Show THE KITTEN KITTE AND THE BEARl Pass FrI Frightened Bruin Brain up Dp a Tree Treo and ami Kept Slim Him There Chris 1 turns Burns the veteran first sor ser sergeant geant of troop D had a kitten which which I during the summer camping ofA ot th the I s 5 troop at the Lower Geyser basin made her home in n the serg sergeants sergeant's nt's tent say St St. Nicholas Ncholas Here curled up on a aj pair of arm army blankets she defied th world in n general and dogs in n particular lar When the latter approached Sh she would every bristle on on her he brave little back her eyes would gro grow like live coals and her tail tall would awell uwel up threateningly If dogs approached too near she would hiss and exhibit the usual signs of hostility until the thai intruders had vanished from her neigh neigh neigh-j One day when the camp waS wasi waal bathed in sunshine and every soldier soldier in camp felt lazy an inquisitive blac bear came down the mountain side side and ether wt-ether because he was in search of adventure or because attracted by a a savory smell from the cooks cook's fire be began began be- be gan to about among the white tents oj of the cavalry command Suddenly Suddenly Sud Sud- denly the kitten ca caught sight of him Dogs br by the score she had seen but this particular dog was the largest and the l hairiest dog she had ever see seen But she did not hesitate It was enough for foe her that an enemy had Invaded invaded in- in varied her special domain Hissing forth her ter suite spite while her her little body quivered with Vil rage she darted forth Corth at atthe atthe at atthe the be beer bear r. r The onslaught was enough for bru bruin In With a snort of fear bruin made for the nearest tr tree e a short short dis die die- j dis-j f. f tance sway away and did not pause until he was wai safely perched among mong the upper up up- i iper per branches Meanwhile the kitten stalked proudly about on the ground beneath keeping close guard over her t huge captive her back still curved Into in into into In- In j to a bow and her hair still bristling with righteous indignation while her tail tall would now and then give a signify cant little wave as if to say the way I settle impertinent bears The soldiers who meanwhile had poured poured pour pour- ed forth from their tents could ly believe their eyes but there was the bear In the tree and the kitten below and there were those who had seen the affair from beginning to end enl And perhaps the strangest part of it all ail was that the bear would not stir sUr from his safe position in n the branches until the kitten bad been persuaded to leave her huge enemy a clear means of re reI re- re treat Then he slid shamefacedly 1 I down from his perch and ambled hastily hastily has has- tily tHy off toward the mountain |