Show A bear baar story stary once I 1 spent a night with two portuguese hep berdi who were greatly troubled with bears from two to tour four and five visiting them nearly every night says john muir in the november atlantic one evening before sundown a bear followed by two cubs came for an early supper as the flock was being slowly driven toward camp joe the elder of the shepherds warned by many exciting experienced experienc ea prom promptly climbed a wl tall tamarack pine and left the freebooters to help themselves while antone calling him a coward and declaring he was not going to let bears eat up his shee sheep p bellare his face set the dogs on them mi aal rushed toward them with a great not and a stick the frightened cubs ran up a tree and the mother ran to meet the shepherd and the dogs antone stood astonished for a moment wag eying the oncoming bear then lied fled faster than joe had closely pursued he scrambled to the roof of their little cabin the only refuge quickly available and fortunately the bear anxious about her young did not climb after him only held him in mortal terror a few minutes glaring and threatening then hastened back to her cubs calling them down went to the frightened huddled flock killed a sheep and feasted in peace As soon as the bear left them tearing fearing she W would return antone called piteously for cautious joe to show him a chod safe tree up which he climbed like a sai sailor loir climbing a mast and held on as long as he could with legs crossed creased the slim pine recommended by joe being nearly branchless so you too are a bear coward as well as joe I 1 said f fetter hearing the story oh ob I 1 tell you tou said he with grand solemnity bear face dose close by look awful she lust just as soon eat me as not she do so as beef eef all my cheeps blong every one to herself I 1 run ran to bear this kind no more I 1 take tree every time |