A GREAT DAY FOR TALKING. 93 



" Harvey set the trap down the canon and an old 

 foolish black bear came along and got his foot in 

 it. Next morning Harvey went down to milk, and 

 when he saw that the trap was gone he ran back and 

 went clear through the house before he could stop. 

 He dropped the milk-pails and went yelling at every 

 jump, so badly scared that he almost fainted. Mrs. 

 Harvey was so frightened that she couldn't say a 

 word. Harvey ran to the gun-rack and then began 

 cussin' us fellows for taking away all his guns. Then 

 he tore around in the bedroom and out in the kitchen 

 until Mrs. Harvey found her voice and asked: 

 * What's the trouble, High?' <A bear! a bear!' was 

 all the answer she got, for just then Harvey found 

 his pistol and bolted off down after the bear. Mrs. 

 Harvey followed with the axe, calling for High to 

 come back or he would be killed. 



" They rushed down to the corral where the trap 

 had been, and sure enough it was gone. 'It was 

 right here, Rhea. See, it is gone. Look where he 

 tore up the brush. There he is there he is ! Get 

 back, Rhea; you don't know anything about hunting 

 bear. Get back, I say : if he should get here he would 

 kill you, ' Harvey kept yelling at the top of his voice, 

 and then Mrs. Harvey would chime in, telling Harvey 

 to keep back or he would be killed. She grabbed his 

 arm and hung on, telling him not to go close to the 

 bear, and then Allie came running down to see what 

 it was all about, and Mrs. Harvey had a time of it 

 trying to keep them both from the bear. Harvey 

 shot all six loads from the revolver into the bear, but 

 it never stopped him. Then they had to go back to 



