Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-06-03

ment were a matter Of record, and they
an went home with him.
Before dark they took big load Of
hav and hauled IL up in about 30 steps of
the colts carcass They filled that carcass
full of strychnne
"Tlere was no trees around there ham
DIV, and nothiu' else that a man could hide
behind all a level, open bunch grass flat
which Tompkins mad a sOrter whiddiedlg
fence round for pasture. They hauled
the hay up there TO shoot from it, Of
course.
Long about the time when the bear
generally come he made his visits purity
regular them four men. some Of them
with double-barreled shotguus, some with
rifles, Grip up on that load o hay and
scrouoed up close on the middle, for big
load Of hay, you know, as big as that was
auywez, is mighty shaky when you get on
top of it,.
"The carcass was out in front of them,
and they had their guns all fixed for
shOotiu, and the moon was shinin sorter
dimlike
"There comes a boss down the gulch
yander, whispered the Shurf.
That's him. That's the bear" said
the rancher Great glory, what a big
Cnei"
"The bear come on slow and ,tiddy, tax
I'M his time.
"They had the wind o him. but when he
got 70 the colt he see there was something
wrong. So he walks round to the wagon.
The men was breathin low. They couldn't
see the grizzly, and was feared to move
less'n they might scare him. The bear put
his foot on the wagon and gives il q
shake. Then he goes back TO the carcass
and begins eatin
Hadn't somebody better give the
wordy some one whispered.
"'Bette let him git his belly full O
medicine fust.'
"That bear could a turned that load o.
hay over with one flip of his foot, and
their fellows know'd it.
ale snatched out a hind leg Of the colt
finished his meal and went back in the
woods where he came from. There was
nary q shot fired at him, and if the stcych-
nine did not agree with him they didn't
find fl out, for he was never seen after
ward. He never come back 10 that dead
colt. auywcz.'
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