The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-05-16
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Aas y. is77
That s1plsih, itseiL The wcll.born
OOe was eAsea BY beast, and presumed
ly BY bear, which animal has = bad rep.
utatios since The days OF Elisha.
The bear was coming on. IIe had 10
fact come on. judged that be could see
the whites OF my eyes. An my sabsc-
quent reflections were confused. ]
raised the gun, covered the bears breast
with the sight, and let drive, Then /
turned aud ran like deer. | did not
hear abe bear pursuing. looked back.
The bear had stopped. He was lyisg
d0wD, then remembered that the beat
thing 10 do after firing your gun 10 10 ro-
load Il. slipped iu a charge, keeping
my eye on the bear. lie never stirred.
iwalked back suspiclously. There was
quiver in the hind legs, but no other
motion. sun, be might be shamming.
Bears often sham. To make sure, | sp-
preached and put ball into his head, lie
didn't mind II now be minded nothing.
Death had come TO him with a mereilul
saddeuness. lie was calm In death. Ia
order that be might remain SO, blsw his
brains out, and then started for home.
had Killed bear
Notwithstanding my excitement,
managed to saunier into the house with
an unconcerned air. There was chorus
OF voices;
Where are your blaekberIies
Why were you gone 50 longl
Where's your pailf
1 left the pail.
Left the paill What for2
A bear wanted it.
Oh, nonsenseI
Well, the last saw Of II a bear had It.
Oh, comel you didn't really see bear 2
Yes, bot did really see real bear.
Did be rnn?
Yes, be ran after me.
l don't believe wordin II. What did
you dor
Oh, nothing particular, except kill the
bear.
Cries Of Cannon, Don't believe it,
Where's the bear?
II you want to see the bear you must
20 Into the woods. couldn't bring him
down alone. aa
Having satisfied the household that
something extraordinary had occurred,
aud excited the posthnmous fear of some
of them for my own safety, | went down
into the valley to get help. The great
bear hunter who keeps one OF the summer
boarding houses received my story with a
smile of ineredulity, and the increduli-
ty spread TO the other inhabitants and 10
the boarders as soon as the story was
known. However, as I 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, pitch
forks and sticks, against all contingencies
or surprises--a crowd made up mostly OF
scoders and jeerers.
But when | led the wsy to the fatal
spot, and pointed out the bear, lying
peacefully wrapped in his own skin,
something like terror seized tho boarders
and genuine excitement the natives. II
was no mistake bear, by George; and the
hero Of the fght-weIl, will not insist
upon that. But WHIST procession that
was, carrying the bear home, and what q
congregation was speedily gathered In the
valley TO see the bearl Our best preach
or up there never drew anything like il
on Sunday.
Aud must say that my particular
friends, who we're sportsmen, behaved
very well, on the whole. They didn't
deny that II was bear, although they
said II was small for bear. Mr.. Deane,
who IA equally good with rifle and a
rod, admitted that II was very fair shot.
lie Ia probably the best salmon fisher in
the United States, and be is an equally
good hunter. Isuppose there is no per-
son in America who Is more desirous TO
kill moose than be. But he needessly
after he had examined the
wound 10 the bear, that he had seen that
kind of shot made by cows horn.
This sort OF talk affected me not. When
/ went 10 sleep that night my last deli
cious thought was, I've killed bear -
Charles Dudley Warner, In Atlantic
Monthly.
Which will you do-smile, and make
your husband happy. or be Grabbed. and