The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-07-30
A TALK WITH 4 BEAR.

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 forgotten for the moment that al- ready there was celebrated bear cub
 of that name. well-known to all readers of MT. Seton's Lives of the Hunted" and as soon as I recalled this fact, my hopeful was rechristened "Jimmy."
 At first he, seemed to resent the change of name, and when called Jimmy" | in tone of authority, the cub would saunter off with sort of .hands-in-his- pocket" air and rather tough sidelong
 look which semed to say, Who are you talking to, anyhow? My name lain't Jimmy" But he got used to it in the course of few days and now he
 answers to the new name as often as he did to the old one, which is about once
 in ten times.
 Yesterday, Jimmy and went out for
 a walk, and before we returned we had Isome rather exciting experiences. But
 before he would take one step out of the
 garden, the cub insisted on having his
 bres kfast, which as usual consisted of a large pan of crackers and milk. He,
 was hungry after his a1l-nights fast,
 and he rushed at the pan like dwell, like a hungry bear. His nose went
 down and touched the food, but with
 dlsgusted look he raised his head with
 out taking mouthful. He walked up the steps to the piazza. and as the door
 was locked, he began to weave back as
 bears and other wild animals will do
 when caged. Wondering why he re-
 fused his food, made inquiries, think ing that perhaps the milk was little
 sour It was perfectly fresh, but found that it was last nights milk,
 while Jimmy usually had that which
 was fresh from the COW. We made a Ichange, and gave him the mornings lmilk, and with a hungry growl he fair fly widowed in it. After licking the pan lclean, he was given bowl of water, in (which he washed his face with his fore
 paws, and then he was ready for his lwalE.
 4 Along the country road we went, Jim lmy galloping along, now in front, now
 behind, and making frequent excur- Isions into the woods on either hand to Isatisfy his curiosity. or to pick wild Iraspberries, of which he is very fond When he came to a raspberry bush, he
 would first eat those which hung near the ground, and then. standing on his hind legs, he would pull the tall branch les down to him with his fore paws. The |amount of energy he displayed was re lmarkable; he never seemed to know lwhat it was to be tired even after the Imost violent exertion. After gallop- ing perhaps hundred yards to catch up to me, he would make a playful run lat me, biting at my legs and giving me q vigorous hug, and shake with his fore paws breaking away only to dash up la tree to point perhaps fifty feet from Ithe ground, without so much as a twig Ito aid him in his ascent. Here he would lprobably chew the green leaves a mo- lment, and then, turning round, he would Icome sliding down, tail first, at once ibreaking into a gallop to make up for 1.-the ground he had lost. He would lmarch boldly along the tops of stone twalls, walk slowly and cautiously on !!wobbly rail fences, and rush up the trunks of trees when there was noth- ling more exciting on hand. Sometimes he would remain up a tree so long that I got far ahead of him on the road, or lsometimes would hide in the long lgrass and call him to see what he would Ido. Apparently he never followed my trail by scent, as a dog would have ldone, but relied on his ears and eyes, land chiefly on the latter. At the sound lof my voice, he would stand straight |up on his hind legs, and I would see him peering in my direction. over the ltops of the grass-blades. If called lagain, or If he caught sight of me down he would drop, and, taking the general direction, he would ga1lop towards me. Then, as soon as he was in doubt, up on his hind legs he would
 go to get his bearing again. When at last he found me, he seemed satisfied, but showed not the least sign of affec-
 ton, such as a fox Or even a, wolf would have shown, but simply ran along as be- fore. ,.,.. ..t=-.# | By and by, we struck into the fields,
 and had not gone far when we en-
 countered a COW with her last years
 calf. She was interested in Jimmy at
 once, and started after him at very
 business-like pace. But Jimmy was at-
 tending to business too, and before the
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