Show yov J animal HI kifle and lie cloae with alie firth 1 the hero of a bear adventurers bert monroe son of henry monroe of the valley near helena mont the bayis about nineteen 1 or twenty years old and is an enthusiastic hunter and a dead shot last fall says the st louis globe democrat he killed the largest bear that had ever been killed in this section andee refused seventy five dol lars for the hide young monroe started oufa for st mission not long ago on a hunting expedition he was after bear band he rao bargained for his journey took him ftp toward ane head of milk river and while not expecting it he came face to face with a bear which emerged from what afterwards proved to be a bears denor lair r he had no sooner killed the bear with his trusty rifle than another ono appeared pe ared he killed this one in the same way and the third appeared this one also and before he had timeto realize that he was getting abou fall the bear he cared for in one day bear number four appeared this fellow he also killed and there was only one cartridge left in his magazine he needed this cartridge too for a fifth bear and larger than any of the other four came out of his donand made for him f i his last shot probably hit bruin ifrid not so ane for he at him manroe did no timo adget another cartridge in hisgun before abed beast was on him tho animal made a klapat him which useless gun flying out at his crasp and he to araw ahls an d egiy bruin an ugly cut in the throat aln doieg this he received a severe from the and a fearful shoulder dec 3 chenho The nho lost consciousness ii muff have bee for a few moments however for when he came to again his horse was between him and the bear the latter was evidently hurt for he was making a feeble attack apon ahe horse and was bleeding profusely from the wound in the throat when the horse turned tail to his adversary and began to kick the bear made off to the brush leaving a trail of blood behind monroe found was hurt inthis back and side which had been terribly torn in his brief struggle with difficulty he mounted horse which was quite unhurt and rode two ml lesto a point where at wor kona rail road grade 0 the great northern from here hewak taken to the agency ja party which went out found the four bears which had been killed and a trail of blood leading as far as the stream made by the fifth bear the gamvas also found where it had fallen |