Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-01-10

Dc enough left OF him TOT an inquest
about half an hour later the black
bear returned. carrying in his mouth
the biggest and fattest coon ] had
seen for months. lie laid the coon
down by the can Of nitrogiyesrin.
Then he looked at me In an inquirins
manner. ! saw what hs meant
-lrs a fair exchange said.
Leave the coon. take the giyesrine.
and try and make life Interesting for
that big grizzly
Il Was mighty curious to know what
plan that good old bear had In his
head. so ! followed him. lie carried
the can OF nitrogiyeerin to one OF the
paths freluented by the grizzly In his
excursions 90. ;hs purpose OF teaching
Pike county animals the Strenuous
life. Every little while the black bear
would stop and ehuekis 10 himself al
the thought of the surprise he was
preparing for his enemy. hut he Was
mighty careful 10 put down the can Of
nitro giyeeTin ON these occasions. for
he MAS wise bear and appreciated
that sieefui chueki.s and nitro
siyeerin don't go well together. When
he reached the path used BY the sEiz'
siy he carefully opened up the can
and left IL standing in the middle OF
the path. Then he went quite a dis
,ane. down the path to where there
was sharp curve. Just around tho
eufy. tho black bear rolled u good
sized rock. 30 that II stood directly In
the path. A person or animal running
swiftly down IN. path and not know
las l... N..
tain To smash into II and get consider.
able of jar. Having laid his trap.
tho black bear hurried back and HE
himself about half way between tho
rock and tho place whcr. b. had
placed tho can OF nitro giyecrin.
Along towards evening tho srifsiy
came huikins rown tho path. ~. saw
the nitro Eiyccsin. hmciicd OF II. and
then tasted II. Grizzlies have quite .
sweet tooth. and. after having onco
tasted the stun. that bi. bear couldn't
rrs, until he had eaten every mouth
full. When he finished b. was q per.
feet example of an explosive bear.
III anything jars your feelings or
stomach. my furry friend ! remarked.
but In low tonca. 'you'ii enter tho bear
happy hunting grounds In dctach'
m-ntn.
AS soon as tho big grizzly had
eaten tn. explosive. the black bear
made his appearance down the path
and began To send out challenging
sruwis. Tho grizzly looked up. and for
a moment seemed stunned at the i'm.
pudcncc of the smaller bear In rrowl'
ing at him. hut the black bear didn't
Nccm frightened. Instead. he stayed
In tho path and made insuitin. re-
marks In the bear language. and u he
hadn't been such venerable and re-
spectacle bear. ono would have said he
was making faces at the grizzly. The
grixxiy didn't lose any time. but start.
cd down tho path with tho evident In.
tcntion OF giving the black bear life
lesson on the evils OF insulting bigger
bears.
AS SOC, as he saw the grizzly was
fairly under way. the black bear
turned and scampcrcd down the path
as fast as his short legs could carry
him. The grizzly was gaining on him.
but ! noticed the black bear had nj.
lowed himself sufficient start so that
there would be n good interval be-
tween them when Mr.. Grizzly reached
the rock. When he rounded the curve
the black bear lodged into tho bushes
at one side. The grizzly was going
too fast to turn. and Of course he
never suspected there was big rock
in the middle OF his -wcil.worn path.
and he smashed into II at full speed.
For about n minute there was
steady rain OF grizzly. When 1t stopped
the black bear emerged from the
bushes. lie had been considerably
Jared himself by the explosion OF the
loaded grizzly. But he didn't mind
that and was on hand with n bear
gloat that 1t did n persons heart good
to see. He fairly danced about the
place where his enemy had last been
seen. never saw n look Of more per-
feet content on the face of anyone.
man or bear.
"'Grizzly bears are all right in their
uncultured way that good bear seemed