, 1877-12-22
HER LIEUT.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT



Aug. ~, lo17.
That explains itself, The wei-E,orn one was
| eaten by a beast, nEd presumably by IL lear,
which ania'al las bad reputation slncc the
days OF Elisha.
The bear was coming on. lie had tu fact
eolne Oh. Judged that he could see thu whites
Ut ulv eyes. All my subsequent reflections
were confused. | taasca tlio gun. covered tic
9sass n; brcas. VIII the stsht, aud lgt drive.
hear Tho fear pllEsl,.ug. lu,k,d back. Th.
boar 1atl Atuppcd. lie WIS lying dDstt. then
remembered that tue 0cst thing to 10 after hay-
ln- 1lret your gun Is 10 reload 1t: sl,ptc III u
charge, kecpluv my eyes on the. bear. liz never
stirred. I wnlkei buck sAsDciorsty. There
WAS tlutyer III thu hluu legs, but NJ uthee ml-
tton. Still, by might be sha'In,tf.g. lrars
utteH s'asn. 10 i''nhs sure, approacl'eJ nnd
nov; hc minded nothing. urati1 had CONS ~
hnl Will, inerrifuI b.il.ic1,nc,s. liz WIS c nj
~ slcntl.. lu urAcr that liz mtght scInAin 50,
blrw his Grans out, aud then started fur Loslic.
tIa1 killed bcatl
Notwitfls. .antling MY excitement, maraged
to saunttr tnto the hul'se witt. un u,lcolycrieJ
alr. IHcrc wAa elturls VI Voices:
NAere uEu your utlckbcsttrs.''
Why wcrc YOU g.nc ao longt"
] lett tho paiih
"Lctt tue pull! What furft
"a boar wanted It,"
u, ,uutlscnkcI'
H.
~, culnof fou Didn't really src II leurr'
.' "nss' nut W rea]iy scru rcal tear."
"les; llu rau after me-"
~! aoa''t bcllcvs u Hora Of 1t. What did you
"oh, nothing particular, except XIII tho
Cries of "ua,nnon,n "Don't bctjcyo II ~
"Nhcra's tic bcurt'
III yuu wuut u sce the bcar, you must 70
fUtU the NVQuN, ] culljIuft bri1.r lin ,I.ts,
alune."
Living satisfied the household tint so,nc-
thing extraoFtlislary llad o~cusrr1, alld exr,ted
thu pustluuIou4 lear Ut xuilu Ut them fur Iny
own sa!ety, wuni Aown Into tne valley to Ect
hvip: Thu great bear hunter, WHO kerp4 Gus
of the sunImcE bouHlIn.-huuses, rcretvcll NV
story with slntc ot tnc1edutstN u,d thu IT,
ctcdulty sprcuu tu tho other Inhabitants end to
the tuarucrs as soull III thu alUsy was known,
However, u tsIslsteu IN uil sutefess, utui o.
frrctl to lead tllr.n to thu bear, party Vi IuEly
OF Tilt pcoplu4 last stnrted oil with no tul,ti,
tue hcar III. Sob.Aiy believed there vas uuy
henr III thu casc. but everybody who voutl YET i
Hnn carried otc, 11,l VT went itlu tho Wuuds
Hr1neu With gAils, pistols, pitchturss MlMl Sticks
agalnat a1l contingencies Or surpriscs,-a crowd
nla1o up nIostly Ut tcu!fcEs ainl 1cerrFs.
But whcn led tilo way to tle tatul SPOT, unh
pointed out tbs bear ly,ng. peacefully wrup,ed
itI lli* UTn skin, soletng liKc tcrrur scxcd lis
boar1cra, nsl1 genuine exc!tul,,cnt thu natIscs
l. was no inlstake bear, by ticnrgr; ansl tnu
ANAN NA ~" "kAtt"Hlssf NIL HOh H&t6k u{i0!t
tlut: But what pruceAstua tlIat wils, vurrylllg
th1 bear hulnc, as!u what q congregation was
speedily gathered III tbv valley to heu tho 1ear!
Uar htst trcaeher up there neycr lrew anything
like 1t un Sunday.
Aud must say that my particular trcn.3s,
who Wcro ssortssnct', bcLaycl yrry we'll, on TIC
whole. They didn't deny that 1t was y bcur, nl-
though they said II was small for bcar. Alr.
ueahe. VIII il equally guud with flu and
a rua, alMittcd stat 1t was very lair
shot. lie u probably the best snlnlu,l.i.ller III
thu tutted htatea, asld he II NJ. equally stWl
hunter. Isnppose tilesu IL ntI persoii III America
WHO ~ Mure t!ctlruus tu kilt 4 inouse than be,
hut hu nccdlcssy remarked, utter llu Ila1 c1-
alnS1 tho Tound IN thu hear, tnat lu flatl yeru
that Kind u shot lrlale by cows hoFu. THIS
sort of talk Affected ltlu Hut. Wl.en went to
"l'FG kl!leu bear.''
CHARLES DUDLEY WARNxn,