Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-02-14
voice as once more he whispers, as If
the words were sacred, "AIy wife!-
indianapolis Sun.
RoosEvELT's BIGGEST BEAR.
How the President Risked His LII
to Get a Large Grizzly.


to Get Large Grizzly.
It was when ranching that his stead
mess with gun In the face Of a
charging bear was proved, says Nc
Cures Magazine 1t was then that he
got his biggest grizzly, whose skin is
now priced MS one of his best trophies
as well rs souvenir of very excit-
ing incident in his life. He was camp
Ing alone in the foothills of the Rock
les, and had wandered off with his
rifle In search of game. Coming sud-
denly on huge grizzly he wounded it,
and the bear retreated to cover in a
nearby thicket. AS Roosevelt was en-
deavoring to locate the quarry from
the open the bear suddenly appeared.
He fired, but the bullet did not stop
the rush of the maudened animal
Blowing bloody foam from his mouth.
the bear charged straight ut Roosevelt
II waited until he came to fallen
tree" wrote the hunter, "raking him
as he topped it with ball which ell
tered his chest and went through the
cavity of his body, but he neither
swerved nor flinched, and Mt the mo-
ment 1 did not know that had struck
him. He came stendily on, and In an
other second was almost upon me.
fired for his forehead, but my bullet
went low, entering his open mouth.
smashing his lower jaw and going into
his neck. l leaped to one side almost
as pulled the trigger, and through
the hanging smoke the first thing
saw was his paw us he made vicious
side blow Mt me. The rush Of his
charge carried him past. AS lie struck
lie lurched forward, leaving n pool of
bright blood where his muzzle hit the
ground; but lie recovered himself and
made two or three jumps onward, while
l hurriedly damned couple Of cart
ridges into the magazine-my rifle
holding only four, all of which 1 had
fired Then he tried to pull up, but
as he did SO his muscles seemed sud
denly to give way, his head dropped
and lie rolled over and over like shot
rabbit. Each of my three bullets had
Inflicted mortal wound"
The President has we'll earned the
distinction of being successful hunter.
lie has killed every kind of North
American big game. And yet there is
far more discussion OF the habits and
characteristics of wild animals in writ
ings than there Is record of the killing
of game.
On just one occasion when living In
the west was Roosevelt in danger of
serious molestation. He was Threatened
when that physical ylgor for which
he had striven had come in full meas
ure A big brawler, mlstaking him for
a tenderfoot, cursed him roundly, and
pointing two revolvers Mt him, ordered
him to buy the drinks. Roosevelt, per-
fectly composed, made MS If to comply
| with the request. But MS he got within
reach of his tormentor, with rush
born of his cleverness In boxing, he
delivered blow on the mans Jaw that
| stretched him full lengrh on the floor
Meantime, the pistols had gone off
the bullets penetrating the ceiling and
doing no harm to anybody. When the
brawler opened his eyes he was ready
to surrender his guns and to cry for
quarter. Wherefore, be it said that
true to his laterday preucnment, Roose
Welt, was never spelling for fight
but would not suffer an insult. A man
of his type is not often insulted.