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Show BRUIN HAD LOTS OF FUN. A Bear Htory From Wyoming- That Take the lake and llakery, Teo. Erchanme. While a party of lumbermen was away from camp on liowmau'a creek, in Wyoming, a bear broke into the shanty, Btnaalied alotof dishes, knocked the store olT its legs, turned the table over, upirt tho bunks, broke three chairs, and lugged olf a keg half full of molasses The lumbermen aimrched all nest day for tho bear, but they failed to li nd it. Than they set a steel trap for it near the Bhanty, says the Cheyenne Sun. A chunk of liver waa hung up over tho trap, and one of the woodmen remained in the shanty to watch for the bear. Ho hail a repeat-iuir repeat-iuir rifle at hand. Wilson was sound asleep when the bear came nosing around after the liver, lietiveen 2 and .1 o'clock in the morning it got both ita fore feet in the trap, ami in it Irantio elTorta to free itself it burst againat the ihanty door and burst it open. 'The noise aroused Wilson. He turned out of bed, grabbed the rille, ami banged away toward the door in the darkness. As soon as tho gun-cracked the bear began to bellow. It kept backing around in the shanty until it knocked Wilson down and troll on him. Wilson scrambled up into his bunk, from which he tirtd two more shots. The btar hustled around and finally found its way out. |