Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-30

As soon as he was out of sight, begar
to tremble and felt 80 weak that / was
Obliged to sit down a few moments before
going to camp.
81 could not believe my good fortune, much
less account for it. In short time, how
ever, | shook off the feeling and was not
long, In getting to the camp, where / remain
ed the rest of the day. had no desire to quit
its shelter
"About ten o'clock in the evening the 9th
ers came, and had a great story to tell about
the painter. He had surrounded them, as
he did me; but they were too many for him,
and he had let them alone, although he had
followed them nearly to camp. Then / told
my story.
eve heard the animal once or twice around
the camp during the night, and the next morn
ing none OF us felt like going out to work
=, we've got to get rid Of that fellow, or
TN throw up our winters job, boys said one, of
motion we settle him before we do anything
else, 1t 1t takes us a week
We all agreed to that, and getting our
guns ready, started out
! I'VE went around the lake, and found where
ne nad visited my traps, and taken the game
ana bait. but saw nothing of him.
>, after cruising about in the woods nearly
an a. DAY, we returned to camp. The boys said
they Thought he had left our neighborhood,
You see, they didn't have so much fear of him
in the daylight
wasn't satisfied. l had scheme that
Thought would fetch him; so, taking an axe,
l went out some, forty rods from the camp,
cut down number of small spruces, built a
nut, or pen, of the logs, four feet wide and
ten feet long, leaving small opening, three
other. wy
"By this time it was dark, and. throwing a
rabbit | had shot into the pen, 1 returned to
the camp.
"The next morning the rabbit was gone.
and and l saw by the tracks that the painter had
neen there, sure enough. That night I fixed
pointing through the loophole, SO as to cover
the entrance.
Taking large piece of fresh pork, I tied
small cord to it, laid it just inside of the
to the trigger of the gun, SO that the least pull
at the, meat would fire it. Then / went to
camp to await results.
1T was clear, cold night, and about
/ did not stir from the camp until daylight. /
was afraid, if it was the painter, that he
might be only wounded, in which case he
would probably make it interesting for me.
ASS As soon . as it was fairly light, however, we
ten feet from the pen, shot through the brain.
We measured him, and found that he covered
eight feet and two inches from the tin of his
tail to the end of his nose.
81 don't know as the animal was the real
American painter, but that is what every
one calls it. That was the only one I ever ever
saw and, have never heard of any more in
this country; So. you see, they are not yery
plenty / have, the skin in my room at home
now, and shall keep 1t as long as | live 1t is
getting to be an old story, and my wife often
threatens to throw it away, saying that she
wont have such trash in the house. 'As
What would you have done if you had been
in Jarvis place. Mel?" asked Dick. w"
81 don't know. All | can saw is that
hope | may never get into such close Quarters s
with brute of that kind, " | replied tS'''e's
"And well you may hope so" said ,Jarvis i
But come, boys. It's time to turn in
OF panthers, painters, catamounts. all COM
bined in that terror of the woods-the dread