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contractor realized the danger, and warned 

 all the men that no such foolishness must 

 occur again. 



And yet at four o'clock that same after- 

 noon, when the Superintendent was standing 

 in front of the bear pit, he heard a wild yell 

 of pain and terror, and, looking up, saw the 

 Italian standing on the same hooks again, but 

 this time with one foot drawn between the 

 hooks by Pete, the big Russian brown bear, 

 who had fastened his claws into the man's 

 boot. The bear then pulled the Italian's foot 

 through the hooks, took the foot in his* mouth 

 and sat down, the man being dragged finally 

 through, yelling at the top of his voice, and 

 nearly mad with terror. 



The police were summoned and ran to the 

 top of the den with guns. One policeman 

 promptly fired and shot the bear in the hump, 

 whereupon Pete promptly picked the man up 

 in his mouth and carried him in front of the 

 cage, where Dr. Crandall was trying to unlock 

 the gate. By putting the man down just in 

 front of the gate the bear completely bar- 



