CHAPTER XXL 



A BEAR I NEVER MET AND A BEAR I NEVER 

 WANT TO MEET 



UNCLE JEFF'S WONDERFUL BEAR STORY A CURE FOR FRECKLES 

 UNCLE JEFF WAS KWASS THE FURTHER HE DUG THE 

 MADDER HE GOT GRIZZLIES DON'T TAKE BACK TALK 

 HYAS KWASS OLD BALD FACE WANTED HE WAS A DEAD 

 BEAR A TRUE STORY OF A CINCINNATI BEAR MARKET 

 DAY A NEGRO ON A SAFETY VALVE A LONG LANK BUCK- 

 SKIN CLAD FIGURE NO BENT OR RUSTY PINS WERE AC- 

 CEPTED HE WOULD ROLL HIMSELF IN A BALL AND SLEEP 

 OFF HIS INDISPOSITION THE BEAR WOULD GO TO THE 

 FRONT PARLOR WINDOWS THE BEAR AND THE MILK- 

 MAN'S BELL CUFFEY WAS DECEIVED BY A CAT BLOOD 

 TRICKLED FROM CUFFEY's LACERATED MOUTH A PUBLIC 

 MENACE DEATH OF CUFFEY 



"I'm. the gol durndest coward in the Rocky 

 Mountains!" exclaimed old Uncle Jeff, scout, 

 trapper, and hero of many thrilling adventures, 

 and he glared at the circle of faces illuminated by 

 the camp fire to see who would dare to contradict 

 his assertion. 



"Wull, ye know," he continued, "afore I met 

 thet Asulkan grizzly I uster be as spotted as the 

 belly of a lynx. I was thet freckled, one would 

 think my mother was a guinea hen, but old bald- 

 face threw such a scare into me that 



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