The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-29
THE Bors GOT TIE BEARS.
Chase on Mount X at hdin in which the Me@
Hunters Worked Without Fun.

PATTFN Me Oct Fiji the hunters OF Pattcn
ever have another chance to chase q bear from
this side Of NJ cunt atahdin to her death this
village, they will tell the boys Of II before they
start out, and will allow those who wish 70 Join
in the sport free privilege Of going along. For
fortnight old she bear and her cubs have
been hanging about the Patten side Of the noun
tain, coming out al night 10 raid the sheep pens
and pggeIes of the farmers The bears had
been seen d dozen times. Two women who had
been out TO watch with n sick neighbor met road
full Of bears one morning about daylight and ran
all the way TO the village to tell the news but they
excited and out Of breath that nobody
believed what they said. A few days later, .
boy coming home from school was chased half o
mile by two bears. The lad says that lie won.
Things went on this way for sometime until
SO many reports had come N that the doubling
forced 10 believe, after which hunting
party was organized and a plan Of campaign
mapped out 1t was agreed 10 get back Of
the beechnut grove, half way up the mountain.
and come down on both sides 10 compel tho
bears 10 seek the open fields bacl; Of the village.
Three men who were supposed 10 be the best shots
in town were stationed back Of lcdgy bluff called
Dandings Big Mob. TO do the shooting in case
the bears attempted 10 make a break for the val
ley. While the men were taking the positions
to which they had been assigned three boys Of
the village. feeling sighted and neglected by tho
men, took rifles and went UP the mountain side
on the own cCount. one was stationed
IN a grove on top Of Handling Big Mob, another
hid away under the Little Mob, a bluiI half a
mile further mp the mountain. and the hi I'd stood
near wood road which led from the fields TO the
big grove Of bcerhcs All three agreed to shoot
as soon as the bears appeared and keep shooting
as long as there was a bear in sight
The strategy Of the men soon drove the bears
all II far ,s,sh ritI hey fol wnpd
road for half mtle and then. seeming the boy
near the fields, turned Of to the right in the d.
edge Of the woods and shot the old bear as she
emerged. In attempting 10 eject the shell his
men rushed through the woods and found the boy
cutting the throa! Of The bear he had killed.
q DID" cpl.cd the boy; Why"
MoHrT mean snc.E said tn' nan I've We
hunt and mndr sure u getting HIM.
And we've got him, see sad the boy beginning
to skin the game.
Little Mob, hcatng angry voices near the woods.
looked up the siir Of ne lcd-c in tine To a
cubs head emerge above the ledge. lie fired with
out taking aim, and as the body DISAPPEARED,
he believed he had not Int the mark Ms he had
agreed to rcmain, IN mdrnG there was nothing 10
10 do but wait and watch. \ minute later he saw
the cubs hrnd above thr mob two rods furlic or
away. lie Was mad ard excited aud fired Inland
ledge.
Gosh" sid the boy IN disgUs'. Two straight
misses must he getting awiNll% ratified. il
he shows himself hpaln I'll take aim To MI!
While he talking tu himself and blowing
his luck cub had climbed over the r,li-r OF the
mob and stood III full WOW among tho rocks not
ten rods Gway This Umc hc made surr II rs
am and dropped the young bear in IT'S tracks.
Ca going up To INSPECT MS game lie found two
other deed cubs beyond tie ridge. Ar'r the death
OF their mother the cubs had come arr"S, ,hc mob
in Indian file and tir boy had slot ih,m - q cy
came along.
Instead Of C0ngr. ula;rg the boys on having
killed old Lear and ihI,r lni 'ulS the Non were
mad aud mad n solemn rumr&Ct thHt 10 BOY
IN Pnttrn uucrr 90 Yeas ot aye shall carry n ro
arm 10 the wOId>. " the iour bears were all
shot beyond the timber bei' the boys are nu At all
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