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Show 1? I .JW.ai.llill.1 IJHW4KI W PIIIU ai.n 1 T, BIOBUTTEItFLY WHALE -sfrliWai-l - namlnlaaonooa of n Olnnt Otronp; 1 Man of tho Slot-run. JC-- ,T . lilt flrent IVnU of Streii(;lli-C'iiirlna 1 n Cub nnil lllspntclitnit a roro. I cloiia She Ilenr-tli'iilh Ilia 1 Only Conqueror. Aoborry Wills, aa.vn tho Fresno (Cal) Hl)-il ir h m been dead n dozen oars, but Ms pliuuiiiicMHl airength, coupled with his faringcxp1i in tho Bierras, aro fresh in the minds of pionec-s. Asberry was born In Marliicra ( oanty, and nt tho ago of seventeen sev-enteen j oars stood alt feet and four Inchos high In lila aU'-kltiff fet,nndwas at onco entitled to ami roceh ed tho sobriquet of tbo "llu rth lilo" Tho "W halo" was unusuul i r. n I of oxplorullons uiuong tlio rueged, mo. lud peaks of tho juugleil Mountain-. Ho wimninanof lino phjslquO. piopnr'ionatelv b illt, uu eaglo ejo nnd n clear cut A mi 1 Icnn piotlle. Ills Imlr nud bear 1 w crc u t ,11 It ns tlio rat en's ben It, and lie n.uii.irvuiii it luxuriant growth of both; hU lu'iud, t twentv thrco, reached his wclllii'iu hu iiiubclt, and I havo often seen linn, i -. 1I10 eorresiundont, tto on his oiniii. 10 1I1 bis mustaiho Holiadn i.pui.il"i-f hu 1 1 about him, and hiscorn- j miiiuiin , 1 1 11, bold, dating nnd aggres-sic aggres-sic nialto upiuude hlmu general favorito lu uiinp I lit , H,io other phenomenal men, had his ppi'uiiarltic "tlnl Hull-m lho-l)rush" and ' Ue-i t lioc! ' w ro over his ecmpaninns in lamp ami n 1 t m. "Uld Hell In-the-llrush" n .. 111 i-,inliu. nt London twist, rlllo boru (un wtu1.11 m tly (hambcrcil an ounca b 1 I Ii was ni o'll-faaiuoucd inutile loader, woigluiiK cif.iitici pitiiids, but it never wiui back ci Its I'rcdoutials, ns Indicated bv ili uiim ', w lien in tho hinds of tho j Whale. "11 nil Deep" wns a Irotnondous steel utocugcil a rU weighing clevcu (ounds, wldi Ii iho halo could Wtold as rialiv us la Huknlfo. Tbeso two wcap-c wcap-c is vvhl Ii Ii h.id Unit grimly christened ' wore b 1 s con nt 11 ' companions while trav era-lug era-lug tho inounui.u ranges from Mineral K n,' iuMm.it L ell. M.uy and 11 in.lng wcio tho during en-c en-c mtiiivv' 1 In ulil bo lelutodof lillndur- l 1; h t tv. lv irs of mountaineer llfo In i roano t lunt I ''ii one . . un, whllo caiuiod nt n ' ti ml u-i the iuib fmk of Kings river, I h found u 1 innry lo fi 1110 of! it pasture I f hii in ist iiisi. Ho and his cow panion V 0 Ijiiii. 11 . f 1 1 taut purposo .when, b aoiuo 111 1 '! ilaliuti, it Iroo two feet In d jne'i r 1 il 1 1 lilu coiniianloii, crushing h ttotbn .. II. 1 Hiu Wliali wiwoqunl ti the viiKiKciH). 'Ji loving his giant s.i'ugih lulohis urnis ho lifted tho leaden trunk from 1 A the 111 citrate form of his un- fci tunato fnuid 11m friend tiled from tho lnjir),bit h's prompt action In rcmovlug thu ttoenll)ca mudi or his pain, nnd gavo tl.uHO who know tho hu.n mi oxaniplo of Ida muscular MrciiKth, Which won tho plaudit and praiso of tho pcoplo throughout through-out tho sparsely settled country. Tho U'biito'a lifting weight vvus nino tlmoa blsown,or l,tU0 pounds. Atanothortlmoho displayed even greater strength and wonderful won-derful presence of lulud. llu and Frank Lewis vvero on tho mlddlo fork of Kings river prospec llua; for gold nud silver. Ono ovenlng ubout dusk, when ucnrlng ! camp, the Wlmlo espied u cub bear fully six 1 months o.d and weighing upward of two hundrod pounds. Tho cub was asleep ou top of u slautlug bovvldur. Wills dclcriatuod at onco to cuptuiotbo boauUful specimen alivo. - "Hotter givo btut a llttlo lead morphlna and burn a lilllo sultpotcr behind It," ro-marked ro-marked Frank, "to maku himslccpsoundcr." Hut tho Wliulovvuulilii'tllntciitolt. Frank got on the plnuacloot a nciRliborlng tree, so, as ho said, hu could sco just bow Wills caught hold of tho cub. Wills grabbed tha animal by both htud feet, and, startled thus from its lulr, the Wlialo wan soon convinced that he had a largo and loiv erf ul bruto to contend with. Tho cub set up a hideous clllng, aud, showing fiKht, summoned Its young strength perhaps for tho first ttmo to copo Willi its now-found fue. Tho bowlder was slanting and slick, uiuMng footing unsure, un-sure, nnd down 1U declivitous sido rolled man und bear. A thick copso of yerba buena and fotu received tho mysterious couplo Into lis wild retreat When 11 foot lug vvaa reached Wills was on top, but tha desperut aiibual by Its erica bod warned tho foiocous mother of its peril. Frank from his p ich attempted to pour hot lead into thu upiiroachlug beast, now not mora tha illfiy v udsawuy uuduoai lug tho spot twenty 1-. : lit u bouud. t The Win took i.i tho situation. It took both huiid 0 ovei power tho cub, what was he to ool Ijicrovvun no tlmu to thoonzo. Swinging iho cub as a boy would a cat, ho struck tho 1.1 itber full lu tha mouth with the cubs Ik ad. Tho bour fell stunned to ourth and tho cub a ippcd from tho W halo's grusp bh cdmg und helpless. Quicker than youci'ul I eveu think tho clrcttmstanco In rehearsal, it usty "heart deep" had douo his work, 'iho cub and mother had mot tho Cucuij uudiu.- uiic liU'u. Fruuli cautiously descended from tho upper tier of tho wild amphitheater, und spent tho remuiudcr o. iho iillit hi trying to find tho placo hi thu uiilumPs anatomy that tho leaden lead-en m saoiigci f rum the 11(10 had penetrated 011 Hi 1U1MML.U 1 1 death . but ho found only u vvidi , di 1 i ( 1 li thrc ugh which eleven pom .nibi 1 ixylng iho luUucnco of a giun. s iiniicli 11 d served uotleo of eject-tueai eject-tueai upon tin ' am of life. Tlu UIii'-j ti. . with but 0110 oiiumy to vvhoi.i lie u. ci ubid In thu spring of '7J taou iiuiu ijvi-i iivied hm iiowuiful frame, his iiniid u ,u u J, und aoott tho reaper wraiprd hU 1'. .i, iiijalorljus muullo of etort ily uU ul hnn and the Whale was uo awn. C11 the K ft bank of the great Kings rlvai caiiuii,'iiei.tliafow fcotof granitosoll and 1'ie km. lug shudeof a wide-spreading Ji.nlpci, yi .Hi'ullii his hunting garb, unw pt, uiaeltlucil ui.d uusung, lies tho nero of Uarip. mi, i-nd utiovo bis grave is this simple li aciptlou: "The Whalo." |