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Headed the gateway, making it impossible for 

 anyone to get in. 



Thereupon Dr. Crandall rushed up to the 

 top of the pit, took a gun from the police- 

 man, and shot the bear three times, each time 

 sending him down with a thud, but the bear 

 only stayed down for about twenty seconds 

 each time. By this time the Italian had 

 pulled himself away from the bear and tried 

 to get away from the cage by climbing over 

 the hooks, but got caught by the hooks. By 

 this time Dr. Crandall had got into the cage 

 itself and drove and fought the bears back 

 into their sleeping dens, while the policemen 

 and keepers took the man out and sent him 

 to the hospital. The man was in the bear 

 pit not more than five minutes altogether, 

 but stayed in the hospital nearly five months, 

 and it was a question for awhile as to whether 

 he would live or not. 



From this time Pete was a different animal. 

 Savage, fierce, vindictive, he seemed to be on 

 the lookout for any opportunity to vent his 

 evil nature upon some one; some time after 



