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Show 1 ; v v - .TUT! ., "ha& 1 -3i rrfca avSi'; ..jv I m "v;rs ' k-nt I ST Imagine vnnrai If i!"ttlnt n-ni1y iV" lor a limit Into a line territory lnru iiiiii In lriiilfiil. Thin la Juat hat ) 1 1 Iliill, lula M.it tin. Ye M-rll.l)r. . "Hint" liiiiin rlKliI tieiiiiiaieri nml f Henry the rnnk. lvfjij' " lift li. l Kin nn llif innmlnK if V 'rvrJ tin. :ih or Nonmlnr mill n I imr Into Mcxlcn thruiiKh the llltlo li.wn of l.:ia Vucna hcre ( liml tu ten lliinnfch a rii' il itm Iiiji ' Ion. audi mi imyliiK duly nn wcr l.:iinltM'. ainfiinnlilnn ami hniiillnic tiur Imraea nml mm We Uhi. , Hin I .on n ii nliout i; mlli't nut from l.ii. Mima, tlila pliice IicIiik I lie In niliii:irtvm tnni II Inr till' I'ltMtliri'H uhlcll innflllll tin rutllii of (ien. I.ir'iiti linnnlca Tri'vi'iilii. Tlila iiluri In atm-licil nma'ly lth ni'llliti'il etccra hlch mine iii tu tin Mtiiinliiiil mIiiiik wlili imr American riitih' A Hit triivi-lliiK iilmnt I', tut I nml mill In thin 1-nnture w nti)'Ni nml "nnnnril II" m itniia mia fin- nml nur Imrica certainly rcllalieil tin- f I I'nh l.niila nml Myaclf acre tlillim In. mil. .irk mnl t.f cnnri.' Ihla mtiilr tlii trip nmre I'lijiiyiit.lii tia e nil it Nlilriuthh iilnttK'litn nf tlii rmiil mnl limit mnl In ihla inntuirr no acpl tlic out lit ol eiii.pllcil villi (.line while nn tin- limve. Tllilt liny we tin.illnil nt T Inui In l.nkK. mheie e klllnil neural ilm ka, lint iilil tint tarry Innit ennuitli tu Iihvo tin in fur illnnir Altnr a kihhI dinner i d It iniirh linttnr. an .ie up mnl away aa o aantetl tn net tn the liinuiiuiiia ahere g.-ime ana iili'ttilfiil. Tlml even-U even-U K u nrrlti'il at Horru ur Km Cn nk linro I .aaaan ."Manawaraaaa i. I pojshj ixrroxs rncoMr of a oaj "t)Xt tvar. a' - J-. I''l' fl- .''IL . ii A" ' .. V ' jfv ' 4 '-i KI,!-- ,'"'h IrrniMiwa vxrri'lae. Till "Vu .y.-r...1'! tm.k In nil Bhnut SO mlnutpa CCLirCrOY Of CtXINJ AYD JkULS '"' w niii.Hiitm ni tho nrillnury nml n llttln tllffiT- fiMinil cii rlli'iit ttatiT, but niirinmlori'il nno n( Ilia unrat uruvi'l iHMla atxuil f.nu ynnla armaa. anil In iruaallif thta e had tu aaalat Ilia rhiirk iitin liVIT. t'i hrlKliI and narly ni-l niiirnliiK mid any In a ruali aa thn mnuiitiilna iri nur Kmil Hurlnx v tli la ilny In llin rnroiiiMin tiuthltiK uf any Intpnrtum'a tuipl'i lit'il, lint Ii.iik alniiil aiindiiwii liualnnaa tin-tciin tin-tciin tu pick up. We luid J uia t arrived at Ihu liiibntlua tllnrae Cmik) and nutnri'il nur linraea and IntpiiiUd kiiIiik linyund aluuit three mllea Khere arnaa na gnud. Juat nfter e rrnaaed tli la creek I Ittt the onauu mid nuln out nlmm Ide at a illalnnni uf nlmut nne hulf mile. In ilnliK tlila I una In hupea nf flmlliiK a deer aa tliv rmtico na tine and pmaperta anud. To my tuiprlae I futind aullletlllliK heller thn II a deer, a I tt black benr. I na about MM ynrda from the , 1 i-.iKnn and uimn arriving nt the top nf a tilt i.;. until knoll I nutli'i'it Mr. Uriiln an; he apled me i.'mut the aiinie time. The rouniry wna rolling i ml I atia rlilliiR an excellent bnrae, ao yuit ran InuiKlne my feellnKa, na I hub confident nf htiv-1 htiv-1 ii K aome genuine aport. 1 tightened up my and-ille and-ille and Innked fur my rope, hut had left It In the , ' vinxnn. Without a motnent'a beattntlnn I reuched . J lor my rllle. Thea the rnce tieKiin. Thta benr t wna tint very fut, and uf rourau cnuld iH up a - ' if fant race. He made fnr the aide of a nrnrhy hill , i nnd II wna my Intention tu hend bliu off to keep . , lilm from entering: a enve. tllvlng my homo full Y' J rein nnd extra hard apur thrunt 1 wna able tn '' " turn Mr. Ilenr and by dntng tlila I got h I in atnrted , . niTi.ua a aomewhal level plme. (tilling along- ) aide at a dlatnnre nf about U.O feet I took my i nrat ahot, hitting hint In the tleahy pnrt of the bind leg. but tlila areined only tu mnke llruln tit run Hie faater. Seeing I would hn to do better than tl la I tried lo gel rlnaer, but rould nut , " ''.i make It. Tuklng Ihree inure ahnta I atlll mlaaed , aa I wna running my hnre at full apeeil and rould ' .' j not lilt the murk ua rcndlly aa If I 7ia atundlng. , I At the next aunt I wna within nbnut SO feet nf , the beur nnd Ihla ahot look effect. Juat na tho , - bullet bit the benr he wheeled nnd made direct , tnwiinta my hurae, catching him by the tnll. Now, 'i gnod render, tlila tnny nut aeetn aenry, but try It J mi time nnd cn how your blond rlrculiitea. Mine j nearly punhed my hnlr off my hend. If I hnd not 1 been riding a good bnrae It wruld hnxe been aerluua aure enough. My horae renllxed tho poal-J poal-J linn he wna In nnd I bad to ride to keep my aent J aa there waa aome high Jumping anil quick work J dime which all happened In a few mlnutea. After 1 the tieur tnre lonae from the hnrne'a lull he alum-i alum-i bled over to one aide and atood there with hla J head down, badly wounded. One mora ahot fin- Itlird him and I waa aomewhat glad of It aa my I blood waa pumping wildly and neded a real after 1 f out" and Ihnl'i whnt wu till mint. Hub being tienrby cnnio tu my naalatunce nml we l.ntli plnced the beur on my bnrae nml cntrled It out tn the eatiip where we akluni'd the pelt. Thnt evening wo enmped nt Kl Itemiulo, where the royotea were very plentiful, but we did nut tn curly eunugh In place our Irapa. Wo bud five well trnliiiil hounila uu Ihla trip. The next morning l.oula killed a line apecltnen uf a royute. large, with lino fur and nice color Thnt evening wo entered "flboln" iHufTiiln) canyon, which tu atari with wna unit aby nf water. Juat nt the entrance en-trance 'tin awfully rnugh and very alnw going, an rnllier than lu Hike rhimcea of a break down wo decided lu wall till muruliig nnd Ihen get nn early alnrl ao we ruuld make It thruugh Ihla pnaa In one day. That day we hunted bnth aldea uf the mad fur "tenaho" or put hulea which tnnat generally rnntnln wnter If one run tlml nne where tho entile cannot reach l.urk wna with ua na wo found nne uf theae "pnta" near the rnnd whlili hnd auttlclcnt wnter tn wnter nil tho hnraea. The balance uf the dlatnnre we hnd In aaalal the wag-nn wag-nn by the aid uf the "anilillo huraca" nn nrrnunt uf bnd runda nnd lb grade wna routlnually going higher. That murnlng Iiuta killed a deer nml the anme evening I killed a big black tall buck, very fat and a fine aperlnien We only mnde nbnut ten mllea thnt dny but were up early next murnlng an na lu reneh the water hnle aa the water nuc-tlnn nuc-tlnn wna anmetblng aerloiia nml we had tn nrrnngn our traveling accurdlnglv. Wo panned thruugh gniaay atrip uf abnut nv mllea where grana waa lino nnd green. Theae grnaa atrlpa a mil tn b all thruugh theae mnuiitiilna I auiipone the mini muat have fallen In atreaka. We reached tho wnter hole and wntered the tennia nnd tilled keca After a rnnaultiitlun we decided tn return to the graaa tu real the huraca and above all try nml get anme blnck lull deer. We reached Ihla grana nbout noon ua It waa only nbnut three mllea frum the watering plain Thai evening we did nut Hnd Iho deer na expected but were atlll In gnod aplrlta aa our hnraea were lining nicely on the green grnaa Afler deciding tn go further Inin the mnuntalna na Die t'crrn t'nlnrailn iltml Mountain! Moun-tain! wna nur deatltmllnn, we went back tu the w-itter bole. Itnb, lunula nnd I mile nn nhcad of the wagon and on the wny over there noticed where a pnntber bnd fullnwid down the trail to tho wnter hole We went nn down to the wnter and watered the duga nnd then turned them Innau nn the panthcr'a trail, na we were nnxlnua for a chnae nnd we hnd It from the very ntnrt. The old dog "Hentua" led off followed by tin other four: and let me tell you, gentle reader, we had In di aome riding ao aa to keep In touch with thetn. The "lnf waa awfully rough and on aeveral oo RElDr rO? U)AY3 MStT rnnlnna we bnd lo walk nnd lead uur hnraea au aa lu .nnn over aome uf Ilia nmgheal plnrea. Tho dnga finally atnpped uur panther pan-ther anil na I wan nhcad I Incited bltn flrnt alttlng nn a rock upon Hie aide of a bit? bluff, an, Inking tin chnui'i-a na tn hla getting nw-ny, I let gu nt him, etrlklng lilin In tho atnm-nch. atnm-nch. Thla ahot knocked him off the rock but did not kll him. lie rolled down nniung the tb Kt nnd huflncnn waa gnod fur a few tiilnulea. but Mr. Panther Pan-ther wna getting wenk nnd rould not bold out nny lunger, an turned In hla rhcrkn. We nieaaurid him to bo II feet 5 Indira from tip In tip (iood alxe, iluu't you think? Next morning Huh killed two fine Inn ka nnd I killed kill-ed nne. I.uula nnd myeclf atnrted up lu top of the mountain, which only looked tn be nbnut a mile dlatnnt, hut wo were lour hnura going tn the lop. Hero wo hnd aome great apnrt ahootlng hlurk-tnll deer, rta they wero plentiful plenti-ful nnd nne rould get aurh good long rnngn ahcita. which wero the kind we wanted aa they affnrded the greater aport. Killing deer In thla wny waa tno enay, aa they were plentiful plenti-ful nnd ruuld be had moat any time. On the tnp and aldra of theae mnuntalna' one flnda Juniper treea rnvered with berrlea, while and red oak, Iwn kind uf rednr and arruti oak or "ahln-ery." "ahln-ery." bcaldea numerniia other trv'ea Wild penra aeetn to thrive there nlao. All the deer killed on theae mnuntnliia were fut nnd na fine flavored meat an nne ruuld winh. After wandering nrnund over theno muuntalna till about 3 p. m. we derided to return lu ramp Wo reached ramp nbuut 7 Hint evening Next day nothing of nny Interent hniipened nnd nfler ilirldlng to move over tu a nearby ranynn we brukeranip ami mile nbout two mllea further where wond wna plentiful nnd where wo rould find large treea ao we ruuld hntig the deer, na wa wanted to euro the ment. Hemming to rnmp next morning I found noma more gena newa na l.oula bad Inented n benr on ton nf "ferro Colorado" nnd had ahot lit bltn. but being nn tar away ilbl not lilt him. Thla wna what we wanted n benr rlinao with tho doga. Ho back In rnmp rnmo l.oula nnd nfter n ronanltn-i..n ronanltn-i..n un 4...1.1...1 in Mnlt till morning before atnrt- Ing nfter the benr. The next morning we wero awny before dnyllght. Hob nnd I.uula going horao-bai horao-bai k nnd lending the doga while I went nfoot up Ihriingli another rniiyon and we were lo meet nt the tnp at a dealgnnted plnco. 1 waa about half a mile nrrnaa a ranynn, 1iula nt another point, Hob nt another and Henry, the ciii.V. could not atund tho temptation an he hnd to follow, nnd waa placed lit another entrance. Dur-Itig Dur-Itig thla time the doga were lint nn the trail milk-lug milk-lug gimil time, and If yon have never been In aurh a aunpenie aa thla Juat try getting nn a prominent point overlooking the entrance to aeveral amnll catiynna and In hearing of a gnod pack nf hnun.ta I' ymi have any aportlng blond In your velna It will nurely rnme forth and mnke ynu feel fur the time being that you are "lord of nil ynu aurvey." Thlnga had begun to gel Intereatlng now na the ilon were getting nenrer nil the time nnd enrh of ua cxpcrtlng the benr to rnme down through the ranynn a here we w ere I'reaently Uiula heard ninetliliig that amimlcil like the exhnuat of nn niitonintiiio, nnd he knew, Juat the moment he heard it, that It waa the benr breathing, nnd a fat bear mak. -a nn awful breathing nolne when tired nnd hut. jiula mnde a rug, over In n amall point, na he knew the benr would rnmo In t branch a amall rut, becauae he rould hear the rneka rolling nlT ti e thia of the hill which wna rauaed by the hear cuniing down In auch hnale. When being purMiei! hy a pack of duga nnd In rlnae quart era a bear win not run down hill but Juat pula hla bend 'Inwn ami fnrma hlinaelf In the abapn of n ball nml mill down bill Itorka half tho alio of a barrel aero falling down theae bluffa. t.oula rnimdeil the polnt Jl In rtn'1 to Intercept Uruln ami at a dlatnnre nf about 30 feet let drive nt hint with hla .30 30. hitting him In the heart Thla did nut nop him aa he rolled and fell along for aottie no feet before etnpplng Another ahot brmiKlit him tn a bait. Abnut thla time the duga began to arrive and were pretty much all In. aa n run nf (t or 7 mllea through ao rnugh a country will tire out the beat of them. Ho back lo the hnrun in dlalanre nf abnut a nillel we atnrted nml after partaking of a lunch and a few mlnutea rent we wvre off to bring In the three deer and the hear to ramp, aa It waa Retting along about ! P tu. and wa did not want to get caught up In the mountain afler dark, I j |