The Ordway new era., 1908-01-10

RECEIVERS from the surprise there won't
be enough left Of him for an inquest
About half an hour later the black
bear returned. carrying In his mouth
| the biggest and fattest coon / had
| seen for months. He laid the coon
down by the can OF nitro-glycerin.
| Then he looked at me In an inquiring
manner. / saw what he meant.
"It's fair exchange. / said.
! Leave the coon. take the glycerine.
and try and make life interesting for
that big grizzly
II was mighty curious to know what
| plan that good old bear had in his
head. so l followed him. He carried
the can OF nitroglycerin to one of the
| paths frequented by the grizzly In his
excursions for the purpose of teaching
| Pike county animals the strenuous
| life. Every little while the black bear
would stop and chuckle to himself at
| the thought of the surprise he was
preparing for his enemy. But he was
mighty careful to put down the can of
nitro.glycerin on these occasions, for
he was a wise bear and appreciated
| that gleeful chuckles and nitro
| glycerin don't go well together. When
| he reached the path used by the griZ-
! ely he carefully opened up the can
and left it standing in the middle OF
| the path. Then he went quite & dis
tance down the path to where there
was n sharp curve. Just around the
curve the black bear rolled a good
sized rock, so that it stood directly in
the path. A person or animal running
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ing the rock was there would be GER
tain to smash into it and get consider
able OF jar. Having laid his trap.
the black bear hurried back and hid
himself about half way between the
rock and the place where he had
placed the can of nitro-glycerin.
Along towards evening the grizzly
came hulking rown the path. He saw
the nitroglycerin, smelled of it, and
then tasted it. Grizzlies have quite 4
sweet tooth. and. after having once
tasted the stuff. that big bear couldn't
rest until he had eaten every mouth
| full. When he finished he was a per-
feet example of an explosive bear.
IF anything jars your feelings or
stomach. my furry friend remarked.
but in low tones. you'll enter the bear
happy hunting grounds in detach-
ments.
"As soon as the big grizzly had
eaten the explosive. the black bear
made his appearance down the path
and began to send out challenging
growls The grizzly looked up. and for
a moment seemed stunned at the i'm
pudencc OF the smaller bear in Erowl.
ing at him. But the black bear didn't
seem frightened. Instead. he stayed
in the path and made insulting re-
marks in the bear language, and II he
hadn't been such Il venerable and re-
spectacle bear. one would have said he
was making faces ut the grizzly. The
| grizzly didn't lose any time, but start
ed down the path with the evident in
tention of giving the black bear life
lesson on the evils of insulting bigger
| bears.
AS socn as he saw the grizzly was
fairly under way. the black bear
turned and scampercd down the path
MS fast as his short legs could carry
him. The grizzly was gaining on him.
but | noticed the black bear had al
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 the 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 weil-worn path,
and he smashed into 1t at full speed.
For about minute there was
steady rain of grizzly. When it stopped
the black bear emerged from the
bushes. He had been considerably
Jared himself by the explosion of the
| loaded grizzly. But he didn't mind
that and was on hand with bear
gloat that it did 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
unculturcd way that good bear seemed
| t-StN