The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-03-08
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rsaehiaan % ise villsYs cared notairx 10
n. psessrs.qse red lsdxes snd essieiiats'
ncts upon ia samniis.
/ ssl too sth.tie college srls elimoe'
{ he pf.cipiious h-ighls, and breasbi hsc'
proofs oi discovery Ia phoioersps of wii'
and pletUrefges scsnes.
! Jes1pe 400 Polly Rsbyef, With their bro
I th,r J.eks ranch .boase ~ heaoqasftsfs
had spsst their GUNNER ysciions in IN
vicini,y Of Boulder Ridge aud ihe THAN
/ gle.
They hai become strong nDd iesriss'
ntuulsin-climb.r,; nt and thsy we're experI
Gamers. hunters q The game which abound
% smoas the moantsins. Esch had learn
! sd 10 stHlk the deer and antslops with th'
stealth u AZ Arst ahoe.
I ose day Ia 0etobsr they had mounted
the southern or lower spur OF 1.-THE Ritge,
aud sere upon one Of the roughest bits ol
plateau in Colorado.
With cameras slung 10 their backs, they
we're tresding their way amld MAJ, OF
nuge houlders, cap rocks" tomblsc lsdg'
e, std scrub pinons when there fell upon
their ears a b,li.ike ,rumpesing.
They sank upon the ground In tense OIL.
eace, and sgain, close st hand. the tfumpe-
or boomed & shriil dehstce.
This Lime there WAS an answer, q fierce,
shlltiing snort which came up from the
,lope = li.tle way upon their right. Then
flllowed fierce rush of the trumpeter
.say In front 4 them. They could hear
the swapping OF pinon branches and the
cater OF hard hoofs upon the loose stones
II muft be mountain.sheep, whltpeit d
] Iaune, excited. ani there's something af-
tor them--grizzly, maybe
Or wolves.
Suddenly a series Of thri rasping snorts
cam up from below, like the alternating
lars OF q hoarse steam whistle. These
ounos were folio we'd by acrackIe Of clssh.
lg horns. by angry grunts and more fierce
.norts. Some large animals were fighting
% tie slope not many rods away
Here was something the canefa-bunters
could not miss. They ran forward, dodg.
iig among the rocks and pines, eagerly
sr. for the first sight OF the lighting
creatures. A half-minute's run brougb,
rem out upon slope where the tree ard
rprks were not so numerous. Here they
halted to listened. Again the clack Of
h rms and rattle Of loose stones lurtd them
down the slope.
To make. more certain OF the coveted
photograph, they separated. one going tt
he right and one to the left, at an angle Of
sJms degrees.
1t was Jesnne's luck frst to come upon
he fighting animals. She reached an open.
{ z on the slope with a jutling. broken |
edge come hundred yards below. Among
hs tumbled rocks of this ledge she csugb
a glimpse Of t.o great brown backs hump
I'd and swsying, and the CLEAN Of inter.
cked horns.
Two bull elk we're fighting. She..sped
town the slope and climbed small pro-
montel y Of the ledge. From this perch |
he could look fqaarely down upon the
,nimals, She was In time to see them. near
The foot Of the rock, rearing and striking
at each other, as horses often do when en-.
kaged in pitched battle. Then with won-
ierful celebrity, considering their great size,
he fighters circled about each other, each |
sinRing his great sntlers In vicious sldt
~ okes, sparring for an opening. Then |
gain they came together with crashing
norne, butting and pushing at each other
N frantic aud apparently futile buckiugs.
Jeanne's eyes took swift survey Of tht
>round. The elk we're upon little fat be.
~een TWO fragments Of ledge with biz
,oulders and plnon shrubs scattered above,
while below, the slops fell away again With
more jutting rocks,
As the stepped along the cap Of the rock.
Otent upon finding the beet ard SAFES
point of vantage for her Gamers, JEANNE
outd slight cleft which offered an ess,
approach Down into this she scrambled,
iropping at ths last some six or eight feet
o the level.
The moment was opportune for the
,oung photographer. The huge elk were
and tugging In q desperate AID
,venly-mslched fght. knowing that theiI
age must be blind indeed, Jeanne moyco
ion point to point, "fnd.ngn her view
With practised eve, and pressing the but
on OF her camera.
She had shifted her position four or FIVE
ines when one OF the bulls suddenly gave
way, exhausted with the struggle; so uu-
Ipect.dly, In fact, that the conQueror
umbled headlong plo wing his nose among
ne rocss. The defeated animal whirled
with lightning. speed and lodged behind
ne rock which Jeanne was facing. H..
tsntly the other was up and sfter him,
lod both disappeared from sight In twin
.liog
III. vanishing savored Of magic. Jeanne
'tood ter moment, bresthless, astohish.
10 aud ldumy hant; then there was fierce
,ls;ltf VI stones 10 her right, apd one Of
be eis, the ope which bad been beatep,
,sine plungiDs down the slope. In arush
V dooss bis parsusr be had passed ciesr
!, ound The prououtory In front Of her, BE
vent past her At great speed, spd oissp.
cared behind the rocks she had de scepd.
d
Jeanne Vas backing away to get room
os sosp shot Of the pursuur whsn that
,oIl came lasrps oscs upon h.r kfs, H.
-, paced part vsy rcvna lhs prouni toy
"a rvmt bath. fvr moment ,hs en.rr
a beast s,oci sssrins g, the girl then hs
Q ser.d HE braLebins hotps and cha g,d
!, her. Jeanne ~as within f.s sips of
be cleft she had desceoded. with insiir G.
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