Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-02-18
FIGHTING 4 GRIZZLY
FEARFUL CLOSE RANGE BATTLE RE.
TWFtN HUNTER AND HUNTED.

a Hain OF Bullets That Only Mrte
Rr"in Wore Fcrocioun The Bcnr
BILLED Ills victim Before "a Drspcr-
ntc SHOT Endcd Ills unrccr
They had met by chance in n corucr
Of the lobby of The Waldorf Astoria
aud had been telling stories which had
,nadc the eyes of some of the hell boys
bulge All of The narratorS were dress
al in evening clothes and 10 all ap
pcHrancCS had never 80 much ms soilCd
finger with powder smoke. ono had
rcC0unlcd his Sporiin. exploits in the
Adironuac6s and had told with great
rIsto how many deer he had sloi in
one day and how many of his guides
had ccmpimcntcd him on his skill.
Another said that duck shooting was
his special hobby and that he had come
clear from cannes. France. every nu-
tunu To- Kill these birds along Ch"sa-
peakc bay There were also stories
about ;h" shooting of cartridges and
grouse. aud on" member of The group
related. with - great many "nuds.'
'thenS' and "SlddcnlyS." how lac kill
cd three quail He had just received
Tho applause uf Ills hearers when a
lean individual strobe into The circle.
pnllcd down his Sourh hat another
notch and growlcd:
Ever hunted Eriz2lics:'
The vote" So ucariy Initiated n EriI-
7ly's growl that ii captured the aitcn-
ii"u of tho hunters nj once. although
none "r them answered the newcomer.
Hop" mint huliing In" said The
loan faced man. but that quail story
made me- thnk Of how au old Epllram
tackled pal "f mine once. As the
bear put ny n It'll" more fight than II
quail would my pard isn't all" Ia tell
what happened. lli" our friend the bird
bunicr"
It was plain Ia soc tia, IN" group of
sporiSmrn did not welcome tho Now
conner. yet his last r"mark aroused
their interest d"spii" themselves 30
fore one Of them realized what he was
doing he asked.
Did the bear Kill him?"
The question did NOT evoke n direct
reply II only madr tn" INTRUDER rub
his eyes. 10 IL u mist had fallen over
them aud then clear his throat before
hc said
II reckon my pard had The most ter
riblc hanh-lu-hand battle with II silver
tip ne WAC ever fought Before il end
Ell tho beast had iifty four bullets in
him. I'll tell Won how it happened.
Up in The foothills of the Rockies. in
tho state of Washington. whore we
hn. Il Ia,
loose. aud We started ont Ia iud them.
There were six If Ms. and after wc
had found the trail of the steers and
was fording II mountain stream called
Teapot creek one of o,ir brOnchoS be-
gan TO snort AID rear up. ma If he was
IN agony Iiut he wasn't. or. nj any
rate, the agony was only mental. The
horse hnn hardly begun IN dance when
W" beard The peculiar groNl of The
grizzly. which. rs Won may know, has
something of tn" grunt of hog
And | tell yuii he was n big follow.
As soon N saw him had touch of
that ague which pciriiies II man 50 he
cant raise ~ gun and Just lets The
boast walk right up aud swallow him.
Iiph""im was standing on his hind
legs AMI eating of The service berries
from the bushes. As is the way with
these animals hc did not attack us. hut
lust growln,, as il 10 scare us. \
Eri2zly usually does moi pick II quarrel
although he is the most ferocous Amer
lean horn beast alive when mt on the
defensive ! thought all of Ms were go
ing 10 leave The brute alone. when one
nf the party 10y til" name Of Ar Ken
n"dy. n cowboy and almost as danger
ous rs Il grizzly when aroused. shouted
out:
$50. sir. ln not going To leave that
silver tip insult me thai way. If ""
wants fight hc can have IT,;
Kennedy jumped OH his horse. he
cauS" lac regarded - man vino would
shoot from the saddle rs n craven He
lei his mount tn puu, about n hun
drcd yards from the bear, turned the
horses head away from tho game and
then looked NJ The ma gaziuc of his gun
to SEQ if it was run The next moment
lac fired. and ! could gee the head of
that bear 20 back ~ IL il had been
struck with II hoNldcr. | thought he
was roncr. hut he wasn't. That brute
inst doubled mp in order 10 stretch him
golf out In" bigger. He Jumped up on n
rock. and. getting n good suunt NJ his
enemy, he started for him Oh n lumber
ing lrot
Kennedy bnrt pumping the bullets
into The bear MS fast ~ he could pun
the trigger. hut his fusllado seemed 10
have no moro effect "n the criitcr than
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