| Show 11 t bori gi e a idear story in hawthorne 8 arst diary begun at lit bis home in raymond mitre when hen he lie was a small boy he lie tells i bear story chich Is vouched tor for by his editor linw hawthorne thorne agles it la is follows follon g mr air henry turner of otisfield Otis field took hia his ax and went out bet i een saturday anil and moose ponds to look it lit some pine trees A rain had just taken oft off enouyeh ot of the snow to la bare the root of a part of the trees under i large root there to bo be a cavity and on examining closely something was exposed nery ery much like long black hal bat he lie cut off the root saw the nose of a beir be ir anil and killel him pulled out the body saw another killed him anil and dragged out the carcass when hen he found that there as a third one in the den eskind nd that be he was thoroughly awake too but as a soon as the hea heal I 1 came into sight it as split open with the ax so that 1 mr I r I 1 lurner urner alone with only an ax killed three bears in ili less than half an hour the youngest being a good sized one and what the hunters call a yearling this Is a pretty great beir lory story but pro probably ably true and happened only a few weeks ago for john patch who was here v with alth hn father captain ln len patch who aho ill ca two miles of saturday pond told me us so yesterday |
