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To the ears Of tho New York sportsman and
| Tom Mcsorvo. his guide. lying on the bed OF
| evergreen boughs in camp on tho shore Of
Moosehead Lake. came the scream OF bear
somewhere OF In the dark forest It was queer
sound that was much like the shrill call Of dim
n.e-r. with n rising infection at the end, with
which New England farm wives summon tho
men from the folds to tho MONDAY moal. Il
was repeated several times at intervals and
came each time from nearer the camp. The
guide got up and went out to the maple grVvo
few rods away, took down from limb the buck
That was hanging there. dragged 1t nearer the
camp and hung It up to q tree within plain sight
Of the doorway.
when wc know that q bear is prowling round
II is well to have our vonison where we can see
It," he said. He won't como so near the camp,
but II we left tho meat out among the NAPLES
he'd be apt to spoil somo OF It before morning.
A bear Is a hungry creature and will cat about
everything. from honey to carrion a stale salt
mackerel will draw one further than anything
else-but he is shy about coming around camps
whcro people are. You'll SEQ that this one will
come near enough to find out that there are
people hero and then will 60 away"
The New Yorker was for going out to try
shot at the bear. but the guide told him that 1t
was Of no use.
"Hc won't como into view. any way" he said;
and II you show yourself at the door he'll not
glimpse of his eyes you, couldn't distine pish
him among the sh sdows five steps away. Just
listen. and we may hear him."
The New York man lay down again upon tho
hand. and after that was heard no more. Pres.
entity the guide lifted his head and signalled the
fSer OF h1 he on There bSsS..
the camp but nom no noise Use Of footfaiis. Then came
N n ahn Inf an fnD Ind mfr hat
the noise Of something moving through the
bushes again. The snnfiings and then the moving
ercIsd round p tRe @ CAMP and % them the sounds
from him died away Bruin had found out all
that vcnison. there was likely to come too high
In the way OF risk In getting it. and gone away
to any sreatet risk than tha. Of a random shot.
That's the way with bears observed Me-
serve, as the two men lighted their pipes "You
almost never get q shot at one unless you catch
want to make sure of your shooting or he'll
bed--or run him down with dogs which is eN-
pensive. for the more valuable the dog the more
that will yap at the bears heels and run away
when he turns on them that escape damage in q
they're the most useful. too. The bear is ike
what have read Of elephants. He can't bear
and keeps turning round to drive him off. and
so gives the hunters n chance to come up.
There was one bear that stayed round this
trouble by robbing their camps when they were
out on the lake fishing. He bothered them
worst in the early spring. when they came up
about that time that the bear would come out
from his winter sleep lean and hungry, and it
took heap to I'LL him up He was great trav.
eler, and before the fishing season ended he
other. They could tell that it was one bear
that did the busincs for this one had a
foot with Of the toes gone and the TRACKS
fisherman said that this bear could eat more,
drink more. and muss things up worse in a
four legs not barring a wolverine. He had
sweet tooth, and would null to pieces every bag
and parcel. smash every box and bucket, and
spill every Jug in a camp in hunting for sugar
and molasscs.
This bear run his rig up and down the lake
for three years without getting into trouble.
He came to grief at last in a very queer way A
man named Silas Thompson. camping alone on
the east shore of the lake. was out on the ice
minding his lines one March day and thinking
how he would have to go homo sooner than he
happened that morning Mt his camp. In some
way he had dropped his rum jug and broken it
in two or three places. There was bottle with
some molasses in 1t standing by the fireplace.
and by abbing up the jug quickly, and holding
it over the bottle. he managed to save II quart
or two OF rum. in the shape of 'black-strap'
moasses mixed together and it's an enticing
drink. He had just made up his mind to go to
the camp to try little of the mixture when he
saw n bear coming out on the ice from that
direction. and the bear was staggering drunk.
II had broken into the camp, and was drunk on
Silas Thompson's rum and molasses. The bear
he wanted to go. and while he fioundered round
on the ice Thompson made a circuit past him.
got to the camp. and came back with his gun
and shot IN him. 1t proved to DO the bear that had
happy. and the fishermen troubles were ended
SO far as he was concerned.