Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-27

minutes hid In the pine scrub before
here comes old 'Stub.foot' growth
like a thunderstorm, and he looked
like he was perry nigh as big as an ele-
plant. There wuzn't no doubt he was
the one, and three of his claws on his
left fore-foot was gone, count Of his
gittin' ketched In a trap once. SO the
minute we sees him, the lawyer, the
shorthand man and me we climbs
trees, the lawyer gittin' the best tree
and climbin' higher up than any Of
us. The picture man Of course he
had to stay on the ground to git the
pictures Of the scrimmage. and De
Pyster had to be there to do the
shootin'. So the picture man, as was
a dead-game proposition as ever I
see, he's all ready and peekin' out
from his curtain, and he gifts one pic,
ture az old 'Stub-foot' takes bite out
Of the bull elk's carcass Then this
here De Pyster ups an blazes away,
and fer some reason he only wounds
old .'Stub-foot,' who immejitly drops
the elk and comes lopin' over lords
De Pyster, amin to finish his break
fast on him. The picture man gifts
another good picture Of 'Stub-foot,'
an then goes up the lawyers tree,
and just then De Pyster shoots again,
and drops old 'Stub-foot' with bullet
through the fore.quarters that busts
both shoulders and lays the old Teller
out as helpless as sick kitten. Then
he soaks him with another bullet
through the body, and jist then my
lawyer hollers, hold On you've done
fer him. and then we an slides down
our trees and the picture Teller takes
few more pictures while we looks
at the bear.
Fer little while we thinks he's
stone-dead, but bime-by he rouses q
little, and my lawyer he jerk1 a paper
out Of his pocket and fountain pen,
and he says, he'll jist be able to sign
the dyin' declaration he says, and
so he sticks the fountain pen in the
bears right paw, my lawyer reads the
declaration to him, and with me help
in, old 'Stub-foot' signs this here
paper with his mark, and then finally
tumbles over, havin' passed in his
checks right proper.
'Immejitly De Pyster an me we
skins the bear, the picture man goes
back to camp and develops-that' =
what he called it-them picters; my
lawyer he writes out the affidavids and
fixes up the dyin' declaration all
right, and the shorthand man writes
out and hammers out on a typewritin'
machine full account Of the fight.
This dyin' declaration told how this
here old Stub.foot,' monster grizzly
bear Of Friskiyou county, California,
feelfn' the near approach of death, and
havin' no hope Of recovery, identified
De +Pyster as the Teller that killed him
and SO forth Reglar legal, my law
yer said, and provin' certain that De
Pyster was thes cause of old Stub
foot's' death. And we all signed II
as witnesses to odd Stub-foot's mark.
well, SIR. I got my money and paid
my lawyer. And when De Pyster tool
the stage he had odd Stub, foot's' pelt
the pictures Of the affair, the short
hand mans account Of the fight, ali
our afidavids, and old Stub.foot's
dyin' declaration that De Pyster shot
him. It was the most convincin' ar
ray of evidence ever furnished, sc
my lawyer said. De Pyster SHOOK
hands with me and he SEE: Mr.. Walk
LEI, you're simply a genius And hi
sent me from New York this here
watch as a remembrance. Cost 6
dollar an keeps as good time as .
hunderd-dollar one. And I'm .wearin
one of old 'stub-foot's' missin' claw.
on it fer q watch-charm.'
And he passed the time-piece proud
ly over to me for closer inspection