The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-16
SAW A SURE ENOUGH BEAR
One Butte Man Who Will Never
Again Initiate Bruin.
JOKE WITH A DOUBLE EDGE
How a Practical JOSH Was Planned for
the Benefs of a "TenderToot"
and How 1t Acted as
Boone rang.

AS the camping parties of the sum-
ner return to their homes in the city
many good stories of the happenings
of an outing are being told ION the
quiet and are being enjoyed by the
friends of the principals iisuIing in
each story Many of these stories are
true, it is safe to say, and it is posi-
BILE that a few of them have been
framed to fit the occasion, so to speak
Among these stories is one thar has
just been told on an enterprising bust
ness man of West Granite street, who,
it is said, is one of the best story tell
ers of the city. He, with a number
of friends, tcak one of the Today camp
ing trips through the Yellowstone park
about the last of August. and of
course. as all Butte people do on such
occasions, had "a Way-up time" to
say nothing of a snow storm or two.
In the party was another we'll known
Butte gentleman, who, for the purpose
of the story, was known as Billy.
BY the time the party had reached
the Upper Geyser basin, number of
bears had been seen near the camp
ing places, and it was noised around
that bruin often paid a visit to camps
after nightfall. and that one was LA
bic to stumble onto bear at any
time after the sun had gone down.
Billy concluded that he had lost no
bears, and therefore it was not neces-
sary that he go out to look for one
after dark and SO staid pretty close
to the camp fire. The Granite street
man and some of the ladies came TO
the conclusion, after consultation, that
it was necessary that Billy meet
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was decided that the Granite street
gentleman should, for the purpose of
the play. assume the part of bruin,
clothe himself as SUCH and haunt the
path that led from the camp to "Old
Faithful" geyser, while the ladies es-
corted Billy out to see old Faithful
play by moonlight.
At the proper time, with a number
of robes, and the assistance of the la
dies, the Granite street man had COM
pleted his costume to represent bruin
in all his viciousness. The ladies re-
turned to the camp fire to persuade
Billy out, while the representative of
the bear family restlessly paced back
and forth along the path on his hands
and knees, laughing as he thought OF
the way Billy would run when he saw
the bear All of a sudden he heard
noise to enc side. and on looking in
that direction, saw an object moving
toward him that looked like a load
of hay. Holy smoke. wonder if that's
a bear?' he whispered. BY goly, it
is. I'll keep still and may be he will
not see me. l wish l was up a tree:
he's coming right toward me, darned
if he isn't AT this he started to run,
but his costuming tripped him and
down he went, BY this time Mr.. Bruin
had taken hins--fer .,one Of her last
years cubs and was rushing forward
to embrace him with all the fondness
of a mother. Come here, come here
quick' startled those about the camp
fire. They ran out just in time TO see
large black bear disappear and a
bundle of fur robes tumblng over and
over in the brush, from which they
soon eXtrcated the Granite street nun,
who. after getting his breath, said:
IF you girls want Billy to see a bear
there is enough of EN- around here
without me taking such desperate
chances. I've enough of your darned
foolishness, and am going to bed right
now and to his tent he went without
even saving Good night" 1t might
be stated, confidentially, of course, that
the two gentlemen in the story were
Punk" Bartlett and BILLY" t'i.zger-
aid