Show A HUNTERS STOREY twenty ic fore alif disappear ii ralto nal ot till es it indians wn bilte nian could aft algoet anny sort ol 01 at avery early fsr 11 tn alio llio bior the tl r country 0 not woo abo ot tho Colun ihli olivcr ani bacu ft Ii untera athil it was there the cinnamon and briers mcw alio llio ml somo bouc alie firke men in litter was guyot alive alio acre numerous and M mice in of some fort aoa sute to occur dally I 1 lanil ieca in 1 bit 0 core or on the aldo of the for tea or twelve dam before I 1 cot luto n sen re forty miles of th south ilidio ot anil the country for 11 hundred miles around me ans in tho col the continent the were further cast on the snake or further sctt on abo columbia flirl iti nud only detached par tiet were to bo this was n great burden off my mind the iff aisi and panthers were 10 nu eurom I 1 hii of c lirou gli tho daiy diy nud dared not tl liotti tic to night I 1 ii ck and n riding mule and on ih i it i t bad n ili lit rife burning aud the animals v within n throw 1 l pun sprang upon old bob my inglr nd clovd him in n terrible way before ioulia Iou lil get near to settle a bulatt three or four beara boara prowl ril my camp all night and tle of a panther kept alil open until daybreak however I 1 lad thinned out the colony by A dozen or fifteen the bedou to rive roe a test on tho tenth or eleventh dayot my stay I 1 led camp ut nil early hour in the morning loaded for bair I 1 followed the valley up for half a mile and then turned into A which was the bed of a creely during the othe snows it ascended very gradually and I 1 bad been following it for half tn hour when it took a bend to the tight at this point there was ft holo iu tho right hand calir and as I 1 halted to look bt it I 1 wondered II 11 it was not tho home of somo savage beast I 1 had moved on about alvo hundred feel when a grizzly which had been lying down among tho broken rocks suddenly lose before me I 1 WM looking for his kind but hii appearance was so sudden and he showed fight so quickly that my heart was altogether too fast as I 1 pulled up tor a shot it had to be a map shot for bot mere than thirty feet fiedar aredus i single barrelled rifle and I 1 also lind a kuko and revolver the bullet struck bruin in the left shoulder and ho spun around a dozen times like 0 top I 1 was reloading when lie got ready to form a closer acquaintance he had the ravine and I 1 biad worked down and wo were now a hundred feet apart I 1 knew I 1 could not loading before ho reached inc and oilier run for it and hope that he was too seriously wounded to overtake me 5 in those days I 1 coald rua alko n horse and I 1 was to all sorts of ground but I 1 made ten jumps on beffie tiby foot slipped on a stone and I 1 went down with a crash was within twenty fret ot me when I 1 gut up and I 1 pitched kiy into hit I 1 took a the roar ho uttered lifted me a toot hish and I 1 made extraordinary le ilis but it A minute before I 1 realized that lo 10 was his groenil gro unil if not a little no man cin kuess how far n wounded and enraged beast will pursue him I 1 believe I 1 could have kept clear of bi benr down to the mouth of the but it lie pursued me tar enough he would lie me I 1 dimilo up iny ns I 1 tuat I 1 would tr ilo biolo in it was larro tor me to enter aud lucht be large enough for the bair but once inside I 1 could turu and old grizzly waa hardly moio than a rod me when 1 plumbed into iho hole and scrambled ahead on and kut cs after koeng lu about tea alio hole turned to the lct and narrowed considerably aud wen or further on I 1 As I 1 did so my liand encountered some furry an thero was a ahlm and n spit eliat told 1110 that n lilllan puo I 1 felt all around me in the black dir knea but the the only ievin IS vin object lie was n little fellow bot more than tour or six old but ready to bito nud m fingers touched him the grizzly did not follow at once aiuto the cave it was five before I 1 beard alm working hii way ill and by this tamel bad recovered nerve I 1 was certain iio could not reach mo within six feet aud mas rather kind to hear him wheezing and snorting 03 lio blont ny and by I 1 saw his ho could come no further ills claws due at the rocks and his roars of rage deafened TOO but I 1 was safe it was now my tarn and I 1 gave him two shots from the revolver which cauich him to redouble hi roars of race about ten minutes I 1 felt very dueer over the allot a sudden it that I 1 had rained nothing by ho change of blind a fugitive I 1 was a prisoner the bear showed no disposition to retreat and I 1 now became aware of tho fact that the cave lad a rank mall the body of the bear prevented tho fresh air from entering I 1 falt that I 1 must drive allm ont and I 1 did a very foolish thins I 1 edged nearer to him and put four ballots into his head and after a long drawn moan he closed bis eyes and died I 1 congratulated for a moment but then it dawned upon mo that I 1 had choked up the to liberty with tee of a bear weighing at least COO pounds I 1 thought I 1 might bo able to husli it before me but when I 1 mad the attempt I 1 could not filar it an inch I 1 bail cloce an idiotic and tharo was way to repair tho error I 1 was liow I 1 should gt out of it when I 1 heard ho crem 0 another at the enar inico of the cave and iu a moment more that the mother of the cob panther bad arrived it WAS ii til for me that tho body et the ber blocked the entrance the panther went wild with fury when her kitten began to call she bit and clawed at the bear and by a pulled it back a few lind not the space been so contracted aho could rob ably liate drav n it out but acho did not have a fair how to use her eye looked at lasover the bodycot the bear and it one ever flaw fury it arbs orbs I 1 gave her a fhoos hoping to her ob I 1 think I 1 wounded her lu tho ecail far bliok l screaming and rau out but in two lutcs abo was bick inora fury ever I 1 now pushed her kitten forward hoping alie would be piea at its alon it over iho benr and readied iier took it in her mouth nud out I 1 avns a clr ased maii over this result tor tho CAVO wbk na hot as an oven of pan thoi lud aliu stilled me heinis bit mined anil brought an in leaito alili l mid 1 lell that I 1 had rot 1 bornard for nard and bogan at the cicat but lind not been engaged over two or three tho resumed rel umed riad toi of safety now amt en 23 2 3 r t casas ba lot out 0 tha way before lic could mo nt mo had I 1 not seized the by alio CAM and imek on aho would leavo the body out of tho cave alio ining to it for halt an hour buforo abo quit the job and then ho retired in a way which left no she would watch at tho entrance when the panther had bone I 1 arna a match and looked at my watch it i as nearly noon and I 1 was really or water thara ans ft damp on the botki over my head find 1 licked it with my ou buo and III that way ot relief but I 1 would havo traded my whole outfit that day tor one alii of cool water I 1 fell that I 1 was in a bid ben nod ns Is the case in such in I 1 thought ot every tray out 0 it but alio llio easiest one I 1 revolver and planned to wait until tho panther would leave tho but about 2 I 1 so from abo that the ono I 1 lind encountered bad hunted up her mate and brought liim to tho front such noon proved to bo th fact but at only one could enter the place nt a time it WM no advantage to ibea they took turns at the carcass ot tho bear and tho new comer would have it doumn short order but for mv interference there was a space ot about six inches allm body nud the root of the tunnel and thoi igli tho fumes ot the powder almost choked me I 1 my revolver blonk until close to tho and alier put two bullets into him jie let no liis bold and alun but and tho way ho did rivo up and down that irvinc haar stand I 1 lind bolh and 0 them ven lurel into the place yr them outside and every elicit of gieir claws on tho rocki was plainly but by and by they ravo it up as a bad job and w anway it WH i now close to 3 and I 1 went nt abo carcass with tho determination to dueh it me it was too late the limbs had stiffened like sticks aind the feet caught at every inequality and ted my tf fort there I 1 was a man of 30 a giant in hunter and indian fighter penned up lelce a rat and just ai belt lean that meat before me that I 1 was doomed and it was the sun had almost bacu lost sight ot outside ont side that common cne to my aid th way to rid myself 0 that caicuts was to cut it up it ought to occurred to me at tho very outset but tho race and close pursuit had upset me I 1 had a stout hunting knife and I 1 ard just on the bear when I 1 heard tho alces ot indians outside I 1 also heard them inside for one of the fellows crept into tho tunnel n few feet and shouted la his own language outside it smells very birons ot bear inhere but abo beast detent seem to bo at home he backed out after flinging missiles at the rear of t ho cave and from tho voices and movements I 1 was that it was a hunten hunt ln party numbering tight or ten persons they sat down right there for the night and fire which reflected reflect td light into the mouth of tho tannel and kept their chatter a until nearly midnight they hail three or four dogs with them and the miserable curs took turns ac sticking their beads into the opening and to raise an alarm one of the indians encouraged bis dog to enter and the animal camo almost to the dead bear and raised such a fuss that had the red men been the least suspicious they would have investigated I 1 did not get ft wink of sleep that conr and was a thankful man to hear the indians move os la the morning about sunrise they had no sooner departed than I 1 fell to work upon the bear and in tho ot liann lour labout allm up 60 taftt I 1 could out As the indians had rone down the ra vino from the mountain I 1 expected that they would discover my camp ambush lor mo there alto a likelihood that the wild bad killed both mules during the night luck was with me however the indiana crossed the valley too alu up to discover my camp and I 1 found the mules safo and sound that as I 1 was looking somo traps sc t on n creek about A mile from camis I 1 found a panther dd in a lie WAS an enormous enor moua fellow and had two bullet wounds and it did not need much cogitating to convince me that ho tho male of the clr which sought to act at me in the cave one ct abo bullets had cone into his lead and almost any othar animal would eluiro luiro died at once but he lid not only survived ll 11 toe two or three but had traveled a locc alro milo from tho cave |