The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-11-22

t1at death WAS hONerlnS above b0tn
him and his enemy, debating whether
that his own death was dashing down
upon him. merciless and Irresistible.
with the next Inhalation of the fetid
breath which warmed his blanching
cheek.
Death chose. Che one bullet he had
fired at last took effect. The mother
bear Sroaned, I'm mortal gony. and fell
IL the ground beside the slayer of her
cub-dead.
DIR. Penrose was found an hour later
,nsensible beside the creek, his arm
fearfully torn by the bears claws. His
given by the bear We're so grave that
he had to be taken to a hospital in
IiocileStel. Mimi. for treatment.
| Riding Bear Back.
/ Now, John M~cIlachern, a hunter and
trapper of Caucomgonlac lake, is just
one of those veteran woodsmen who
would not tackle a bear with anything
snort of a gatling gun. if he could keep
it handy. He hunts meat, not excite
noent.
But when he left his partner. Neil
Russell, in the camp to walk the line
of his traps around the head of the
lake, he simply took his rife along,
and did not remember, until he was
miles away, that it contained only a
1 olt S1lA &c vi PoNoSl dl1l llllO "a
ten ducE shot.
BY every rule OF trapping. especially
when he was trying to trap bears, Nc
Eachern Mould have turned back and
procured roper ammunition. But he
reasoned that if he found q trapped
bear he could finish the animal with
his hunting knife; and If he encount-
cred any bear he hadn't trapped he
could run soon enough to keep the
bear from finishing him.
He overlooked the one contingency
which did present itself. He encount-
cred TWO bears. The first one, which he
found in a trap, he was about to finish
according to his program, when the sec
ond bear. n much larger animal. came
al him from The thicket.
McEaclleyn had to use his petty duck
shot then. 1t served only to enrage
the free animal. which came in fierce
pursuit. For ten minutes the hunter
lodged in and out among the trees.
with the bear at his heels. until he
tripped and fell. The bear stumbled
over the same stump. and Went down
also. McEaehern. staggering to his
feet. fell a~gain-this time upon the
bears back.
There was one wild snort Of rag
surprise and fear. and the bear was
away lin a ma rush across the country.
The nan asrride his back gripped hin
first in the fur mo next, when his
ursine steed tried to turn and bite
chunks out his legs. by the long ears.
The ride continued over hill and valley,
over fallen trees and rotting stumps,
until h bear reached an old ram
down. logging road so steep that II
was almost a cliff.
The bear, in it's desperation. aimed
straight for the terrible plunge. Nc
!. Eache,n, in his desperation. remem
bered that he still had his hunting
Knife. He drew 1t out. but could no,
fad q chance to use 1t until they Were
already Oh the way dow the incline.
Then the terrified rider began to knit:
+ the terrified steed. Again and agail
: the long. keen blade drove, up to hilt
!, into the bears neck until, with !;
; the ditch beside tie road. McIoacherl
$prang behind q tree. and none tot
soon. h bear was up and at him
| leaving him time only to seize an ole
> slcdSe stick OF birch wood, which lay
: within reach.
t hands, the hunter brought it dow
With all his might upon the bears nose
: The beast. for the momen stunned
i sank helpless. and Il ina thrust of Thu
} inlife in The heart ended him.
Z On a Moses Antiers.
A Maine druggist n sportsman
4 Rcssell Nelson. who made a huntin:
Z kIlp n lllC AfPCllSC ldN l3lllCt MSIl
E out in the early morning, expecting t
a hunt nothing more dangerous than
= few birds. When he was some dis
I tance way from the camp he was con
fronted by q huge bull moose, which
I did not wait for the man to attack him
e but. after one challenging below an,
g = paving of the ground, charged wit
g his enormous. outspread antlers low
cred.
:. The druggist hastily fired his harm
E less little pills into the nose Of tn
9 moose and climbed the handiest tree
e and anger produced by the load Of Dir
= shot in his nose. reared up against tn
e tree. until Nelson thought he wa
d actually going to climb it.
r THANK the Lord for Darwin" ex
r claimed the druggist. as he tried I
e make a monkey Of himself.
n Somewhere. in his line of ascent. tn
G Darwinian theory must have left
missing link. Nelson, on his wa
Il toward heaven. lost his grip. His hun
ing belt hung him. for a second. on a
# old limb. But the limb broke, an
# dow it fell. with the druggist attache
Il to it. squarely upon the antlers of tn
e moose.
l.. For a time the great deer struggled
n with convulsive efforts. to rid himse,
e Of his strange and startling burden
e But branches. belt. druggist and antler
- were so lnextrlcaDly COmnl1neled tha
e even the strength and agility of a full
K grown bull moose failed to separat
them.
The moose evidently came to til
's conclusion that he might be able I
n brush them off in the forest. He tor
IT away through the woods. with Nelson
body between his a%ntlers. and tn
1t mans face low down upon his neck.
e For a time The appalled, rider los
it consciousness. He regained his sense
only when the moose leaped into til
q ice-cold water of Little Spencer lax
Nelson was nearly drowned when til
n animal climbed up on the other shor
lie greatly exhausted.
y And then a second moose came u
10 and asked the druggists moose whetl
g err he wanted to fight.
Of How many men ave seated then
n selves on the cowcatcher of a trai
t. which collided with another and wei
e. able to tell abou It afterward no raj
ID road statistics have ever kept track O
re But Druggist Nelson. up in Showhega
he Me. knows exactly how it feels.
II. The two great moose crashed togetl
IN er like Il pair OF butting earthquake
lie and in the shuttle the hunting be
ne ! broke. It's owner made a curve whit