The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-02
HOW BLACKY WAS CAPTURED.

81 was taking a stroll in the woods, hest
Eating between a pig that belonged to a
farmer a couple Of miles away and . bee skip
that knew was full O honey in an orchard
about mile in the other direction, when |
got my eyes on a man who was imping
along toward where l stood. | was in the
scrub oaks, and he couldn't see me.
81 didn't hesitate a second. had him by
the neck in less time than it takes to tell it,
and his wife don't know to this day, it hain't
likely, why he never got back home. I took
him to my den, but found he was so old and
thin that he was no good, and had TO throw
him away. He had big, fat bottle in his
pocket, and l took it out and smelt of it. The
stuff that was in it smelt elegant. tasted Of
it and it tasted elegant l swigged at it till l
began to tumble around and yell like a
painter. I remember kicking both o. my
young ones out o doors, and that's all l re-
member till l came to and found myself tied
fast with ropes and couple o. men standing
by and looking happy. l was too sick to try
and find out what was up. Ny head felt as
big as four bears heads ought to feel, and
Oh! the thirst l had in me. The upshot of
the whole thing was that | wound up here,
and so 1 amt kicking Have another pea
nut?"
"Hullo" exclaimed the brown bear
There's a woman and baby, and another
bag of candyl She's going to let the baby
hand it in. wish they'd make a mistake
some time, and pass one O. them babies
through Then life would be worth living,
and no mistake; wouldn't itl One O them
babies d be almost as good as young pigI"
"Sure!" said the black bear, throwing a
gumdrop in his mouth ibid you do much
in pig and mutton where you came from,
Browny2"
BROwNY's FOOD BEFORE CAPTURE.
''No, not much" said the brown. eve had
to depend on miners, and on hunters from
the east. We had to hustle to get miner
but the hunters came easy. l didn't think
anything of going out and gathering in a
hunter or two almost any day. But they
weren't much good. Too soft. Pshaw! Yon-
der comes one of them chaps in gray coats
they call sparrow chasers. We won't get
any peanuts or things while he's around A
little boy was passing mesome cake the other
day, and the sparrow chaser came up and
says to him:
Break away there! That amt fit for
bears to eat! It'll make em sicki Give it
here to mer And he took it and ate it him
self"
~ gobbled up a dog one day that happened
to belong to a miner, and the miner started
out after me- l wasn't feeling very well, and
went and hid in big hollow log. The miner
didn't make any fuss, but just plugged up
the hole where 1 went in, and shipped me,
log and all, on east. l only wish l could see
him and thank him. He tumbed NE right
into puddin'."
"If bears only sa4ew it," said the black, re-
fectively, they'd bring up their cubs to be
tame bears, and give 'em future. Hay,
Browny2n
''You bet your toe nails!" said the brown.
"When l do the wild bear act again you can
have my skin for an ulsterl We're the people
here!"
So the two bears went out il the pit and
walked around and whined and looked SOL
emn, 50 some more people would feel sorry
for them, because they were pining for their
far away forest homes.-New York Evening
Sun