The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-03-10
A GOOD BEAR INUNDATED.
kBEy BROwN's MISTAKE ~ SHOWING
A WILDCAT FAVOR
The Bear was Trained Co Catch Fish. the wild
cat to Take Birds Bruins Jealousy
Aroused by His Masters Behavior -
The Hears Revenge and Erown,s Loss.

W. NEh \ u w 'l"l'''b VI -
benevolent animal In the world than a properly
trained Pike county bear" ssiI Deacon
Todgers decidedly to the crowd at the corner
grocery store. An unptejudjced glance Mt
the face OF a bear In repose will show that he
Is hubbling over with the milk of bear kind
ness. But. ~ | told chen Brown. there are
limits even TO bear bencvolcnce. and no beEI
likes to feel that he is fishing for the benefit
OF An intrndlng wildcat. especially when that
wildcat il running q rival business
MANY a cold winter day has been spent
by that bear fishing through the leo for your
benefit, ] said TO Eben. and now IN his old
are you turn over the choicest fruits Of hin
labors Ia a young and active wildcat rival
You're breaking hat good bears heart and
In the end no will perform the same act on
the Wildcats head
But Eben said ,cornrllly that ha didn't
need any instruction IN wld animal nature
And the result il that Ehnn IL now mourning
the combined loss Of the bear. the wildcat
and the %softest snap In the hunting and fishing
line ever known TO this county.
-Eben had brought the bear up from a
cub. and from It's earliest days had taught
the beor 10 fsh for him. In summer. when
the weather was warn and II was = pleasure
20 sit on the banks of a stream with a rod in
hi. hand Eben was willing TO n-h himself.
but In winter the bulk OF the Eben Brown
income came from the honest, earnest efforts
OF that bear.
Every morning when the : o'clock whistle
blew tho hear would leave Ehen's house.
tridse down TO the pond and begin his days
work. First he would scrape i hole through
the ice Then he would sit by the hour,
watching for the approach OF some uuwary
FISH. A. soon az the fish came near the hole
in the loo IN would swoop a bs paw and a
second later there would be II fish lying on
the Ice waiting to bc taken back to Eben
At night tho bear would gather up the
fsh and take them home. Ehen wanted
nsh. tho bear preferred honey 50 both were
satisfied. although Iten seemed to think
al! lAe credit was duo him and not the bear.
There's the haupiest. most coutented
bear in the state Ebon used To- say. com-
!lacently. tie has a good. regular job work.
Ing for hoy" est IN.I BTpwu, ,et- plenty ~
outdoor exercise and always has an appetite
for his honey, when he returns home az the
end ~ ht days 'Ql. That bears lines are
fade. iu Il"usii- place
T. On was mnFiu. n l"t q easy money ard
the to'r-ishing industry promised TO con-
ii!n" M q, ur">p"r"n, condition dI,rins tho
-" t,mo y ,ha' good lcar when hn"v Ta1
-trIck with ~" Id'0 ~ l'-.NS a wildcat into
pnrtucr~hip Boon never nd do justice TO
That b'rr'~ %ttlolf-.
T4!'- a s.od her,. a wol!- ao e"nins
pdiror1IlnE mani ej. but va" !.'t ~ active
rs Re mi-h' ne Bird. a~ We! - fs4; Lr.n.
To- bring him 10 apprnp-r" -. fa,t.'
" r"er- never. cn,.l hIrd-, ! answered.
s]corn,.. lhG ,Hayg {on. n".n rC"r2oSatHs
"Euen WINS annoyed ~ my. SARCASM.
'srar~ don't hujt uIrd,.' he r"ple 4 i'm
= 9' n'l WG1dor I I,na T ,,,ort, -h".,a rI,ah a vd m!ns
wildcat hpv.4'' q d,lh' mat | could train
l0 10 Won, p '~"v'liH u me no i-ul'"'