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Show SANTAQUIN MEN PLAY TAG WITH BRUIN SANTAQtH.V, May 25. A reversed re-versed bear hunt occureil on the outskirts out-skirts of SantiKpiln nbout 4 o'clock Sunday morning. William (rvn-halgh. (rvn-halgh. known as "Willie Ihe Second" owns a corral In tbe eautern part, of town, lie stepped into the corral In the early morning and discovered a cinnamon bear, which be esll-mnlod esll-mnlod about 2(K) pounds In weight. The bear caught sight of him a( llu: same moment and Greonualgli hurried hur-ried over to a neighbor's, lieu Itilcliie, who cauie to ibe rescue with a shotgun. At seventy-five yards distance, Ultchio let fly at the bear with the shotpun, which Infuriated the animal. ani-mal. Tbe bear pursued (be hunters, who ran Inlo tbe orchard of Cy Kay. A playful game of lag was enjoyed by the quartet unlH Klny Steele joined the "Defense day" maneuvers. Steele bad n lill-.'to rifle and by Ibis lime Kay hud a gun as well. The parly romped around in the shade of the old apple tree for a while until Steele got the wind guago on the bear and shot It. The animal hit the ground like the vll-lian vll-lian In the last act of a western' "thriller." Supposing their little playmate dead, the throe men approached It, ready to pose and have the photographer photog-rapher press the button. Prices of bearskin rugs soured, however, next Instant, as Ihe clnamou pulled Itself together and gave them a little surprise sur-prise party. "A pleasant time was had by all," as tbe rural correspondent correspon-dent said, for ubout ten minutes. The "Phantom Finn" bad nothing on the defendants as they sped he-fore he-fore the plaintiff's angry lunges. Tbe drama was Hearing Its climax hear midstage and the three Snnta-ijuinians Snnta-ijuinians doing odd johs lis "supers" in the wings any wings would do, they said, so It was fast enough. In the heart of town they did some nifty footwork, sparring for an oiening with the limi-poundcr. Finally, Fin-ally, us a large majority of the population popu-lation turned out to wltn ks the "nian hunt," Steele oie nioie "held 'em" and fired point blank nt Bruin. This time the eurtliiu was rung down and a new bear rug was added to the local murket, |