44 BOOK OF A HUNDRED BEARS 



bear, or any other wild animal, is killed, every part 

 of it must be burned. They may not even pre- 

 serve the beautiful hide. To do so would incite 

 the suspicion that sometimes they are killed for 

 the hide. You may think, as a tourist that the 

 rules are strict for you, but they are even stricter 

 for the guardians of the Park; and there is one 

 rule for all. 



Again MacBride comes in. Two years ago a 

 fresh young man from Chicago was stopping at 

 the Caiion Hotel. He went out in the woods with 

 his wife and, "just for fun," chased a silver-tip cub 

 up a tree, and, "just for fun," prodded it with his 

 umbrella till it bawled for mamma. Mamma came. 

 With one neat swipe she tore out the young man's 

 breast-bone and part of a lung. He lived five 

 days. MacBride was sent for to kill the mother 

 bear. But no -animal may be executed without 

 a hearing, without his day in court. The trial 

 was a scene unique in the justice of the world. 

 The defendant was not present in court nor rep- 

 resented by counsel, but MacBride, who was judge, 

 and executioner if she were condemned, was there 

 to see justice done to his forest friends. 



