Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-01-31

recovers from the surprise there won't
he enough left of him for an inquest.
about half an hour later the black |
bear returned, carrying In his mouth
the biggest and latest coon l had
seen for months. He laid the coon |
down by the can Of nitro-glycerin'
Then he looked at me in an inquirlns
manner. l saw what he meant.
Its a fair exchange, ! said.
Leave the coon, take, the glycerine,
and try and make life interesting TOT
that big grizzly.
Il was mighty curious to know what
plan that good old bear had in his
head. so / 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 q wise bear and appreciated
that g1eeful chuckles and nitro
glycerin don't 60 well together. When
he reached the path used by the griz'
ely he carefully opened up the can
and left 1t standing In the middle OF
the path Then he went quite dis
lance down the path to where there
was a sharp curve. Just around the
curve the black bear rolled good
sized rock, so that 1t stood directly In
the path. A person or animal running
swiftly down the path and not know
ing the rock was there would be GER
tain to smash into 1t and get consider
able of a 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 nitro-glycerin, smelled of it, and
then tasted it. Grizzlies have quite .
sweet tooth, and, after having once
tasted the stun, 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.'
LAS 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
pudence Of the smaller bear in growl
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 a venerable and re
spectacle bear one would have said ht
, was making faces at the grizzly. Tit
, grizzly didn't lose any time, but start
, ed down the path with the evident in
, tention of giving the black bear lif
, lesson on the evils of insulting bigge
bears.
"As soon as he saw the grizzly wa
fairly under way, the black bea
? turned and scampered down the pat
as fast as his short legs could carr
: him. The grizzly was gaining on hin
but / noticed the black bear had a
lowed himself sufficient start so tina
there would be a good interval b.
tween them when Mr.. Grizzly reache
= the rock. When he rounded the curv
the black bear lodged into the bushe
= at one side. The grizzly was goin
too fast to turn, and of course
= never suspected there was big roc
= In the middle of his weil-worn patl
and he smashed into it at full speed.
For about a minute there was
steady rain of grizzly. When 1t stoppe
y the black bear emerged from til
bushes. He had been considerably
Jared himself by the explosion of tt
loaded grizzly. But he didn't mir
10 that and was on hand with be;
10 gloat that it did persons heart goe
10 to see. He fairly danced about Il
70 place where his enemy had last bee
seen. / never saw look of more pc
feet content on the face OF anyon
III man or bear.
u Grizzly bears are all right in the
81 uncultured way that good bear SCENE
ly s-NX\