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Show "IsWiWHaiiMlsv Was la TanHWJMPrffft lnll ,, . Who limited a Trrrlno ratlins Ulan, I It, W tlr)an ot Maybell Colo, had an encounter with a huge grlrxty bear a few daya ago One of his arms waa broken and torn In the fight and he will not be able lo leave hla bed for a few daya al least Mr Ilryan Is known as a daring hunter Upon being be-ing Informed that an unusually large bear was holding full away at Crooked Wash, a large can) on about alx or seven miles soulhesst of Msybell, be at once packed hla burros and atarted for that place, determined to bring back the hide ot the terror ot the canyon as a trophy When he arrived at the canyon he discovered that he had forgotten his belt ot cartridges snd had only two In the magailne of his gun but he decided to hunt down the monster and kill iwlth but two shots Mr Ilryan CY'4lod out the morning after his arrival armed with a 40 82 caliber rifle and a 45 revolver, and waa not long In finding a fresh trail of the bear He had followed It only a few hundred yards when he heard n noise In Ihe brush directly In front ot him He Immediately dropped behind a log and waa siu prised to see a large mountain lion atep Into view and crouch low aa If about to spring Aa Mr Ilryan wasn't out after lions, he concluded to lei this one go on Its wsy without molesting II, and as he was about to rslio hlmaclt from behind be-hind the log he heard a horrible scream and the lion leaped on the back ot a large grlzily bear that had Just stepped Into an opening In Ihe brush A terrible battle ensued Mr. Ilryan again dropped behind tho log to await results They were not long In coming, as the Hon was a mere plaything play-thing for the bear, whose rage waa something terrible In a few moments the Hon uttered his last scream and fell back crushed to death The hunter took aim at tbe bear a head and fired, expecting lo see bruin fall dead, but the bear gave a horrible growl and atarted toward hla new assailant Mr Ilryan walled until the bear was within with-in about ton feet of him and ahot bis remaining cartridge and drew his revolver, re-volver, but before the smoke hsd cleared awar the bear turned forward. atruck Mr Uryan'a arm with his powerful paw knocking the six-shooter out of bis bsnd and sending him headlong Into the brush It was Ihe bear's last stroke however and aa he struck the blow be tell forward, dead Mr Ilryan'a arm was broken In two places and all lbs flesh was torn from bis bsnd, but he succeeded In getting bsck to Maybell that night In the morning a party ot men from Maybell brought both the Hon and bear to town The bear was unusually large, weighing 1.323H pounds, dressed, snd THE IlEAItS LVST .STROKE about 350 pounds of grease was rendered ren-dered from It The hide was extremely large and sold for 1125 |
