| Show A LIE OF or THE yellowstone YELLOW STOSE of a gorge fitere the annon aon con duct or of lourid Jt ettna ain aad james 61 carrolla arroll a well known citizen of Ir helena clena recently made a remarkable marli able dj discovery covery in the yellowstone P park irk he ile was alone waiting in for hia his fellow excursionists to come conic up lint put let liim him tell his own story while waiting I dismounted and sat eat down on oil a rock with my winchester across my knees kneel aroid Aro inid roe me was a scene of ot gran grandeur dour I was in i u a deep gorge which led down into the valley on oil each side the gray dills chirs towered to a magnificent hight behind me was the steel path down which I had came through a it thick growth of stunted pines while in fronton front of and beaw me ine was the gorge a quarter of ofa a mile wide perhaps par haps its bottom covered from the foot of one cliff to the other with a it heavy growth of timber after resting 11 awhile I lintl up and listened expecting to hear li ar my iny friends approaching but not a bound sound met my iny car the stillness was so deep that a feeling of uneasiness came oyer me in e and I attempted to call my lily companions coin p lons beough but B although I opened my mouth and went through li all the details of a good lusty justy belf yell not a sound could I make I tried again and with the same result I understand it my horse which had been standing quietly by me noticing licin a movement of the bushes near by attempted a whinny it was a bad sad failure forshe for she could not make a sound she was as evidently as much astonished aj md became uneasy I was on oil the tile point of mounting and starting back up the mountain when a fierce looking ook ing wil dinimal odthe of the panther tribe stepped out of the bushes within about thirty feet of where I was standing it saw me instantly and stooped to spring at me inc I hastily brought my gun to my shoulder and aud fired shall I say no I pulled the trigger but there was no report although tho smoke puffed out at the end of the gun and the wild beast fell as if struck it immediately imme immediately diatel jumped 11 ped up and hobbled into tile yeu bubb ai but leaving a trail trall of blood behind it I was confert confirmed nod in in my former suspicion that I was in a land of enchantment chant chanti ment nent and although not at it all superstitious under ordinary cir ciro cum stances I would not have been much surprised L W now to sec ece the tile devil himself jump out from froin behind a rock I immediately jumped on my lily horse bo m and started back up the path in ili about a hundred undred li yards I met my ny companions who were all standing im close together trying to talk to each oth ot crbut although they seemed to be shouting at the top of their voices they were really as dumb as the tho dead although I felt that old nick him himself self was just as likely as not to be on my trail I could not help laughing at their odd gestures grimaces and red faces from the their ir efforts at making themselves heard they were pretty badly frightened too I passed ped by them and beckoned them to follow me back the way we had come no attempt was made at conversation after goi going ing a quarter of a mile in silence I lost my way one of my comrades who seemed to think he knew a way back to the trail came up close to ili me e and bendau ben bending diu over sy that liis his mouth was close to my ray ear car with a superhuman effort yelled let me lead his shout nearly busted my tympanum we had got out of the charmed air |
