St. Landry democrat., 1878-01-19

might mean eaten by cannibal. This
difficulty could not occur in the German,
where essen signifies the act of feeding
by a man and tressen by a beast. How
simple the thing would be be il GeEman:-
HER LIEGT
HOCH CHwoHLGEBoREN
GEFREssEN
August 20, LOTT.
That explains itself. The well-born
one was eaten by beast, and presuma-
bly, by bear, which animal has bad
reputation since the days of Elisha.
The bear was coming on. He had in
fact come on l judged that be could
see the whites of my eyes. All my sub
sequent reflections were confused. l
raised the gun, covered the bears breast
with the sight, and let drive. Then, l
turned and ran like a deer. I did not
hear the bear pursuing. looked back.
The bear had stopped. He was lying
down. l then remembered that the best
thing to dc after having fired your gun
is to reload it. I slipped in charge,
keeping my eyes on the bear. He never
stirred. walked back suspiciously.
There was culver in the hind legs, but
no other motion. Still, he might be
shamming. Bears often sham. To make
sure, approached and put ball into
his head. He didn't mind it now; he
minded nothing. Death had come to
him with merciful suddenness. He
was calm in death. In order that he
might remain SO, I blew his brains out,
and then started for home, [ had killed
bear!
Notwithstanding my excitement, |
managed to saunter into the house with
an unconcerned air. There was cho.
rus of voices:-
where are are your blackberries ?"
/" Why were you gone so long?"
where's your pail?"
81 left the pail"
Left the pail! What for?"
ga bear wanted it"
"Oh, nonsenser'
"Well, the last I saw of it, a bear had
it,"
"Oh, come! You didn't really see a
bear ?'
"Yes, but l did really see real bear" "
"Did he run?'
eyes; he ran after me-"
"I don't believe a word of it. What
did you do?'
ooh, nothing particular, except kill
the bear.''
Cries of "Gammon," "Don't believe
it," Where's the bear?''
"If you want to see the bear, you
must go up into the woods [ couldn't
bring him down alone"
Having satisfied the household that
somethigg extraordinary had occurred,
and excited the posthumous fear of some
of them tor my own safety, went down
into the valley to get help. The great
bear hunter, whe keeps one of the sum-
mer boarding-houses, received my story
with smile of incredulity, and the in
credulity spread to the other inhabitants
and to the boarders as soon as the story
was known. However, as [ insisted in
all soberness, and offered to lead them to
the bear, a party of forty or fifty people
at last started of with me to bring the
bear in. Nobody believed there was any
bear in the case, but everybody who
could get gun carried one, and We
went into the woods armed with guns,
pistols, pitchforks, and sticks, against all
contingencies or surprise,-a crowd
made up mostly of scoffers and jeerers.
But when I led the way to the fatal
spot, and pointed out the bear, lying
peacefully wrapped in his own skin,
something like terror seized the boarders,
and genuine excitement the natives. II
was no mistake bear, by George; ard
the hero of the fght-well, will not q.
sist upon that. But what professor
that was, carrying the bear home, ana
what a congregation was speedily GATH
cred in the valley to see the bearl Cur
best preacher up there never drew ny
thing like it ON Sunday.
And I must say that my psrteular
friends, who are sportsmen, behaved
very well, on the whole. Tleydidn't
deny that it was bear, altsough they
said it was small for bear. III Deane,
who is equally good with Me and
rod, admitted that it was very fair
shot. He is probably tie bsst salmon.
fisher in the United States, and he is an
good hunter. | Mppose there
is no person in America Hlo is more de- !
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