Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-02-27

who were stopping over for needed |
rest at this resort of heavenly quiet. !
saw our fellow-travelers OF the day
before off for the canyon, then we
strolled away into the woods to idle |
and dream.
The breeze blew cool of the spark.
ling blue lake. but the sun shone
warm and cosy on light green lawns |
among the pine trees. The woods
were gay with flreweed, marigolds,
geraniums, monks hoods, lupines, !
asters and goldenrod. Wild gooseber-
ries and strawberries, ripe and lus-
cious, were ours for the picking too.
The gathering of the elusive straw
berry, so inclined to hide its tiny head
under the crimson leaves OF its own
plant, or to burrow its little face into
the mat Of pine needles below, is
Fascinating labor. Phyllis and / be-
came so engrossed with 1t that we
went farther and deeper into the
trees. When l Strengthened UP and
looked around me after a while. what
should | see but black bear in
tree just ahead, fairly falling over
himself to climb down and come right
at met
Treats Them Like DOGS.
| wasn't scared-oh, no. / merely
thought / would return rather hur-
riedly to where l saw Phyllis last.
Looking around later, saw that the
bear was not in actual pursuit, so
neither Phyllis nor | ran away en-.
tirely. We just went back to a spot
in which we had seen a woman sit
ting reading as we came by earlier,
and asked her what the chances were
for being eaten alive if we went after
more strawberries.
She laughed reassuringly.
The bears are more apt to run
from you than toward you,' she said.
They come up to the house, and we
treat them as If they we're dogs"
There are some dogs wouldn't
care to meet in open combat
Satisfied with our adventure for the
time, we strolled along the edge of
the woods just above the lake, found
a delightful outlook and resting place,
and sat down to revel in the sheen of
the water. the scent of the pines, and
the luxurious freedom from travel.
hurry for little while.
Presently | noticed something dark
out in the water some distance ahead
OF where we sat. / called Phyllis
attention to 1t, and we both specu-
lated as to what 1t might be.
said at first that 1t must be a log
floating around; then, as 1t seemed to
move Of its own volition, / declared 1t
was the old red COW we had geen by
the road as we drove into camp the
day before. l could make out the
horns distinctly.
Phyllis argued that It was more like
a horse than cow--or else 1t was a
pig, its nose looked so pointed Yes.
it was a pig. 1t couldn't possibly be |
a bear.
We rose in our excitement and |
walked along for a nearer view We |
never had seen pig in clean water |
hC plOfCu W nave /
not only a pointed snout but pointed i!
ears as well, and after leisurely ten
minute swim In the cold lake water 1t
came out on shore to shake itself-a |
big shaggy grizzly bear.
With a casual glance around he
ambled off into the woods while we
stood gasping.
We'll" said Phyllis, what is there
eft for us to do II the bears should
AXE after us? The black ones could
beat us up any tree in sight and the
grizzlies would follow US into the
AXE"
Our only recourse" ! replied. fall
ng back upon my natural history,
cleaned in childhood from Grimm's
airy tales, would be to feign death
lie down and stop breathing while
i bear won't touch a dead body. you
NOW"
Musing upon our chances, we re-
urned to camp.