The San Francisco call., 1898-06-05
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manded the Lob Lolly. Tt is time to go."
 The car conductor and every one else in the neighborhood had run away. Most of these persons were willing to watch proceedings from the windows Of upper stories in the nearby build ings.
 Let's you'n me run the car, Sinbad."
 All right let's, but let me say that I have lived 2000 years in Bagdad and I have never seen anything like this"
 Katy and Charlie and 1 were on the front seats of the dummy. Sinbad told us all to get off and push and so we did. My, but it was hard work getting the car up the hill from the turntable, but when we were on top of the grade 1t was all that we could do to get on the car before it could run away from us.
 By this time the grizzly had finished eating and was satisfied to go into the place. usually occupied by the cable gripman. What an intelligent bear. He seized the bell cord over head and rang like a good fellow.
 Clang, clang, clangi Get out of the way" said the bell, as plainly as ever bell has said anything since there were bears or bells.
 An old lady at the corner waved an umbrella at us and shrieked out that Silc NOulO IcpOIl us lO lllt ent because we failed to stop.
 A fat man tried to get upon the plat form as we flew past, slipped, turned a complete somersault in the air, and landed SQuarely on top of his bald head and he kicked so that he seemed to have as many legs as an octopus has arms
 A dog tried to cross the tracks in front of us and his tail was amputated 11n rarIr-- hotr by an expert.
 Going down the grade toward Market street we got up such speed that the telegraph poles looked to be as near together as toothpicks in bunch We whizzed around the Market street curve.
 Just then Sinbad and the Lob Lolly both came to the front of the car and looked little anxious. They were sail ors, indeed, and even the jarring of the car and it's wild swaying to and fro were not enough to make them walk unsteadily. Not so with the griz- zly.
 All the whoops of all the Indians since Columbus discovered America. if rolled into one. would have been less striking than the growls and whines of the bear He was scared and crawled over upon the dummy seat edged his way along between Katy and Charlie and sat there, snugly, with his two arms around the two children, smiling in the funniest bear way possible
 We've got to throw out a drag or go to Davy Jones' locker this time, sure.'' said the Lob-Lolly, with little chuckle.
 Drag it is," said Sinbad.
 There was crash at the back end of the car. The two sailors had broken off the back dasher and were fasten- ing it to the bell cord, which they had pulled down.
 The bear was every minute squeez- ing the children harder and harder and something cracked.
 What is that, Katy?" I asked. "One of your ribs?"
 Worse than that. My long stick of striped red and white candy is broken"
 "Heave," commanded the Lob Lolly.
 "Heave it is," responded Sinbad, and they together threw overheard the dasher.
 We stopped just before we reached the ferry. All the ferry-boats were out, all except little one, with a walking beam. that runs over to Berkeley We all hurried onto that and pushed off. The bear took hold