Show wrestling with death according to a correspondent of the santa fe r e new JN ew mexican the following adventure occurred in the mountains near chloride cit city hugh C love a n noted OV mountaineer and prospector titan 14 six feet two indies in his moccasins ns weigh weighs pounds in his shirt sleeves and is vs 33 straight as an arrow with blue blu gray eyes and regular features he he came over from eittle little mineral creek to chloride city to examine his mine after having examined the property and being satisfied that it had nat been jumped or disturb edhe leaned his ills rifle against a tree and took off his belt for the purpose of fastening his overalls As love stooped down to pick up apiece D of stick to make a pinto pin to fasten his overalls with he heard a sudden rustle in the trees behind him and turning quickly stood face to face with a monster cinnamon bear she made a spring for love who was now hobbled with his overalls and not within reach of his rifle ho he raised his right ri t hand land quickly as if to ward offal bear when she got his hand between her teeth at the same tame time reaal U i for flor him with both paws lo 10 love ve ug drew rew back his other fist and struck the bear on the nose but the next instant she had literally torn his rig right lit hand all to shreds sinking her teeth through the ball of the handa hand and nd wrist and also tearing with her paws aws the left hand with which ho he le kept t battering her on the nose pow now the tug of war came he grasped the bear by the throat and they rolled over and over getting still further away from his gun the bear clawing and biting her level best while love with all the strength X of his powerful frame wrestled for his life with his powerful enemy enemy he tried while hile under the bear to draw his knife but could not he then got his foot against a stone with his head in the bears breast made one desperate struggle and again rolled the bear down the hill letting go his hold as ahn they rolled over a little knoll downa downward he then got on lus Is feet and forgetting that he was hobbled with his its overalls attempted to run for his gun but tripped fell and rolled twee reaching bis his gun just as the bear recovering came with a growl and open jaws towards him his ilis left hand was so mangled that he ile could not hold ehg th gun up and he threw up his elbow to rest the barrel on his right hand band with mith third finger bitten aten off was powerless the little finger this he be got into the trigger guard as the bear was within three feet of him bang went the rifle and ilie bear beir fell rell dead to the earth imagine love nearly two miles from his comrades and his cabin the amount of blood pouring from a dozen wounds a steep hill aiuto to ascend and another to go down yet he arrived at the cabin washed and bad his wounds dressed and next day walked to chloride to the boc tor althou although fis three weeks have gone by since since nis fight fi lit with the bear it will be a montt month before he lie can resume his work in the shaft shall this is no bear story but tho the simple truth |