Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-12


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usually make their nests in secluded spots where
they believe they safe from their mortal enemy.
have heard it said that the father bear hunts
food for his family when the cubs are very young;
but l don't believe the story. The father bear,
in my opinion, is very disreputable parsonage,
and so far as have been able to learn looks out
for Number One and let's his wife take care of
herself and the babies.
"A from Kentucky once told me story
about mother bear and father bear that reflected
credit on the latter. l don't vouch for the
truth of the story though believe it. have heard
many strange anecdotes concerning wild animals,
and so many wonderful manifestations of their in
tellgence have come under my own personal OBJ
servation that l believe nearly all l hear; for
know that the beasts of the forest do more thinking
that goes straight to the point than the average
white man don't, howeye1 youeh for anything
that haven't seen; but l don't want anyone to
doubt what say have seen.
What was the story of the man from Kentucky?"
asked Nab.
0H, it wasn't much" said Uncle Tom Andy Bill.
~ " 1t wasn't story; 1t was mere incident He
said that one day he and his wife returned from
situated in lonely part Of the forest he heard a
terrific squealing in his pig pen: He ran to the
barnyard to learn the trouble He suspected that
bears were after his shoat, and he was right
"A short distance from the pen were two bears
and two cubs. The father bear was cutting his wife
numerically in endeavor to make her climb
shoat it contained. The shoat knew its danger, and
squealing for dear life. The bears did not see
the man at first
After considerable coaxing and many blows,
the bear husband induced his wife to go into the
pen and get the shoat. Over she went and the pig
suuealed as it never had squealed before The
man tried to frighten the intruders away; but he
had loaned his gun to neighbor, and the bears
were aware of the fact,-that is, the said they
were aware of it. At any rate, they saw he had
no gun, and he said they told him in grunts and
groWls 20 keep on his own side of the fence
1.-The man hated to lose his shoat; but, being
deficient in bravery he did not modest the bears.
the pen seize the shoat in her arms and take it to
her husband. When she brought it to him, what
do you suppose he did?"
He kissed her." suggested Nab.
mo" answered Uncle Tom Andy Bill, "he
knocked her over, took the shoat away from her,
went off by himself, and ate it to the last bone,
without giving his wife one mouthtui 1t IS some
times disgusting to how much like certain
class of human beings animals can act.
When the father bear had eaten the last OF the
shoat. the disappointed old mother bear went back
to the pen put her paws the top rail to see IT,
by any chance, she had overlooked shoat DIS
appointed in the matter OF young pork, she defb,
eratey marched around the barnyard fence and
approached the house with all the etfrontery OF a
tramp 49,
he said that the bears knew the gun was visiting
The mother bear nosed about the house. poked her
snout in at the kitchen door, and then started out
to look for the milk house. with the hungry cubs
toddling, waddling, and squeallng at her heels
The mans wife was frightened at first, and he
said she climbed tree but when she recovered
her composure she climbed down from the tree,
went to the house, took shovelful of Goals from
the fireplace, and followed Madam Bear ana her
family into the milk house.
When the woman entered the door of the milk
house and the bear and cubs drinking her milk
and eating her butter, she angry that she
threw the shovelfu of Goals in the bears face, and
so belabored it with her shovel that the surprised
intruder beat hasty retreat But the woman S
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