Show A large bear story A maine ardaine MAN hian eills HILLS THREE bears WITH AN AXE the cl C cala l a ale le rel ral relates ates that last week as mr nir nickson peters of of f bailey ville was returning from the woods with bis kis ia axe oa his shoulder he espied an animal near the toot of an old tree a little way off 0 if and ica n going to the spot discovered it to be a large ibea ilear I 1 which had taken refuge t under the roots if 1 the r tree ile he furt furthermore found that there wele were two tivo or three of the Ivar varmints var mints under te t e tree and that they bad three places of e ers ars barid adil anil ingress to tle tto de daa dej j his dog corr conk inri inci iced the attack by stationing himself at one oxie of the holes and barking furiously mir mr posters fosters stationed himself at another axe i in n hand re dy should any of them attempt to le e ve v e he den to give battle soon the oldest and a nd largest one essayed to 0 o run the blockade 1 when mr peters struck her a blow between ber bee snout and the eyes which cuc cud through to the lower jaw and drove her back to her den with a growl e she remained some time esho shat I sho Shet then ben attempt attempts cd to escape by one of the othen holes but mr P was too quick for lie he aad aai dealt her a blow on the small of the back which laid her out dead in inthe lathe the meantime one of the other bears hears got t oat and annd mr adir peters immediately gave it vlis vils nis attention patching dispatching des it with a blow of his hla back of the fore shoulder the axe pene pena penetrating rating to the heart and prodoc ug ng instant death B by this time it had got qu te dar dark k and anid the ot other ier ter one showing no disposition to leave his den he concluded to suspend opera arons for that night so shouldered shouldering derin deriD the smallest one he started for home next he be returned with three of hla his neigh bo 8 to the scene of h s ous nights ex pious they found the old one where he had bad left her dead on looking lookin round they soon 1 fau d tte toe the other one up in a tree the party n efad d two guns with them but neither of them would V 0 urd uld go off orf presently bruin began to descend Se the tree and as aa soon as he struck the ground r aund mr P again raised the fatal axe and anid igalo alt ait him a bow b ow which killed him |