered to serve it,
and rushed the car to the edge of the
porch. The elk disdained water and
charged onto the porch. Campbell re-
treated in bad order, stumbled and fell.
The crowd inside hurried away, leav-
ing Campbell alone. Finding himself
on his knees, Campbell uttered a pray
er, to which heaven responded. The
elk Cell over the pail. Instantly both
were up and off together. The elk
reached Campbell just in time to get
two prongs into his leg. Campbell
threw himself against the door. It
gave in and he was saved. No more
attempts were made by civilians to
pacify the elk. /,
In response to a hurry up call te
Fort Yellowstone a detachment of five
soldiers arrived via the hills and the
now popular back-door route. The ell
had stationed himself on the porch, no
three feet from the door. Fully twenty
blanks were fired at him and burning
papers offered him. All in vain
Neither would he accept hospitality no
depart. "Twenty-three! an exorcisn
CLEANED from the editorial pages Of tn
Independent, was even yelled by ever.
in his very face. but he was immov
able.
Being imprisoned, with the watchfu
guard just outside the door, ali wen
to bed early. At $50 a travelling sales
man with a lantern arrived. He use
all arts known to the knights of til
road; he cooed and praised the elk, b
swore and threatened him, but the NJ
BILE beast remained impressive. Wit
happy thought the salesman trie
something new. With the lantern b
gave the elk the signal to shack up,
but the elk had been in the mountain
so long that he was a little rusty o
signals and took it for a challenge. II
drummer instantly obeyed the sigma
and the way he backed up is still bein
talked of in the park.
All night long the elk walked IL
porch, and occasionally, just to asse
his authority, he broke a window or S
With daylight he withdrew to the re:
OF the building and finding all tract
leading inward again started for h
post in front. On the return journe
he stepped into a small geyser hole al
broke his leg. AT S.15 a soldier d
him out Ct his misery with a shot, en-
ing the reign Of the tyrant.
While the Coroner's jury was bel,
held in the office to decide who slou
fall heir to the teeth a soldier we
over the back fence on skis and n
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