The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-05-08
Boards THE LION
IN ROCKY wILDs
Continued from first pngeJ

wild pigeon, ptnrmigan, ducks, aud an
occasional elk anu mountain sheep.
The lake reached the party soon had
u meal of fine ! inch lake trout. Hug
mcntrd with q half dozen squirrels,
which with u few bottles Of l.cmp' y
rounded out u meal NJ for Il scottish
I hirf. though the three Of tnem eat
ing II were Of German extraction.
From the sight ~ Inc camp were visi
hlc the falls 0f the Rio LHtillu on the
dividing line between the centennial
state aud our territory. Here n
of the mos, interesting scenes that
nature has ever presented 10 the eye
of u human being. Viewing the fans
from the center Of the lake which had
been gained 10y the construction of u
crude raft NJ spruce logs ~ Md day,
was a spectacle that made Kfcnning
speak Classical German ~ %fucntly ~
u nntiyr ~ the Lntillo hand, YOU
n mongrel of SPANS" aud Pueblo
Niagara has It's va~tncSs aud Mime
hahh It's depth, but for clos" comnun
ion with nature sight never saw u more
beautiful lap oi SHY than that Ia front
at Kronning when he faced three hun
drod feet Of snowy spray l"aping into
space from the falls oi the Rio Latil
Ia. LoUkIng from the Hoe NJ an an
gle Of forty five degree, h~rayenward
aud 10 the north there II acres of
water quitting u cataract Of u mile ~
length nut of the snowy range ut Colo
rndo and lraping over Il prcripIcc thr""
hundred feet forming the falls 1T M"
Rio l.ntillo which finds IT. way into
'hc lake from which you are viewing
" ~ - distance of three quarters oi
u mile.
Nm umbrella of nimbus cloud set
tied down on the one tops Ut the
pines above the lnhe aud hid FROM view
the fantasy of the spectrum,
Kronning was soon GROOMING aud
cvc p"titioning the gods that he
NIGH, the same day make the journey
up the Rio I.atillo 10 the tails. So. u
native. with fond, bedding aud guns
was soon loaded onto the raft aud
the northern navigation at the lHk"
begun. Quitting the lak" at the in
let of the river, Pablo aud krcnning
began q weary climb ur the stream
toward the fails. NJ u distance of
about our half mile up IA" NOISY noun
tain river, I'nhl" stopped LIS" nature
had ri,"trd him Ia the earth. sand
nothing, but pointed up aud ACROSS IN"
rr,ct I" u hig iron gray object sitting
nhImbu back toward them aud holding
~ his GrIyly paw un eighteen inch
trout of which h" had bitten away
nearly the half aud was Guiding II To
his h"nShip'N Wild delight. "" only
have kTrnning +, word fpr III" ,en~n
lions that play wireless up aud down hi
spinal column tor that briei spare oi
the Carsar"an calendar before he rcnlil
81 that he was hiblically the king 81
beasts and ~ capable of adapting him
self ~ the mnsticntion at bear meat
q. to that Of Cudahy cured ham. H."
SAID "a the reporter: tn" first ha"
minute froIc Ia the earth: ~ the see
ouI half melted NJ the summit and
my fever rose Il" about 100, my teeth
spoke the primitive Dutch l%.nnguHg,
from the first morning ~ the AltaI
Hills To Hoe der Kaiser. thought ~
everything | had don" from birth q"
the time reached the lake. except the
fact that was u citizen Ut the United
States. capable ut heating arms aud
that had u gun that would Kill two
elephant, ou my shoulder. At the end
~ the first half Of the first minute
hruin had taken another bite NJ the
spcckled beauty and his fnny tail was
all that remained of u tine specimen al
his trout,hip, Pablo pointed tn TIA"
weapon on my shoulder, saying, " Matn
ii uSu. Nil the bear, when for the
first time since the discovery rcalil
w WIS W ll'NA VI " 'h'h w w
enemy. swallowed the lump IN my
throat and began preparations for hat,
tie. raking deliberate aim as could
under shaky circumstances put u
30 80 bullet through the left c%lnviclc
aud ia" top Of the neck Of the enemy
A 100 pound Silvertip turned toward
me aud stood up biting his forearm
aud moaning with pain. "Cno mas.
cried Pablo, not knowing what he
meant | leaned against u quaking ASP
aud began praying the rosary; the
situation could have been no more
serious wi,a me, could not realize
whether was in the lap Of ~. Peter
ar Ia the wilds Ut the Rockies, some
of my thinking machine was pack IN
~. Louis. awake with Pablo hold
~ my arm, $3.50 muchO %c0mbate, -
said he, the bear is going To fight,
"rronto hombre," hurry, Waking
with the stage fright out of me !
reached for the rifle ANONYMOUSLY
dropped by the side Of the tree where
was standing, and started in to sus
tam the reputation Of the sharpshooi
err ~ America. This tremendous beast
had crossed to our side and wa coming
toward us on hind legs showing his
red mouth with white teeth, snarling
aud smiling, when leveled my rifle
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