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Show A TRUE BEAR ST01&, HOW BRUIN INVADED A CABIN IN QUEST OF FOOD. After 8 eurtlj Lndetus; a Iard Can on Ills Now II Affords Auimenient to tha On-Lookara. It was In Yosomlte Valley, and ono evening In June, that I heard the following follow-ing truo bear story told by Professor Hutchlngs: "It was In tho winter before the opening open-ing of the Coultervllle road, and threo of us were up In the mountains over there" and he pointed up to where tho rocky walls shone like tho great turrets of a giant's castle in tho full rays ot tho moon "and we were all busy cutting down trees for laying the roadway when spring oponed. Tho snow lay deep all ovor the mountains, but we wero not obliged to go vory far from tho cabin for our work, and when onco In tho cabin wo piled high the logs on tbe fire until tho tiro roared up tho big chlmuey, whllo wo told our adventures and then rolled Into our bunks. "Thcrowcro four of us in tho party, and we had two bunks on two and opposite op-posite sides ot the four walls. The door opened right In front of the cblmncv, and by tbo chimney and at our right when wo stood facing tbo Ore, was our cupboard, which we had well filled with provisions, s wo oxpectcd to stay In our cabin till spring came. We bad no firearms fire-arms but our guns, which each night wo stacked up by the door of tho cupboard and in full rango of the firelight. We had no patent burglar appllanco on our door, for we hardly expected any unpleasant un-pleasant visitors In that neighborhood, and in fact tho latrh itself was nearly off. so tho door was not even tightly shut. "Yet, notwithstanding that, our sleep was always sound and our dreams not unpleasant. Uno night, hnwevor, without with-out knowing cxactlr what had wakenod us, wo found ourselves looking out from our bunss, and there, right in tho full light of tho Arc, perfectly motionless, as though blinded or spcccblois with astonishment as-tonishment at finding himself whero ho was, stood a great big bear. MUZZLED. "Boforo cither of us bad gotten wlda enough awakoto think what was best to do, tho bear faced around to tbo right, aud as he did so he placed his full bear-ship bear-ship directly between our guns and our-sclvei, our-sclvei, now wido awake. "Wo wcro' all pretty well used to mountain life and to bears, ns you know, but that situation was a novel one, I can toll you. There wo were.liko a company of soldiers with tbo enemy between tbolr lines und their arms. Wo did not know just what we could do. so wisely settled the question each for himself by doing nothing. Thon, at tho samo time, we kept at least one cyo on Mr. Bruin, while wo cast tho other with louglng over to whero our guns stood so nour and yet so far. Iiighl soon the bear gavo a sniff, and tho result ot his seeking by his nostrils was that very soon our cupboard-door, which did not havo any Improved Im-proved patent lock on it cither was pried open, and Mr. Bruin gavo a great grunt ot satisfaction ns his approval of our taste In tho selection of bacon; next wo know by tho sound thnt our supply ot buckwheat was serving Mr. Bruin for the next courso on his bill of faro. Then there came a pause, thcu a llttlo rattlo ot a tin can, then ono groat grunt of content, and wo knew bruin's noso was In our lard can. We could hear him sucking up tho delicious substance as though it wss what ho long had sought and mourned bocause ho found it not. Some of us were about calculating tho size of Mr. Bruin's appetite und wondering wonder-ing when ho had gone throuxh tho remainder re-mainder of our sloro which ono ot us would be most to bis tnsto, for tho guns wero still out of reach, and as though ho know perfectly well what they woro he kept his hugo carcass turned so as to keep them from us unless wo first encountered en-countered tils bcarshlp and asked blm to step out of tbo way. For my part I was Just setting ono of my ccs on a log of wood and wondering If there was a spot I could rlutch at und not get my hand too severely burned, and thus havo a weapon ready wheu Mr. Bruin's appetite needed something mure, when thero came two sounds which made us listen more Intently to what wasgolngon with tho bear's head lu tho cupboard. Thore was a grunt, but not of sallafncllon, nnd then a rattle of tho can that became a tattooing. Then suddenly, with u deeper grunt, tho bear put his head out of tho cupboard and camo ngaln in full vlow of the Are, nnd thoro well up ou thu noso of tho great creature was sccuro-ly sccuro-ly loducd tho lurd can. It was round and of the right size, and Uttcd his Jaws perfectly. ' "At first tho bear stood very still, and only gitvo a grntlo tup of the tin cau on tbo bo-irds, as though ho wero trying to calmly vlow the situation nnd to arguo with tho persistent can. Then pretty w ai i an HH soon the taps of tho can on ths floor H came faster nnd faster,and thon the b-jar HH began to spin around as bo banged away HH with his imprisoned jaws; faster and HH faster ho banged, faster and fastor ho HH spun around tho circle mado with him- HH solf as diameter, until the flash of tho HH can on oir eyes becamo almostconstant, HH and tbo bonr becamo a black mast) re- HH volvlng with Inaano rapidity. HH "It was ubutit sa hard n thing os wo HH evor did to keep from laughing, but wo HH knew although his Jaws wero fastened HH ho wai moro thau rendy to give any ono HH of us n good hug, and a boar's hug Is HH altogether loo gushing, so wo lay there, HH stufllng our blanket In our mouths as wo HH watched thu performing bear. Talk HH about a bear In a circus. Thcro aovor HH was a whole circus that could como up HH to thnt bear snorting aud cuvorllng HH around lu our little cabin, with tho full HH light of tha tire on him, aud the can mak- HJ iug a complete musical accompanimant HH to his gymnastic performance. HH nOUKU AND HOUND WENT Till! BE1R. HVJ "All" nt once, when wo wero wonder HjHJ ing how long the old fellow could kocp HjHJ It up, with ono great howl ot uucon- HjH trolled rage, the bear darted out tho HjHJ door.hls head down, nnd giving ono great HjHJ bang of tbo can ou tho dooiwny as he HjH passed, and then wo saw him nnd his iHHJ can no more." HjHJ There was n great shout went up ai Hjj Mr. Hutchlngs Mulshed tha story. HHJ "Weill what did you do thcu?" was HjjH asked. HjjH "Wo did not follow tho bear," HHJ answered Mr. Hutchlngs, "but wo got HjH up nnd shut tha door, aud that tlmo put HjHj a grout log ngalnst It, lest desiring to HjjH soo tho can on his noso, Mr. Bruin HjjH should roturn to tho firelight. Next HjHJ morning when wu went to tha clipboard HjHJ we found that tho codco wns nil that Mr, HjHJ Bruin had left us, so that after a rather HjHJ moist breakfast ono of us was obllgod to Hjj rldo to tho vullcy aud got somo provis- HjHJ HjHJ |