Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-02-25
SAWED B Jar MEAT.
Bruin Undertook to Run . sawmiil.
But the Saw Was Too Mach
for Him.

o. Talking about bear experiences. sal
: an old trapper the other day to q Ban
. gor Commercial representative. 7 ha
0 one many years ago that was corkeI
and 1t shows that old bruin has quite
head on him, after all. 1t was one OF tn
CORY, bear-eat-man sort Of experiences
! but q story that would make many peo
pie doubt the truth Of II, but can pro
duce enough reliable witnesses to sub
stantiate the tale, 90 am not worryini
over that part.
Il 1T happened up In the northern par
Of the state, and, at the time, bears wer'
very thick, too thick for convenience.
was at the time engaged In numbering
operations and was in charge Of a saw
mill that my father owned. II was one
Of the old-fashioned kind Of mills, the
kind that you used to see when knocking
around In the woods. Bears had been
troubling us very much by getting into
the mill and eating up the provisions,
especially the pork. We did not have
any traps at hand, so we could not make
any Roadway toward discriminating
them.
4 1.-THE day the adventure tok place that
l am going to tell you about had been
working all night for the past few days
saving logs and had gotten my sleep In
by SHOCKING during the daytime. On this
particular day I was pretty well tired
out and don't think that anything ex-
cept cannon shot could have awakened
me, but this bruin that happened along
woke me up all right, and for time
was pretty well scared.
II had lain down for my little snooze
and 1t was not long before commenced
to fly around in gold chariots and was
having a pretty rosy time Of 1t in my
dreams, when felt something smiling
at my face andaproving otherwise OBJ
streperous. managed to bring my eyes
to focus and was nearly frightened to
death to discover a good-sized bear en-
gagged In making very full investiga-
ton OF my anatomy. Well, can tell you
l did some pretty tall thinking and, as
you know, IT. is said that bear will not
touch a body that he thinks is dead.
was engaged for about all Of the next
two or there minutes ir holding my
breath and doing other things to make
me appear lifeless.
pretty soon the bea4 gave me up as
immortal and commenced to prowl
around the mill He put in very crit
ical examination of everything that he
could possibly reach and he hadn't been
prowling around long before he discov-
cred some deer meat hanging up. Well,
It didn't take him long to pull the car
cass down and commence to make good
Inroads into the meat. After he had been
sating some time he discovered the logs
standing on the carriage, and, evidently
linking that they would make him
comfortable seat for the remainder Of
lis meal, took q good hunk Of the meat
Ind went out and sat down on the logs
With his back to the saw.
NOV was my cnance 70 nave ntae
un WIN tne Dear, WHICH was not SLOW
= sraspihs. ING loss wnere No was sle
Ing were quite . ways from me- 30 tnat
had plenty Of chance to get OF the
ever that set the machinery In motion
hat wprked the saw and movable car
iase. well 30. 70 inc iever ana puiieo
! over Without tne Dear discovering my
resence.
me, carriage commenced 70 move
lowiy toward the saw ana you ought 70
ave seen tne expression ON tnat pears
.ce. II would put me iaciai expression
anne used to the motion OF the carriage
! q few seconds and commenced to re-
w his meal.
''The carriage was moving toward the
w In pretty good shape by this time !
i'd II was but few minutes before It !
ot within hearing distance Of bruin. He Z
a. unconscious Of his approaching
to. but about the same time that he y
to realisr that something '
It Of the ordinary Vas doing the saw