Show A trun true bar B ar nr story speaking ot of law and the enforcement of discipline in yellowstone Yellows tono park I 1 heard the story of a bear there which I 1 consider exceedingly important not ly ily as a comment on the discipline ol of the park but as a moral lesson to ihl ints in domestic obedience the story Is literally true ani and it if it were riot not I 1 should not dot repeat it for it would have no value sir kipling says the law of the jungle Is obey this also seems to ile be the law of yellowstone park there is a lunch station at the upper basin near old faithful kept by a very intelligent and ingenious raan man lie ile rot got acquainted last year with a she bear who used to come to his house every day and wall walk into the kitchen for food for herself and her two cubs the culls cubs never came the keeper got on oil very intimate terms with the bear who was always civil and well behaved and would take food from his bis hand without taking the hand one day toward sunset the bear came to the kitchen hitchen and having received her portion she went out ol of the back loot doot to carry it to her cubs to her surprise and anger the cubs were there waiting tor for her she laid down the food and rushed at her infants and gave them a rousing spanking she lid did not cuff them she spanked them and then she drove them back into the woods cuffing them and knocking thorn them at every step when she reached the spot where she had told them to wait vait she left them there and returned to the house and there she staid in the kitchen tor for avio whole hours making the disobedient children wait ft alt tor for their food simply to discipline them and teach them obedience the explanation Is very natural when the bear leaves her young in a particular place and goes awa away I 1 in search ot of foca tor for them it 1 they stray away in her absence she has great difficulty in finding them the mother knew that the safety ol of her cubs and her own peace of mind depended upon strict discipline in the family oh that we had bad more such mothers 1 in the united states harpers weekly |