The sun., 1902-06-29
nut sssrs,ss the b-sr Dssinr Cem~ Win
u. the Dos Ne, ~ I.rss,r the Nan.

WI Wseau>e thr orar tbtsfnt ousr WIN
u. the Dos >e,rr t.rss,- the Man.
I lost al .igh, quar- tin pail on The
pu-'uno hp'k l"b'rrv hsrr,r- GA. summer
m a manner that was certainly rNtraor.
dinary.- said John ',ill,ert th" traVplhns Y
srO~ryJpn. and % ,an" hack again IN
Nav thai wa- quite a. eXtraoriinarv
u Nar up thew Ssking rest and with
strange Inconsistency gui u into my head
uns dav that ! ~ouli 81 out hncklebrrrvins
To make thi, trip "f mine. lorruw-i an
eisht-qusri tin pail az the farm whrr,
was living ard accompanied hy the far
mer's very intelligent shepherd dog Sandy
saili.,l forth
-1h" berry barren Nas n mile or ~ ausv.
and along tovsnt nu,n had INV pail pretty
near flied With nice. big berTi's. J had
enough and vas thin king about star'in
hack home when heard Sandy barking in a
peculiar manner "a IN IN" brush. and |
wen, to rs-- why he va. doing u.
i carried nv pail of h-rrie- along with
ne. as the cours" toward the spot Was
homeward whrn oI-ne,l tho bushes
and stepped into IN" opening beyond them
] saw a. once that IL was a greaI pltv !
wasn'l a bear hunter for tber ! would
perhaps have swelled with Joy
-A- II was the sight gave me no pleasure
az all. II was bear that seemed to rpe
to tower up az l.a-, eight fest a. he stood
er,-ct un his launches.
He vas making savage charges at the
dog. snappins his jaws. and ~narlins and
snoi ting When sandy saw me enter the
arena be- ran around behind me and showed
his head br,wecn INV legs from which
vantag, ground he haIk-d and ~narled and
snapped al the bser as trtceiy a. IN. tear
was gru~llng al Tim.
-Thi. was undoubtedly strategy. accord
ing 10 the dogs way Of thinking, bu' the
besr took IL for cowardic~. and cmboldened
by the showing 81 u, he charged straight
toward me, but appar'ntly intent only on
the dog Tn. intent hadn't the slightest
Of 800, hing eject on me, however. for
couldn' SEQ any reason why a t-nar'- chav-
ing and dswing. although Intended for th.
dog. wouldn't ruinpl" ne up ju>t A. tad a.
N u had heen Intended for me personally.
I wa -o -csr>d that I couldn't move,
bu' when the bear came near enough
mechanically rsirsd INV pail Of berries and
brought II down on his head like atrip ham
m-r Tn. blow had no effect on the hear
hut II made a very sick looking utensil out
the Pail And 1t spilled all my berries.
The tear came right on, ard In nv ,ie--
pera,ion l Jamincd tho battered pail down
over hi- head TIE hail dropped down and
caugh, under his lower jaw This took HIM
bv surprise. Tho pail was well down over
llir ears and the tail held Il securely IN
po-itio
Tn. bear dropped on all fours and made
frantic .'for'r 10 -cisya the pail on. first
with one nav and then with III. other.
SANDY assumed that his si siTaiegic move had
worked to the proper result. and he rctir,-i
from b-tw'rn my les- and attacked the
enemy in the rpar
The bear az crc.. ahardor.Sl the attempt
L.. FaYts 0N.l Of hsslad
and turned "n N" dog. The dog AZ ono"
renewed his strategic tactics ard took his
posi'i'n between my legs again.
i hadn'' moved al inch from my origirsl
stard When the hear, with the ur doubted
impression ths, 'he dog had shown the
white feather again, >a~ him IN his old
PLACE hot tween my l..-. he sd,af cs~t 10
the charge again. the pail still p-rched on
his head, and cooked 10 one side IN "A rakish
way. giving him most comical appear
snce in spite of his rage-something a.
a t..metsd soldier might look with
jag nn.
But IL wasn't 70 laugh Not for me.
! saw something had To be done. ] gave
Ssrdv a kick and shouted:
Sick him sick him
The bear cam. on ard sandy retr.s'ed.
4 e. cd-siz~d store lay near me. picked
II IN ard threw " at the bear. ] hit him
alonrs'd- the head ard he hawled like
mad bull
nrn sandy came bdfh dfu Ill'nfu w
again and I took ADVANTAGE Of the engage
mc-t 10 streak " toward home. ] turned
once ard looked hack
THE bear. still with his rakish helmet
on. was doing his beet To ge, hi- clutch On
the dog. ard the dog was dodsirg him
ard dipping him every now and then In
The rear II Sar DIV wanted 20 stay there
a. 4 fight II ont with the bear, thought,
that wa hi own business. Il was me for
hcm~ and ! wasn't long IN getting there.
when | told them al tho farm what
re-tful lot of r,Cehiion ! had enjoyed on
INV hu, khbrrry trip they didn't seem 20
think u much to max" any fuss over.
Folks most ALWAYS calculates 20 stir
up n hear ur two Il the huckl"berryin -
good. they "a d. and a goud many II d -
appointed Il they don't. AZ for the pail.
That : nothing Pals - cheap And SANDY
ain goin' 20 let no l@ar sit away with hun
Mayta II was an hour after got IN that
] was standing in the road and saw SANDY
com" 'ro,ting along. looking a little iir~d
hut with never a hitch nor halt. And 10y
the hail ~ h's mouth b. had III" eight
quart TN pail
he pail couldn't have been battered
wor~e II wagon had run over u, br u
was ID" pail. and Sandy had y. He n"Nei
noti - me, bIt wont on tn ~" house ana
put Tho PAL on 'hr hs'k sioop
How he got IN. pal away from the h"ar.
of oour-e, ". never knew, hut Sandy vac
never chummy with me after that, and J
alwavs thought he had u Oh hl- mind that "
] hadn't nm away frum hun that day w.
might have got th- l-sr. 'ou.
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