Arizona republican., 1922-04-12
Crossing the Desert
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Who told you she was lost ~
Why, Maynie came to the sheep
herd and told u.s.
"Maynie,' In surprise. who the
blazes are you looking for?''
Why, Mary Emma, of course"
Mary Emma, why she's TO the
Dairy. been there all the afternoon.
We've been hunting Maynie Bates
well, she's at the sheep herd. Come
on, let's go home"
AS they started merrily homeward,
one of the herders said to the cattle
man, Charley, the phase of this hunt
changed about as quickly as / i'm
agine your feelings did when you
lassoed the bear. How / would like
to have seen you"
Then after the laugh that followed.
he continued Our friend here hasn't
heard anything Of that. You ought
to tell it."
There isn't much to teIl,9 said the
cattleman dryly, "only / knew when /
had enough and didn't want any
more.
II seems to me it would be rather
dangerous work. lassoing a bear"
Ned said.
Aoh. this was only a cub. It is
rather comical to think about, though.
| had started for Hulrs ranch. and
didn't want any extras load so left
my rifle at the Dairy, and missed the
best chance for fun have had on the
mountain"
Grizzly Faces Him
There we're two, each with two
cubs. When l saw the first, an old
grizzly, wondered il she would run,
and started after her. but she rose on
her haunches and sat facing me-
When one of the cubs ran fright
ened TO her, she just put her paw
around 1t, as a mother would her
child, and showed her teeth In a way
that convinced me Immediately that
! had plenty of her kind.
about a mile further I saw the
other, a good-sized black bear. In
about the same mood as before.
started after her, and she began to
run.
There was son9e fun in that and I
began to crowd them. One of the
cubs was a racer. and kept right up
with its mother. l soon ran ahead Of
the slow one. turned it in another d.
rection. and got my rope to lasso it.
II chased it three or four hundred
yards. caught it around the neck,
and riding past Tong limb, ] threw
the rope over it, and drew the little
fellow off the ground.
Leaving the horse to hold 1t up
by the horn of the saddle. started
to tie its jaws and feet, wondering
what on earth there was about bears
| to scare Andrew so."
"Was that little chap scared p
someone asked.
We'll, he hardly likes to say any
thing about it, but he won't deny it.
He wanted hide and hunted sew
eral days to get one. At last he saw
big Cinnamon coming out of a
little canyon, and kneeling down he
tried to take careful aim with rest,
but he said it looked so much bigger
than he expected. that he couldn't
get his gun very still. He fired,
though. and may have hit it slightly,
but the bullet struck on the other
side, and of course scared it.
mot having seen where the shot
came from it started towards him.
Thinking sure it was after him,
and forgetting that he had VIM
chester. he ran to a small tree to
climb it,
"He admitted to me that he
thought he had got UP on limb,
and was looking down at the bear.
Runs the Other Way
When it saw him, it ran the other
way. He came quickly, too. and
found himself sitting flat on the
ground with his arms and legs
around the tree. All this went
through my mind as / tried to tie
that little brute. 1t didn't last,
though, for just as a. cat will turn in
the air and drop on its feet. so. that
things claws and teeth were always
towards me.
After what seemed a remarkably
long time, it became so nearly un-
conscious that ! had got the string
around its jaws, when | heard a 'wo-
of and a rustic among the grass and
| needles, and about forty yards away
was the mother. coming as fast as
she could sniff the trail of her cub.
Her teeth were showing and her
briStling hair looked like porcuptne
quilIs. One look took all the novelty
| out of it, and changed my Bear
| feelings without any argument.
II think never did anything more
quickly in my life. than took out my
knife and cut the rope. got into my
saddle and left.
"You may talk about bears all you
please, but they are two different
pictures. when they are coming to-
ward you, with that horrible grin,
and when they are running the other
way
Just after breakfast the next morn
| ing, Ned was preparing to mount his
| horse, when the sheepherder smiling
| goodnaturedly. said: Your sleep
didn't hurt you much this time. but
come again and well try to do bet
| ter by you.'
A hearty Thank you" a friendly
clasp of the hand. and our hero rode
away. and the next day took dinner
| back at the &C ranch