The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-07-12
Franks of Johnny Bear.

Franks Of Johnny Bear.
If any boy or girl reader should hap
pen tc go to Yellowstone National
park this summer he or she would GER
tainly see little Johnnie Bear there.
Johnnie Bear is the baby cub whose
acquaintance Ernest Thompson Seton
made while visiting the park, which,
by the way, contains the finest pre-
serve of wild animals in the country.
Johnnie was caught by some of the
people at the hotel, which was not so
difficult, as Johnnie had been lame
from his birth
Mr.. Seton recently told his young
friends a lot of new stories about
Johnnie.
johnnie is immortal" he said, "Yel-
lowstone park is never without its
Johnnie; sometimes there are two of
him-and | keep hearing new stories
about him.
"The hotel cat and the hotel poodle
were sworn enemies even before John
ME arrived on the scene, and he made
matters worse. Then it became
triangular duel. Johnnie liked moth
ing better than to get in a safe place
and watch the others fight"
Here Mr.. Seton threw picture on
the screen showing the poodle and the
cat locked in death grip, while Jchn-
ME, sitting like soft little wad of
fur on the top Of cask out of danger
watched them with glee.
But Johnnie Bear was bad, lit
tie, mischievous bear There was
nothing he loved better than to tease
the old mother cats kittens. So one
day he chased one of the kits till it
ran up tree.
That is always a silly thing for
kitten to do, because it is sure to lose
its head when it gets up little way.
Johnnie, who was an adept at tree
climbing, was up and after it like
fash. But he didn't see the old cat,
who could climb a tree every bit as
we'll as he could, and who rushed out
of the house and up after Johnnie be-
fore he knew what was coming.
But when the old cat got up to
where the tree divided she was in a
quandary On one branch was her
baby, hanging on for dear life on the
otner was Johnnie Bear, looking at her
maliciously out of his little bright
eyes. If she punished Johnnie she
left her kitten to suffer, and perhaps
break its back falling off. If she help
h.. I.;4 Ioft Hat oh, 1f
a Johnnie Bear to get down in
safety
"The kitten settled it by giving
pleading meow-meow. It's mother no
longer hesitated. but, taking it by the
scruff of the neck, crawled down the
tree, leaving Johnnie triumphantly
perched on his bough, chuckling over
the trouble he had made"
And there was Johnnie on the
screen, a quaint comical little figure,
balancing himself en- his bough like
boy sitting on swing. while the re-
treating figure of mother cat, with her
darling in her mouth, could be seen in
the distance.
Johnnie was as fond of honey as
any boy or girl. When he found
wild bees nest he would sit down be-
side it and kill off all Tie bees, bring
ing down his fist upon them as &C
curately as boy captures a butter
fly in his hat. The bees all dead, he
would put in his paw and bring out
the honey. and when the honey was
al gone he wouiu clean up any drops
that might have fallen around, devour
the wax and wind up by eating the
dead bees.
But once some of the men played a
mean, mean trick on Johnnie. Having
found wasps nest in a tree, they
sled Johnnie on to it.
"'Oh. Johnnie. honey, honey, john
nie!" they called.
Johnnie looked at the nest and was
skeptical. He had never seen honey
just look like that before.
Honey, Johnnie. Nice honey!'
they called to him and at last, ap-
preaching very shyly, he timidly
reached out paw and touched the
queer thing. The next thing anyone
knew Johnnie had the nest firmly
gripped between his front paws and
was making for the river like mad.
In he leaDed, swimming like fish till
he reached the opposite side. Then,
the wasps having all fallen off or been
drowned, Johnnie sat down on the
grass, pulled his nest apart, and
though surprised to find no honey in
side, ate all the contents, several nice,
fat grubs.
Then he wound up by stuffing down
the nest itself. When he got through
he looked just the shape of the nest.
And why shouldn't he? He had it
all inside him."-New York Tribune.
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