I'lioto by George bluras, 3rd 

 NIGHT PICTURE 01^ A SII^VKR-TIP GRIZZI.Y : THE Pl^ASH FAILED PHOTOGRAPH ICAI.I.Y, 

 BUT PROVED A GOOD BURGlvAR-ALARM 

 The nearest tree on the right was knocked down by the bear when blinded by the flash 



MAKING READY POR THE SECOND EEPORT 



"By this time I had made up my mind 

 to give the silver-tip a surprise the next 

 time ; so, removing all the flashlight pow- 

 der from the hand flash, together with 

 some I had in a box, I added all this to 

 the original load, placing on top of the 

 powder a large flat stone, for the purpose 

 of increasing the speed of the flash and 

 so that the noise would awaken me, were 

 I asleep, besides letting the bear know 

 that something was happening. 



"Hurrying back to the tent, the hand 

 flash was reloaded and the axe and pistol 

 put in easy reach. An hour passed, and 

 finally it had become half pact eleven, 

 but no bear. Worn out with continual 

 watching, I once more thought it best to 

 get into the sleeping-bag. 



"Whether it was some presentiment, 

 after undressing, I went once more to the 

 front of the tent, and sticking my head 

 out through the narrow opening, had just 

 gotten it around far enough for my right 

 eye to see the cameras, when a large 



shadow seemed to flit across the camera 

 stand, as if the flight of an owl had cut 

 off the direct light of the moon. 



"Before this impression had more than 

 suggested itself, from the table came a 

 dazzling burst of light such as I had 

 never seen equaled by any bolt of light- 

 ning. It shot high into the air and ex- 

 tended on either side many feet. Several 

 whirling missiles cut through the pine 

 branches above the tent,, while a roar like 

 that of a cannon added to the excitement. 

 An instant later the flat stone came 

 down, striking the edge of the tent. 



"My right eye was, for the time, use- 

 less ; but twisting my head around, I saw 

 a large gray object roll down the bank 

 from the camera stand and land in the 

 bushes, where there was a great thrash- 

 ing about for a moment, and then up the 

 bank came the big silver-tip, headed al- 

 most directly for the cameras, missing 

 them by a foot or two. A yard further 

 on the bear struck a tall poplar with his 

 left shoulder, the slender tree coming to 

 the ground with a crack and a crash, 



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