

en GI AZT LING ONL, DILL, 
slowly to get used to the light. After 
going about 10 feet Mack shouted: 
“Come out, you blanked fool; I 
ain't going to stay here.” 
SOhe oe tsaideacconmiillya dma 
weighing 190 pounds and being afraid 
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could hear him muttering and swear- 
ing, but went on. The hole was only 
about 18 inches high and did not give 
me much room to jump around. 
When I got to the forks of the hole | 
called to Mack: 
“Shoot in the hole and stir him 
Tae 
INGmseonem saldathan dome, /and, 
Great Scott! I thought the rock had 
fallen on me. ‘The concussion was 
tear Dlen wikem te) sinole ad) cleared 
I swore at Mack for shooting, and 
started ahead. The bear stuck his 
Mev@manOniiG mart ncmi@ ClalclOscesto atc 
muzzle of my gun, looked at me, 
SmOnredmmamd Ene) sDACKed, Outs pl 
shouted, “Look out, Mack, he’s com- 
ines: ane lencancdumVviachk arin | 
yelled to him: 
“Come back, you fool!” 
a while he did come back. 
iPeranwicdma little farther mwwinere) I 
could see over the top of a flat rock 
MMconwind ISscemiedmtnicnmarm dem.) 7 Ns 
I shoved my gun over the rock I saw 
a pair of green eyes looking at me. 
As they turned toward the hole I got 
Denedduson wiinderand spilled Great 
Gzesan ee tnoueint lewals dead site tlic 
bear wasn't. By the time I got my- 
self together again | could see pretty 
well. Mack wanted to know if I had 
killed the bear. [| told him I would 
see; so I got up and looked, and there 
was another pair of green eyes glar- 
ing at me. I drew a bead between 
them, shut my eyes and let her go. 
When the smoke cleared | could hear 
the bear snuffng. I began to think 
And after 
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I had gotten into a den of them. 
When I could see again I raised up 
and there was still another pair of 
Suecim CVes OOo sate | —liney 
seemed about 100 vards away, but in 
Leann Were Olly saDOlL sO) feet, 1 
sent another 40-65 after them, and 
told Mack I thought the hillside was 
full of bears. He said he hadn't seen 
aly aplesaide 
“Crawl down 
you ll see some.” 
VHllGsecemyouuinmtics nom place: first 
Ii you don’t come out pretty soon I'll 
skip and leave the bears to eat you.” 
By this time the smoke had cleared 
again, and the sun had gotten round 
in the West, so it shone into the den. 
As | got farther up I looked where I[ 
shot first and there lay a big grizzly. | 
looked over where | had sent my sec- 
ond shot and there was another. A 
third Vay where nad “sent the last 
shot; but the first bear was not dead. 
It kept moving its head, and I could. 
not bring my gun round to shoot it. 
I said to Mack: 
“Look out; the big bear is coming 
out.’ I heard Mack run again, but 
could not help having a little fun at 
his expense, for I knew he was scared 
half to death. I knew the bear had 
her back broken, but did not want to 
take any chances on getting in there 
until | knew they were all dead; so | 
called Mack. After coaxing him a 
while I got him to come back and get 
down so he could see the bear and 
shoot her in the head. After that we 
had to-pull them out. We had no 
rope, so I backed out of the hole until 
Mack could get hold of my feet. I 
then got hold of a bear and pulled, 
and Mack pulled, till we got the large 
Dedmroure ihe cubs “were easy. ~ I 
had hit them between the eyes, and 
their heads were total wrecks. 
the other hole and 

