Show CRESSLER CLOSE CALL Hunters Perfect Gives Bear Dull Thud on Rocks t Stites Journal B F Cressler recently had an a m oat K mar marvelous marvelous es cs pe from death on tl Che e fork of Clearwater river tie lIe was hunt hunting lag ing and had chosen a sunny spot t on o on t which to eat his lunch He tooka cup of o cof coC coffee coffee fee and walked to the edge ege of a cuff cliff cliffa a 3 few feet away awa where stood Od V lOne tone fir tree liCe fully full av feet fe t above bove the rocks below Hearing a slight noise he turned turn and saw sawa a Jl huge black laek hear eating the th beacon bevon con he had just left Jt t His rifle rUle stood leaning HRin against gam t ta ta a tree very near nemr Mr Bear after finishing the bacon very er defiantly toward hint him Nothing could be done hut but climb the tree tre This ThiR Mr Cressler Cre did ami and did it quickly The bear came ame also but bet with exasperating deliberation The Theman man had d a as al high hi h as he hp dared dar go He felt folt pitch on the limb Jimb he hf clasped and with e out cut a H small limb IH the end eim and fastened fH t ned in a H apiece apiecE piece of the Ditch The l hear ar was now within five fIO ff f fit tt t of him himo With VIOl hl hi hIs out only outmatch match he lie lighted l the pitch mind and allowed a wed the scalding dreas droM to fall falI m a the he bears ber beH tRee mee One burning drop fail f H Into a nostril find and the bear crazed craze with the pain raised both paws to scratch away wa th the fiery ry tor torture torture torture ture lost his hold and fell with a dull thud to the rocks below |