open, under water. But I could not 

 stand idly by and see his roof torn off: 

 so I took careful aim and fired. The 

 bear tumbled down the steep slope of 

 the beaver house and I had visions of 

 bear steak, etc., etc. But he immed- 

 iately got on his feet and wallowed 

 through the slough to the shore. As 

 he crossed the log-road headed toward 

 the woods I fired again and the second 

 time the bear fell. It did not take him 

 long to recover his balance and start 

 at high speed up the steep hillside. 

 About ten rods from where I stood, the 

 bear came into an opening in the bushes 

 which had once been a skid-way for 

 logs; here he stopped, put his fore paws 

 up on a log and looked back at me. 

 "Now," I said, to the trees and bushes, 

 "he's coming back to argue with me." 

 Before he started, however, the third 

 shot cut a bunch of hair off of his shoul- 

 der and he resumed his journey up the 

 mountain and I went back to camp. 



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