The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-17
UNCLE HEvRYs NOv.UNTON BBAA.
How nc Resented the Eictation Of . walking
Delegate.

How nc Resented the Eietation Of . walking
Delegate.
BLOOMING GROVE, Pa, June N.-sNo, SIR
said Uncle Henry Jenkinson emphatically to
the crowd at the grocery store. Il wouldn
take a thousand dollars for that trained bear
Of mine. II isn't 20 much that he knows more
than most men. But there's a bear who UNDER
stands his rights as a self-respecting individ-
ual. Maybe the bears around here regard him
as a scab bear, But Tom, as ! call him. goes
right on about his business and doesn't lot any
Pike County Bear Union goldbrick him into
throwing up a good job. And there's one big
bear somewhere M in the hills who is nursing
a battered head, and an injured spirit Just be-
cause he didn't appreciate that Tom under.
stands his rights and isn't going To let any wal3-
Ing delegate from Black Bears Union. No. I,
tramplc on them.
Tom was only acub when I got him. and from
the first l noticed that, instead Of wanting to
hunt all over the woods for miscellaneous gamA
Tom preferred to plant himself down beside
some stream and lay for iish, When he caught
sight Of a nice big trout in would 70 his paw,
and 1t had to bs a mighty active fish that got
away from him, This gave me an idea.
There's always u good market for iish,'I
said TO myself, 'especially.i in winter. when your
Uncle Henry has "A strong reluctance to stand.
Ing in the cold over an Ice hole, try ing to speaX'
some elusive itve-poundcr. That bear has un.
doubted talents for catching liSh, The only
haa az ,ur,. NJ ~ ia ,ar inriar ~ az, " ~
worthy man who owns him. The bear will
thon have a good Job with regular ho urs. and
market, with little trouble to himself So when
Tom caught his nexttishI | took IL from him and
managed TO inject a little Croton oil into that
SsC doing nsa Somehow mellow that s ssaSsds to sI spoit
Toms appetite for fish. And under my fos.
ionn hefnrs Ton snnrsnistad that Il was his
d He ~ turn i nver ali I the asb hs ana" "s,,shI "a ths
so sWb man 4 wno ow TIsa.n mltn and o Inv . continual
JrncIe Henry en,busiasticailv 70 sse The wav
hat jntelIia.nt bear took 10 the game Trmnsyt
Wintsr i had him trained g" ,ba, e"arv ,,orns
DO hs wnwId ,oddia ~ IN ,ba nnnd bS.aL liz
iis and plant himself down nv the hole To- wait
for the tsb Pretty SOON some inouIs,tivS
would shoot Tom liz paw and there would be-
\ Gsh iyinu on The Ice awaiting the cnmin1of
your nccle Henry. Each noon / would brins
Tom his dinner in the form Of a biz piece 81
raw meat At night he would trudRe home
h""side me bnppv In the ccnsoiousness he had
done a GOOD dav|s work. There wasn't a han.
~ 81 r,r oont.niad haar in The Stata "a
Pcnnevlvania,
"rRni hS and nv 7 noticed tina, Tom wasn't
cat6bins so many ash. and that instead of yet.
tIhne w TO Work h,s al : Q elo lex w ana To srti :, pnsg
around until ) O'Clock and quit at s. was
puzzled to account for his actions c until one
day | noticed IA vagrant impudrnt looking
bear out On me Ice with rom. Inc strange
bear want DONG any wofk IN the way %
Catching flsh, or even huhtlhR lr hlrnseli.
but a nan dldh need 10 De a bear expert 70 SEQ
that the warrant bear was irving 10 get Tom
II was against the rules OF the bear unloA 70
catch more than certain number Not
fish an hour. l was boiling over with right
eonS wrhIh 30 ! let go Nun my gun at tno
bear Waking Tor, u we 1i,tirg . men ZEN n. "ie len T Torn
was that lntelllaent thHt ne reaiiiy understood
what / was SAYING We having hved t0gether
a good deal, aithoueh ne WASH much Vi .
CONGREGATIONAL himself.
Don xet tne luea mo your heao, ! sag
TO Tom earnestly, thaI you re 4 menDer OF
some Chicago Builders Union and only nave 10
DO a stated amount eacn nhy. fosteIihH Gero
fnd raw meat ana lhIeitgenI conversation I've
laNlshru on you. anu uulN cniis YOU 10 keep
swift. hustle Wheh IL Is n QUESTION OF eetIlng
fSh Tor your Uncle Henry be a pear among
bears. Throw your soul mo your work.
lou We GOV a GLORIOUS future peloIe YOU, my
ilrry lrienn u you urn a ora eur 10 tne st.
auctions OF tnat va3rant pear, WHO IL Only
looking 70 inre you way from thal nShnS
ron looked SO seI,ous ana solenn that J
Knew ne mhdfIs,opu tne suDstahce oi wna'l
Wa saving. buI : Man,sn ,p orne ~ noJht 2
MN, so that evening WINE ne was sITstcneu
out IN piaclo Comfort peiore 'he hre' peeah
on MN again, It, --...
What 70 dof ! SaiH 70 MN earnestly; HiyihS
nm q soIt OF Diack pear ErrSi.n D "a ~
sage 70 uarcla WHAT W uo' ANU l 's' Nun
have tne resi- OF ~ nuS
ION por uPiro . nnd ~ Ion ottod'd mn atu ma rdtS
over 10 my cnau anu iookeu UP =. mg WIZ
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