The Newtown bee., 1898-12-09

turkey roost tree just back of the new
wall, what she at first fancied to be q
strange black yearling, as it walked
slowly about munchlng the acorns. She
thought again. lit must be wild hog"
and linen IL flashed across her mind. at
is that old marauding bear! How can [
Kill it? My motner-in-law is called a
bright-minded woman; now is my op-
porGunity 10 show myself to be like unto
ner. must thiLk quickly. What do
bears like! On, honeyl and there is a
quantity in the comb that my good Eli
jan brought from the bee.Lree in the
woodland only last week. l can throw
money over the wall, but when ne has fin
ished it he will GO away. Oh, if only
could make him tumble over into the OLD
turkey cave. On. | nave iG! III try it,
Running down she put quantity of
honey in ner long blue-checked weaving
apron, saying TO herself: ale is a wary
old fellow, aid has had some miraculous
escapes, but if [ can be still enough be-
. lieVe L can OuEWit him."
Climbing upon the new wall it was an
easy matter To gain bough of the huge
Old OAK, and going out upon a branch
reaching nearly to the brink of the prec-
icipe she carefully baited the bear by bits
of money comb, hardly breathing at first
for fear that he would not find lG, but he
smelled the delectable morsel, rooted his
! nose about among the dry leaves like an
eager pig, caught up the bit OF comb and
held his mead up to chew it with an ugh,
ugD, ugh" of delight.
Would he see her? She dropped q
larger piece in her alarm, and without a
thought of the source of supply he swal
| lowed it with satisfaction and awkwardly
numbered on for more, trampling the
acOrns, which were no longer Of account,
under his huge feet as he went.
The hand trained in throwing the shut
tie now deftly threw the bits of honey
comb, and briun, growing more and more
| eager, trOtted on TO find iI. He neared
| the brow of the high bank, she was al.
most at the tip of the strong far-reaching
limbs, dividing her attention to the one
above her head to which she chung with
one hand and to the one beneath her feet.
She threw another and larger piece it
went over the edge of the crumbling turf
and hung there suspended by tuft of
grass. The bear smiled at it, have it he
must; he crept Carefully, however, but
his weight disiodged huge bowlder that
had long been almost ready to topple
over, and down 1t went, a regular ava
lanche of bear, bowIder, turf and gravel,
down the high bank to the very bottom
of the turkey pit.
The young woman swung herself to
the ground and ran as fast as she conld
60 to the remote field where the men of
the family were gathering turnips and
the women and children hickory-nuts.
"What is it-Injuns?" they shouted, as
they saw her come running like deer
across the field.
| 'NO; the bear in the old turkey pit
run and make sure of him."
| That autumn there was bear meat as
well as turkey for Thanksgiving, and the
people in the settlement said the Ed
ridges were the luckiest people-having
the turkey roost tree on their farm had
not only furnished them with provisions,
but young Lige with wife, and now it
had been the means Of his getting bear
meat to keep her on.
| When they received invitations to
spend Thanksgiving with the Eldridges
to barbecue'a quarter OF that fat bear,