[Brave and True by George Manville Fenn]@TWC D-Link bookBrave and True CHAPTER FIVE 1/7
CHAPTER FIVE. MY ENCOUNTER WITH A GRIZZLY, BY ARTHUR J DANIELS. The winter had set in early, and with unusual severity, when I reached Logville, the appropriate name given to the little mining camp which hid itself away in the vast wilderness of the Rocky Mountains.
A roving disposition, combined with a love of sport, and a desire to put on canvas some record of the wonderful scenery of the locality, had guided my steps to this out-of-the-world spot. One morning when the winter was beginning to break, and the snow to show signs of disappearing--sure evidence that the severe weather was passing away--I slung my cloak and a bag of provisions across my shoulders, seized my rifle, and set forth on a solitary stroll.
I had gone some considerable distance from the camp when a sudden darkening of the sky told me only too plainly of an approaching storm.
Fearful of being caught in the downpour, I began to retrace my steps. Scarcely had I commenced my homeward journey when a sudden cry caused me to come to an abrupt standstill.
A few moments of intense stillness followed.
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