The sun., 1893-07-16
HE HEWED DOWN THE BEAR.
JOHNS RYE CROP AND HANNAH's
pREsENTIMENTS CLASH A LITTLE

| der md son,-thins unppcned-rhe Rye
| Field Suffered First. the Neirhbors
| Next, and Then the Bear Got Hts Due.
| H.RRIspuRo. July 15-"I don't think there
| ever was such funny bear hunt as came on up
| along the headwaters OF Barley Run the other
day."said Simon Kemp OF that part Of tho sinno
| mahoninR district John Ball was mendlng
| the roof OF his woodshed. along in the after
| noon, and, happening to look up. he saw q
| good sized bear come out OF the woods
| on tho opposite side OF the road. not more
| than ten rods away. Tho bear walked with
| great deliberation out into the road, stopped.
| looked around at John On the woodshed
| roof showed its teeth to him as sort
| OF n hint that he had better stay whore he was,
| and then resumed its march across the road.
| On that side OF the road John has fve-acre
| field OF rye. and the rye didn't seem to be do
| ing lust as we'll as It should. But II was rye,
| and, unRrateful us It was. John thought good
| deal OF 1t. The field on the road sido was en-
| closed By O high rail fence The bear slouched
| across the rond. cast its eve over tho rye.
| turned and gave John another warning
| glimpse OF It's big. white teeth and then took
| down panel OF the fence as slick as II that
was it's trade. and marched into the ryeneld.
Now. bears have never had the name OF
| being, partial to pasturing on rye. and John.
| who on his perch on the woodshed had been
simply knock cd motionless and speechcss by
! the sudden appearance and impudent conduct
OF the bear came to himself enough to wonder
| what in the world bruin had 1t In his head to
| do in that rye fold. John soon found out II
ever a bear was devllish that one was. And
why 1t should have had it In for John Ball no
| one can imagine John had never harmed
| bear In his life. He had no gun. never had had
! a gun, and knew Of bear traps only by hearsay.
| In fact. bears were under obligations to him. II
i o,,tl, f1r al In Of ha tad
two nice fat lambs and pig to snndry Of them
that levied tribute on his pasture and pen. and
had never even harbored athought OF reprisaL
| So this bear must have been lust simply
devilish, and had made up its mind to get rid
Of some 2f its devilishness by unloading it on
The bear soon showed John what It had
in its head to do in that ryefield. 1t began
gather into its two paws and yanking it up by
the roots had cut anitei si,n an ah aIarming swnth
and gaping at the cheeky proceeding and then
1t suddenly saw more fun IN another bit OF
Ss tse hs bear sssn its rosss s 'eSs dSw sna
at az eve Every rs' roll as as i
ed hsa run This brsash bee all John
Balls scattered senses senses together again:
Eoudn thS S. %sg mnaes bsS he
field Of rye would be as fiat as , the roof John
where his wife was bustling about. entirely
heI hS Tq me s1 Taa1oy
that Hsi pesky field dol oi oarn is 6en harvested iiss
It Iett to make half bskin' q bread
I told Meiis' Baliy only yist'day that know'd
sumpn was gGI. Pin. to thS new
~ Never YOU mind. what you know,dr
shouted John, You list cut over to Baily's
1 Dqn to ss herG @ hs
me, fer I'll be ,follerin' the bear; IfTye got to
@s sc9oted W
lived only half mile down the road. and John
ryeheid ryeh The bear had BY by this timo rolled
down more than half an acre Of rye. which
resumed the pleasantly Of pulling the grain
up by the ROOTS, and the way . he was ;asEG working E
h. sd ns hs de- Ts to
John all the more angry; and he dashed
through the openinE the pear made In
hrst He rose up on his hind feet showed his
owied on ouGh to scare a n Indian. utj ohm had
blood in his eve. and he kept right on. having
the bears skull. The bear, unmistakably, sur
prised that his bluf w"sn,t working, and cyl
sse oSea o ns dn 9 &seS of was aa his
in ten yards OF him and shullled or as fast as
| he could toward the thicket that bordered the
far side OF the field taking particular pains;
| though. to NOW down as much rye us he could
as he splurged along. The bear travelled too
with John a long distance behind.
AZ first the INDIGNANT owner 81 the de-
right into the thicket after the bear but
| sober second thought showed him the folly Of
that, and he sat down to wait for Dan Baily
The thicket into which the bear had
| escaped doesn't cover more than an acre OF
hnl m ~ n m ~ nj la mi
was cleared. Barley Run bounds one end Of il.
and the other ond opens on cleared field. In
twenty TIVE feet hi eh extends It's entiro ength:
John knew the bear couldn't get away in that
would be apt to run across Dan Daily and his
gun before he went far. II he left the thicket
the oTia n n moad
full view OF John. the effort would be de;
tested By him a,, at once, and .e he conl1 ii6
* Before he odad get out M
that his vengeance was simply p9stnoned un.
wife covered the distance between their house
n1 ter Of % fact she made the trip quicker than she
get tho alarming news 2 to Dan Baily's ears s
by hsF' The sst sss
but went Mia Bs on,v
s I Lordd; Hapnsr sSes%sd sIn. III Mrs Bgtly;;
|
No gasped Mrs. Ball. I never know'd 1t
| to fail yit An mother said she never know'd
It to fall yit that when she seen the moon over
| her left shoulder sumpin' was goin' to happen
Your house hain't afire. is itT
moi Mrs: Baiy screeched back.
who'd q thunk it'd a ben bears! And John
says there wouldn't ben more'n five bushel to
Hammer Ballr shouted Mrs, Baily. what
under the canopy has happenedp
replied Mrs. Ball. There won't be . spear Of
It LEFT II Dan don't hurry up an git his gun an
Just at that moment Dan Baily came into
the house. He heard Mrs. Bale last words;
farm. jim Miller was helping Dan in his hay
ing and he shouted to Jim to take his pitch
rand was to be- The two men, followed by
Mrs. Ball and Mrs; Baily, made double qNick
Dan. Baily. although he keeps gun. is
no hunter. and had never before started out
| with baar as hia prosp0ctiVe destination.