28 THE BLACK BEAR OF PENNSYLVANIA 



presses the trigger and the mother-bear slowly sinks 

 beside her astonished cub; he pumps the reloading 

 lever, sights at the cub's head and lagain his ringer 

 presses the trigger. Noise of the two reports rings 

 out a paeon of victory. 



There is a change of scene. Edwin Grimes con- 

 templates the two prone forms, the fulfillment of his 

 dearest wish, the accomplishment of his fondest dream, 

 his heart's desire, that equalled a prayer in its achieve- 

 ment, made his score complete. He had killed two 

 hundred bears, strict account and full measure! 

 Patience, steadiness of eye and hand, 'and alertness 

 of mind had won the task he had set for himself. 

 The last prizes were his upon his eightieth birthday 

 anniversary. The bears were removed, by Edwin 

 Grimes, Junior, to their Card Creek home in the 

 township of Roulette, County of Potter, in Penn- 

 sylvania, where a snap-shot photograph shows the 

 two bears, the two men ; and the farm dog is on 

 guard. 



In politics, Edwin Grimes is a Democrat, and as 

 emphatic as was Andrew Jackson, when he expresses 

 an opinion, confirming it by a "By Dan!" On his 

 farm he works like a Trojan to help his great con- 

 frere, Woodrow Wilson, "lick the dang Germans!" 

 He makes maple syrup, gathers his choice winter 

 apples, tends his large garden and makes hay, each 

 Summer, for his horses and cattle. Two girls, his 

 granddaughters, keep his house and make him com- 

 fortable. 



