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Show I I FIGHTING GKISKMIX " H ft i EXPERIENCES OP A MINER IN THE H jg , JAWS OF AN ANGRY DEAR. 9 El TMhtrMcniUrlrrUiltlillaliU 9 Sg ) 3lllrlhirillr.nlTlinH'.llirll?.r B X , Ilia Hmlj Inlll lln I Dial I.U. WM sw I 1 iiiiut. H E , T1i namo of ft veil known clllt'n of M W Humboldt count on I bo Kuu llouvj B Sill rcjlstsr few days njo roollcl to hit I ISlt frlinilt the slorjr of ft Inicnto flUt )H' vrtth erlulfts In the early days. IIFD; It u In tli fall of 1MI, n I Ihrro I'lfj' starring men crawled through thick tHM rrowtU of ItnmboMt connty timber and HlM'sl fuand tbeiiiaelwa facing i Iglit monster 8SltE,'il i-rliil" liean. Uoadnltodeii'craltonljjr U 4i! Mii' Iranger tlio men ilotrrinlnct to attack tho HnoKi fcreclons animals, Tli. Iiart nf Thomas ImKI ftabrlng failed as tho litllo iwirty drew I Ml jSJ ' neir the trani, an 1 lit sought shelter by H climbing a treo. f Ml Tlio oilier men, 13. K, Wool an 1 liaao w n( TVIlion, threw prolctiro to tho winds SJI and adrancoil to within firty ardiof 5 Sir1 1 tha lxnm. Wood Crcl Ms lino on 1 Ilia ! f ? ' nearest bear fell, 1 Itlng- an 1 tearing the IH ', cronndMlhotwhlntliasonlrofdetli r, M, Millo Wood was rrlo.illnj hie rifle II H Wilson brought down a U-nr. jail I lie of tho erUxllei retreated p ft H ffv ravine, but one ihas in fniterrtinalnetl i H' "'"' l"r fallen nimnnlont. Mio ut H ii erect on her Inunchea and tnrned her H ffff pyre on tha men aa If daring them to I UiUlt. Mr i jE-a W llaon, owkI by her oipect, ran for a V I g tree, whllo Vool trleil to relon 1 hie irtm, Kit but found hliniclf unablo to ram tho ball HH p : down on tho jKiwder. Vr'hl1olnth!airo UB dlcament tbq ctlaX that had not lied MS f I rushed it lilin. Wud euccfifdcd In set-Hjn set-Hjn ,.,) tins Into n email buckero tree, an 1 ned Hf J i I Ida gun to beat the bear off 04 alio ut-By ut-By ' m tacked tho trco with tho Intcntlou of BJ j yti aluklng him ont. llB '"' T"c J1,v or x on,ZJIT liff ' WMIo ho wis engaged In fighting off liM j 'it thla bear, Wood, to diU horror, saw tho H j 'r,i animal ho ha 1 wonnded lix an 1 mill to Vj C ,y nrardhlin. Ko blows that ho conld In s I U' diet on lira wounded animal conll check EB ml her. .At the first tliiC she made tin Bjl fi treo broke and tho Ivars JutnrMl for HV jf Wool. He Rained his feet an I mado jl $&' with all spued down tho mountain, whero HB J another email treo etood nhout thirty f" yards away. He reached tho Irto Willi i tho wonndeil bmr at his heels, an 1, sls IJBKsK ftJJ Ing tho truulr, he swung his body aronn 1 sU Jlf M M X9 Q tvlr ruom tn alxul '1,nt BHR whlcli hdM,i,luiiginglicndlougdonfi tsaBBHiBLfffTJ tho mountain about twenty Tarda. IRj Ileforo U'oo.1 could, with his falling inaMFliW' strcngjh, awing hlmKlf Into the trco tho j!i secon 1 Uar lounded tii an 1 relied l.U A right ankle. Dy this t'mo thfaunndrd Uar returned, and ai Wood fill alio ij snapped at his f aco, Ho dodged, and sho f langtit his left shoulder. J.I Then commenced ft tcrrlfta strugglo. ! Tho maddened animals tngircd In o o alto directions at Wood aanklo and shout- ' der, and ho was In Imminent danger of !' being torn to pieces. Hofonghtnsbnt ! lio conld, but i -sell ciertlon ho put forth r ouly (iilcnalBo.1 tho rago of tho lmars, Pi i , When he as almot fainting with btN J. p.du tho bear that bod not been wonnded II il il if dropped his anklo and trotted slowly BLIffl', afterlilscompnnlousuptheravlne. Tlun IH (fL tho wounded bear lit go her hold on Ids B jail ahonlder. Wood sank buk on tlio M i9v Kround, and lay perfectly qnlet as thongli JT W ' dead, hardly daring to Lnatho, Tlio lull Sif gristly stood majestically orer ldiu, watching for tho allghtnt uoiement, and snarling with mgo. Tito juiln that racke.1 tha man's framo was frightful, and ho rliked his llfo in an offort to os-aumo os-aumo an raaler l-oaltlon. nuici-Eo it niu mure At tho first increment tho grizzly, roaring furiously, ruahed at him. blio r-hoved her nose cloeo to hU faco and sulJcd at him. but Wood was ag-iln motionless, mo-tionless, and tho bear, raising lur he id, gai o i cut to unearthly screams. Wood, knowing that Ills llfo d-pcndl i on ft, remained moUonleas, and tho bour trotted after her companions up tho ratluo, j When bo attempted to rlso Wood found I that his right hip was dislocated and Ida j left shoulder chewed to tho bone, while Ids clothing had been strl ped from his body an 1 his flesh ba I been chen od In a j hundred places. Inch ly Inchbopiln- 1 fully drsrged hlmielf from tho not, un til tieabring and Wilson, accoiuinnlel I by Dai Id A lluck, tho latter cf whom I had Ucn left to guar 1 the camp, found him and carried him to their quarters. E At this spot tho party remained tw tiro I da)s,snbntit!ngontlteinentcf thebcar ! that ha 1 been kille 1 They were lost In tho mountains, but finally Wood, dcsplto his agony, Insisted ujion t-HmTtii-d to a liorsonnl nccouipan)lng his friends in search for a path to clillizntion. During 1 tho ten days that follow td, oi ery sti p of tho horvo that Wood rodo causud nn- n akablo torturo to tho rider, but Wool bore It liko a mart) r, and an occasional KToan was all tho complaint that escaped Lis lips. Dually they foun 1 n rood out of the I mountains an 1 reached tlio farm of Mrs. j Mark tit, thirty miles from Bonoma, whero Wool was cared for, and In sis v ceks ws ablt to join Ills friends In Ban Francisco, The Injuries lufllcted by the grizzlies luado ood a cripplo.for llfo an 1 oi ent- ually wero tho cause ct I is deuth, nud i 1 1 w as Ids son who tol 1 of this fltht with j tha grizzlies San 1'rani.lKO l'samlncr |