The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-11-30
TIM AND THE CINNAMON BEAR.
An Exciting Episode In Which Bruin Wa
Treated to "A Surprise.

An Exciting Episode In Which Bruin Was
Treated to a urprise.
OF all branches of railway engi-
noering there is none which brings
the officer into closer contact with O.
hardworking lot of men than the
maintenance of way work. Some
times there ire comical features even
IN this department, and one of these
was recently told by a well known
engineer, who hides his real name
under the pseudonym of Jerry Sulli-
van. 1t is Il tale of one Tim, a track
walker, who came in late one night
and reported to the other occupants
OF the clubhouse that he had been
delayed by an extraordinary encoun-
ter with a bear. NEAR the ind of the
section, said Tim, close to the old
tie camp, / was comm along about
$3.50 O'Clock, and just after crossin
that little bridge | heerd a niZc oe
sumthin Tustlin III the bushes down
at the bottom of the dump, and think,
in it vas rabbit | fired a rock down
into i'm, and in a second there wa
terrible slashin around in thin bush.
es, and | e a big cinnamon boar
come out sneeZin and rubin hi&
nose, and thin, before / rightly come
to me sinses, the bear seen me ana
up the dump he come. We'll, ] star5-
ed down the track as tight as | cou!l
go, but l hadn't went two telegraph
poles until [ look back and see the
bear still comm and gainin on me
livery jump. So l dropped me adzc
and rinch and stretched meself for
all | was worth. But it Wa no use,
the bear was still gainin, and | was
wondcrin what OF airth | was goin
to do, whin l see the iron pipe under
the track near the cut, and l made
for that and wint in just clear, whin
the bear jammed his head il at tic
ind. But he was too big to go in, and
he couldn't reach me, and so he Daw-
cd around and snorted and bit tho
ind of the pipe and tried first one
side and thin the other. But | was
safe, and | lied there and painted and
blessed the mar that invinted iron
pipe.
"Wcll, l thought the bear would
go away after awhile, but he didn't.
He staid right there, wild his head
in first wan ind of the pipe and thin
the other, and when he came round
to the upper ind | wished / had held
on to the rinch so | could hit him a
belt ovcr the nose. After bein in
there over two hours ! begin gittin
cold, and | sce somethin had to be
done, and l thought I'd try slnoEin
him out. So l managed to light me
pipe, and thin | smoked for all I
knew how, but the bear still kept his
head III the hole, and I crawled IN
closer and blew the smoke right in
his face. He Snortcd q little, bat
wouldn't back out, and seemed to be
gettin madden al the time. Thin,
when | Was nearly froze to death, Z
happened to think of the stick Of
giant powder i'll me pocket, and.
thinksI !, Now, I'll settle your hash
So | puts fuse in the stick of giant,
and crawls upand threwit right I'M.
der the bears head, and thin touch
ed off the fuse and backed down to
the other ind of the pipe. [ guess
that bear thought l was goin to run
away, for he run acrOs the track to
the other ind. Thin, whin | crawled
back to get me feet out Of his reach,
ne crossed back again and stuck his
head and neck into the pipe Just as
the giant Wint off. Widout thinkin,
| had made Il big cannon out of the
water pipe, and whin it wint off 7
was fired out and landed in the mid
die of the river and was nearly
drowned before / know Just where /
was at. But | finally struck the 9th
CT bank and got out and wint uD to
the stationan Tagged the passenger
and rode home. After climbin ND the
bank | looked back and saw smoke
comm out of the lower ind of the
pipe, and the bear still lookin at the
upper ind and tryin to see phwat had
happened. st. Louis Globe Demo
Crat.