The sun., 1893-12-24
THE Doo WAS LOADED FOR BEAR
when Bruiu Appsnrsd the Once Cownrsiy
PuPpy Turned Out 90 Be o Great Fighter.

| when Bruin Appeared the Once Cownrdil
Puppy Turned Out 60 Be q Great Fighter.
SCRANTON Dec. 22.- -Bovlegs. a yearling vel
| low monRrel dog. was such a coward about {
month ago that his owner Mr.. Sanders Heth
erington. who runs n sawmill on Kitchens
Creek. decided TO get rid OF him. Dowlee,
would run and yelp whenever another dog
pitched at him. and his reputation for coward.
ice was so we'll known that Mr. Hetherin q 10 q
couldn't get any one to take the dog az a gift.
hen or goose could lick Bowlegs. and he
would turn tail to a little black and tan that
showed Fight. Mr.. HetherinRto had two good
dogs. and he became SO out OF patience with
Bowlegs on Nov. 25 that he came to the con-
clusion to use him as live bait for bear. So
that evening Mr.. Hetherlngton set a bear trap
In Beech Glen. fastened BowleGs in the V
shaped pen Of logs. and left him to his
fate. Bowlegs howled mournfully to be re-
leased. but lie begged in vain. Whether the
bear got into the trap before 1t had gobbled the
dog. and the scare should kin Bowiegs. or
whether the bear nabbed the dog Just as It
struck the trap. was all the same to Mr.. Heth-
eringtou. BowleRs was utterly worthless and
he deserved to die like coward
When Mr.. Hetherington returned 10 tho spot
tho next morning the trap was gone and so
was the dog. A picce OF tho strap hung from
the log. hut there was no blood on II or In the
pen. and Mr. Hetnerinst2n concluded that
caught. Presently he hearl u dog barking
iuriousy far up In tho glen The voice sound ed
lIetherlngton thought for II the cowardiy cur
had got away alive he would certainly have
found his way home during the might. But the
per end Of the glcn,. and Mr.. HethernRton set
out to trace the trail made by tho log.
dog was yelping. and whom MIR. Hetherington
game In sight OF the bear he was amazed.
Dowlcgs. with foot or two Of strap hanging
ping IL on the Hanks and hindquarters aud
worrying tho life out o; Il. while the boar was
making vicious but futile dashes and strokes
al, the lively young dog. Instead OF acting ike
a coward. BowleCs was as brave as u lion. aud
he repcatedly pitched at the bear as though
conduct was an agreeable revelation to Mr..
Hetherington who ended the com bat by firing
brain. The. dogs experience with the bear
set him M In the world and changed him from
a coward TO q first class fighter.
started down the creek road with a load OF
cider apples. BOwlegs tTotted under the wagon
James kenyon's big mastiif Watch dashed out
at him as usual. but Bowlegs didn't howl and
run on as he had formerly done He met the
big meddler hall way and in a twinkling he
& t back under tho wagon. Watch didn't adj,
vance another step. the surprise was so sud
den, but stood there crnning.. with the blood
the coward he hal often licked than he bar
gained for. Down at the cider mill four dogs
pounced upon Bowl"gs in heap. and in about
two minutes he licked the whole caboodle.
Few days later seven mussrats got impris-
oned In an empty llume at the sawmill; Bow
him, and when he found that II wouldn't he
caught, II by the throat threw il in. and
trying to kill one OF the pngnacious Is musErats,
,ioWlegs shook tho other six to death. No dog
in the neiMThh9rhood II 70 is match for Bowlegs
now. and Mr. Hethertngton ism 50 anxious to
get rid OF him as lie used to be.