The evening world., 1911-01-07
TALE Of BEAR
AND FIAT MAN
!, FROM BROADWAY
Or How Bruin Chased a
Lost Camper in the
= AdirondackS.
HYPODERMIC ENDED HIM
But the Hunter Had Lost
Most of His Clothing
Before That.
H~YPODERMIC ENDED HIM

INFANT W ne hept a secret. .OT ire men
along Broadway who played impromp:u
parts resolved never 10 tell, but like
many another good New Years reso-
lutlon 1t lasted less than a week. so
Acres the yarn In all It's fearsome de-
tails:
On New Years Day a hunting parry
made up OF saranac Lake cottagers. in
Guiding DR.. ~Trembiey. Messrs. Palmer,
Chase, Cluet., Allen and whitney Lyon
az this city. all OF whom have winter
camps In the Adirondacks. started on a
Hunting eS.- -di:ion to spend the night at
Dr. Trembley's fishing and shooting
camp on Moose Pond.
The camp Is lora ed on the side OF
Mount Mckenzie. about eight miles
from Saranac Lake. and Is reached
only by a narrow mountain trail
tarough a forest.
The party left the Coasting Gu at
1880 in the morning armed for big
game and carrying provisions for sew
eral days or a long toboggan. Members
OF he party we're h.tched to the tobog-
San in Indian file. Ike a string OF
I'eary's Arctic dogs, ana had gone about
a mic up the mountain side when a
halt was called by a certain stout menu
Ser OF the party who is more familiar
with the trail up Broadway in his
limousine, with his chauffeur as guide,
ihan In a forest following footprints OF
native Adirondackers.
Kerosene and Cigarettes.
Thereupon two of the members were
voted "weaklin2s" and released from
duty as beasts OF burden. They were
sent on ahead armed only with a kero-
sene can and n well filed gold cigarette
box. Their Instructions were to keep
straight ahead. following the footprints
In the snow left by the native guides.
-. But here the trouble began for the
gaunt and thin one from Saranac and
the little fat man from Broadway. They
latored on and IN through the deep.
soft snow, ana without snow shoes II
was hard going. After about an hour
the little fat nan, pufing IKE a locomo-
tive o. an up grade, turned to md his
companion. but he had vanished.
what could q llttle'-at man do? First
lie sat down in The snow to dream OF a
hot scotch as big a. a wash tub. Then
TIC ~ N'dA ~ ''' 'ito'e ~
freeze. so he pulled himself together and
then began retracing his steps. But
after about a mile lie sank from sheer
exhaustion into a dark hole in the noun
tain side.
How long he remained there he doesn't
know. but he was awakened by a crack
ing sound, to see standing before him
the head o. a husky family OF Adiron-
Gack bears.
How to Train Bear.
Having read Ernest Thompson
Seion's wild Animals I Have KNOWN
the little fat man remembered tina,
bears were possessed Of a certain sense
OF humor. so he started to hand him
n few good ones" from the New York
Athletic Club. But they didn't seem to
So over.
: Then he remembered that bears were
also said to be curious. and would stop
and saiH at any object dropped by a
fleeing a Out came the gold cigar
cite case. and. after throwing 1t to
Brsr Bruin, the Broadway man beat II.
a.. But Bruin was hot-foot in pursuit. 80
the man dropped the kerosene can. Mex,
went his cap, and then one article OF
clothing after another until the poo,
little fat man from broadway was re-
duced to a COSTUME consisting chiefly OF
corduroy rousers and a gray sweater.
He continued TO Jolly the brute down
the trail In this fashion for about a mile,
when. to mis- great relief. at a fork In
the trail, he behell the others Of the
hunting parry searching for the lost
members.
But MOI one was Irmci. Rifles and
ammunition hsd bcea left tied to thu
toboggan during the search. and. fur.
~thermore, the bear didn't seem to care
20 much for the rest of the party as foi
his first love.
Tier were plenty Of: suggestions, bu
the fat man decided to walt until brui,
had thrown in his high speed clutch
advanced his spark and opened hi
tro,tle and then dodge suddenly beh.nt
n tree. leaving the bear to dash hi
brains ont against the trunk-perhaps
Foi,ed by a Hypodermie.
on rushed the bear like a bunch o: 10Y.
riders chased by a bike cop. but jas
ms the lite fst man was ready L
jump behind a tall pine, bruln put OF
an emergency brake with his hind feet
Studded a little and landed without
gar against the t ee. And then HI
,grlnred.
Il was sac Sarlnac Lake doHtor Wit
landed the anne Creeping behind tn,
bear. he tabled a hypodermlr syringe
loaded to the muzzle with morphine
.irto ,5rn!n's spinal column and tn
aace was over.
The party finally reached the doctor
camp IN safety, and a council Of wa
was heid. !, was unanimously decide,
that not a word of the da VS. experlenc,
gould he related in Saranac Lake o
on Broadway for fear that the entir'
PARTY wolld no voted into the AMANDA
cub.
but u little fat, tooth powder maj
never can keep a secret.
New CO ,ressman NsefuI.