The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-08

would Jump aside and laugh at him. He
was so blind in his rage that he couldn't
see that they were only having run win
him. BY and by they put him through the
WheelbarroW act again, and when tney
dropped him this time he never SAID a
word, but went off a rod or so ana lay
and after awhile, thinking they had had
fun enough with the old chap, they turned
and started for the wall.
lone of the bears had got over the wall,
and the other one was just reaching up to
get over, when the old ram got up, shot
that space like the wind, and caught that
bear right where its tail was fastened on.
The bear rose in the air ten feet IL II
rose a foot, and turned double somersaIlt
before it landed ten feet away, on the
other side. | got up on the wall ana looked
over. The bear that the ram helped over
the fence was feeling of himself all over,
and wiping the mud out of his eyes, whiie
the other one was in glee mt to Kill himself
over the trick the ram had played on MS
companion. And although the latter limp
ed pretty bad when he got up and went off
into the woods he showed plain enough
that he enjoyed the joke hugely. Yes, sir.
The Pennsylvania bears are Eumorlsts,
i've never heard anyone else speak
about a bear that lives IN the WHO'S
threaded by some of the Florida rivers,
and it seems strange to me, for this bear
is an exceedingly interesting animal lie
is brown, and never gets fat Maybe that
is because he has 10 work so hard Tor
his living. He doesn't seem to care for
anything but alligator tongues, and ne
cant gather alligator tongues like he
might go out and pick oranges. Before
he gets his alligator tongue he's got 10
get his alligator. l remember the hrSt
time | ever saw one of these bears. 1t
was dead, lying near the edge OF bayou.
There didn't seem to be a whole bone in
That bear said the native who was
with me, has been out tonguin' and slip
Then he told we about the alligator
ba IF hear long
afterward I had the pleasure of seeing
one of them earning his dinner First
and ] knew it was an alligator. l hur-
ried through the canes to get shot
at it. for / was out after gator myself
When l came in sight OF IT saw that II
was terribly worked up about something,
which something was one OF the lean
brown bears There wasn't much OF a
fight Just a rush of alligator and a re-
treat of bear, and retreat of alligator
and rush of bear, repeated several times
Then the alligator seemed TO nave got
worked up to the proper pitch OF fury,
and, turning a little to one side, threw
its horny tail around at the bear with a
swish that would have broken the bear
in two if il had struck him. But this
seemed to be just what the bear was
waiting and watching for. He lodged
and seemed to hatten against the ground.
The furious sweep OF tan passed over
him. Before the gator could recover
TO renew the attack, the bear seized the
tail in his long, flexible fore paws. and
swung the alligator around bodily, liftng
ii clear OF the ground and knocking its
head against a tree with a force that
made everything ring and smashed the
thick skull OF the alligator, thus at one
swOop ending the fight Stretching the
alligator on the ground, the bear tore
{ Oxen its Jaws reached one long paw in
side nlpped on the tongue. cat down on
the alllgat0r's carcass. and calmly and
with gusto ate the dinner ~ had earned.
! ] suppose that D. because Of the hard
: work they have 10 do 20 make living,
giving them very little time Tor recreation
an raising "a family. II D., perhaps, just
Z ~ vol. ~ they are MOI cheerful.
'sThe most morose bear 1 ever came IA