The Washington times., 1904-09-06
BLACK SHE BEAR
BLOCKED THE ROAD
Wise Animal Takes Re-
venge for Death of Cub.
STORY RELATED BY HUNTER
Nimrod Tries to Prove That Bruin Is
Wiser Than the Human
Kind.
STORY RELATED BY HUNTER

BANGOR, Me-, Sept. at Passa-
duukeag. where black bears once owned
the land and all upon it. and where to
this day their fondness for mutton and
honey is sadly realized, there sat upon
the bench in front of the postofiice the
other evening the wise man. the histo-
rian, and the boss hunter OF the village
They were just from the grocery,
where at their regular session they had
settled some points regarding the cam,
paign, fixed the date Of the fall OF Port
Arthur, and criticised the management
of the West Branch drive. when the
talk drifted to the question of courage
IN man and beast, and they had to sit
down on the postoffice bench and have
it oJTt
Uncle Penney, the wise man. said that
beasts of the forest had no rcal courage
-tha1 they fought against desperate
odds merely through ignorance: Sim
Belts, the historian. ponderea deen,y 70
rake up some instance that would CON
traolct this theory, but before he could
recall or invent anything Peletiah Jones
the boss hunter. stuck his Jack knife
deep into the deacon seat and declared
mat, while no bigger fool than the bun |
moose ever stalked the earth, bears had |
on the average. more brains than men.
Dumb Moose.
Now, said Jones, you don't never
hear of no bar a-buclxin' fniines ON tba /
railroad. do We? Sartinly not. Moose /
Goes an alters gifts tn wust of IL |
Nat rally. Injines is iron. an can make /
nash 9uten any critter that walks
Moose amt got brains enuff to know
it; bars has
pose all you fellers recoIIect that
mess Of old Junk that 1 helped them
two New York sports haul up to the
station acre last summer? We'll, that
was What was left Of one of them
autymobiles after a good, bright bar
had a whack at it. Happened dory |
here, couple of miles below Passa-
dunky. Twas old she bar. that had
two cubs, an one day when the family
OF them was a-crossin' the road TO get
into a better berry patch. what should
come whizzin' along but these sports in
Dig steam Vaughn. an run over one
OF the cubs an laid it out cold.
The old bar an t'other cub got
acrost all right an stood at the edge
OF the road a-lookin' kinder dazed. I
was clost enun to drop the two OF
them, nut I'd no gun with me, so I Just
sot tLeIe IN watched
Her Cub Dead.
|
out into the road an shifted at the car
cass OF the dead cub rollin' Il over with
her paw an gruntin' around as though
she expected 70 wake IL up. Seem that |
the cub laid there stiff an still, the old |
one she hustled off into the bushes with |
tother cub taggin' on behind. 7
sposed that was the last OF it-but | {
tnat where had something new 10 |
larn bout bars
lest few rode -, g. | 2
old bar went into the bushes. an stan-
In clost TO the road. was big spruce | {
with an old stub dead trunk lodged l
agin st.
=. That stub was two feet through. II
II was an inch. an II was lest baraiy
caught on the spruce SOS the least toif |
would send II down. Well sir vou can
tSess me or not but it's gospel truth Z
that old bar she houndered up to that !
there stub an. putting her sbouIder
agln i, brought it down slam-bang right
acrost the road, sendin' up a oloud ~ ! q.
dust high'r n the autymobiie stirred IN. ;
Blocked the Road. /
We'll. sir. never see the like. an.
Tor some time sot there. wonderin'
what the old bar was uD 10 Acted ne |
shed got a job swampin' for Charles a
hsthaWay. Then, gradjerdly, IT begun s
10 leak through me that she was aTter e
revenge on the sports that KILLED re- [
CUP. she was a-blockin' of the road aotn 2
the ttnle they'd come back that wav
Wen says to myself. saws II
Iheres no tellin' when them feIIerg II is
come back 1t may be week, an en- {
haFih other hsh TO fry an It bein' none
OF my mess anyway. l kept on dovyp - q,
the Haynes place, where I'd left so-os =
pelts. L was gone a couple of borrs g,
an when come back along Gus ne 4, 10
mat OLD bar an her one cub wasn'f - Il
&c t1,,,5 mere IN the edge OF the bushes u
Cd com 49, r
1 went past, they never budged-ne,,o+
so much as squinted at me. an'. hay,in, n
a a3 g eff t fs 50 said ID come right along
ness Getttn' long toward dark. too n
Automobile Reappears. "
i hadn't got more'n ten rods further y
long toward the village, when / heard -
= =, kreat tootln an lookin ahead / see ?,
The road Now. says to nyself sroyt
mat there masheen must a-cost "a tho, ! ~
send dollars. an with ell respec' to the ~
oid ar s Feelings, Z would be a cussed s.
shame 70 see II go 10 smash agin an old ~
STUD not with ten cents So I waved | =
my arms an hollered an hollered fer M
tne sports 20 hold I'D. but / guess they e'
dldn hear me, even II they see me. FOR ~
they new past 3n a cloud of dust tbe N
two OF them a-peel<in' out Of little holes th
IN a rig on their faces like the bows has
Fourth OF July. nus II
Here says :. is where the old bar be
gets square an I hustled back after pr
them Own the road as though a bull IN
moose was after me. It's a thick growth m
along there, an hard to see ANYTHING ap
.cept IN broad daylight. 50 fore the Is
sports knew IL they was right onto that co
big stub. was Jest near enuf TO see =
what happened without gettin' hit with
NJ OF me wrack. Talk about that
o'ler explosion Up 20 Howlandl Nothins I
% this First, / heerd veil. then a m,
DUMP, an mex come a srnashin' an ne
crashin' Ike breakin Jam on the West ms
OIahch' die
The Wreck ths
Oh
mat mosneen Jest rizz up Ike a bat rh'
eau on rock, an in q minute the air CA
WAS full oP A. Tbo 4v,o a,-,>,.-. 80. -. Re
-. o,,n,z -, 9pNi = 'Hey shot FIJI
- "AeS III lshoeo race down In the VT
DAD. One wheel sailed of into the Co
rush an one OF them rubber hoops for