The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1896-01-18
TIM AND THE CINNAMON BEAR.
An Exciting Episode In Which Bruin VS.
Treated to q Surprise.

An Exciting Episode In h1cn bfuln NVes
Treated to q Surprise.
Of all branches of railway engi-
neering there is none which brings
the officer into closer contact with a
hardworking lot of men than the
maintenance of way work. Some
times there are comical features even
in this department, and n of these
was recently told by a well known
engineer, who hides his real name
under the pseudonym of Jerry Sulli-
van. 1t is q 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 witha bear. NEAR the ind of the
section" said Tim, "close to the old
tie camp, I was comm along about
$3.50 o'clock, and just after crossin
that little bridge I heerd a nize of
sumthin rustlin in the bushes down
at the bottom of the dump, and think
in it was a rabbit l fired a rock down
into i'm, and in a second there was a
terrible slashin around in thin bush
es, and I see a big cinnamon bear
come out sneezin and rubin his
nose, and thin. before I rightly come
to mo sinses, the bear seen me and
up the dump he come. Well, / start
ed down the track as tight as / could
go, but I hadn't went two telegraph
poles until I look back and see the
bear still comm and gainin on me
livery jump. So I dropped me adze
and rinch and stretched meself for
all I was worth. But it was no use,
the bear was still gainin, and I was
wonderin what on airth I was goin
to do, whin I see the iron pipe under
the track near the cut, and I made
for that and whit in just clear, whin
the bear jammed his head in at the
ind. But he was too big to go in, and
he couldn't reach me, and so he paw.
ed around and snorted and bit the
ind of the pipe and tried first one
side and thin the other. But l was
safe, and lied there and painted an6
blessed the man that invintcd iron
pipe.
"Well, 1 thought the bear would
go away after awhile, but he didn't
He staid right there, wild his heat
in first wan ind of the pipe and thi1
the other, and when he came rount
to the upper ind l wished I had hell
on to the rinoh SC I could hit him
belt over the nose. After bein il
there over two hours I begin gittil
cold, and I see somethin had to b
+ done, and I thought I'd try smokil
him out. So I managed to light M
pipe, and thin l smoked for all
r knew how, but the bear still kepthi
head in the hole, and I crawled U.
= closer and blew the smoke right i,
his face. He snorted o little, bu
] wouldn't back out, and seemed to b
gettin madden all the time. Thin
when l was nearly froze to death,
happened to think of the stick 9
+ giant powder in me pocket, ano
T. thinks l, Now, I'll settle your hash
So l puts a fuse in the stick of giant
f and crawls up and throw it right III
der the bears head, and thin toucl
ed off the fuse and backed down
the other ind of the pipe. / CUES
that bear thought I was goin to ru
away, for he run across the track t
the other ind. Thin, whin I crawle
. back to get me feet out of his reacl
he crossed back again and stuck b:
s head and neck into the pipe just {
the giant whit off. Widout thinkil
f I had made a big cannon out of I'll
c water pipe, and whin it whit off
was fired out and landed in the nit
die of the river and was nearl
drowned before l knew just where
was at. But I finally struck the otl
,. er bank and got out and whit up
the station and tagged the passeng'
and rode home. After climbin up Il
bank I looked back and saw smol
comm out of the lower ind of Il
pipe, and the bear still lookin at II
y upper ind and tryin to soc phwat hs
happened. st. Louis Globe Dem
crat.