Eventually we reached our destina- 
tion, and gave the old hunting cabin 
the “once over.” We soon had a fire go- 
ing, and in a short time the kettle boil- 
ing. 
Supper over, we smoked and yarned 
about past hunts and experiences in the 
hills, for quite a time. 
The heat from the fire, coupled with 
our walk, soon had its effect and made 
us feel drowsy, so we turned into our 
bunks and were dead to the world in a 
very short time. 
Hark! What was that? Hanged if it 
wasn’t Bill beating a tin pan to wake 
us up to eat. He had evidently got up 
without awaking us and had cooked 
breakfast, and believe me, bacon and| 
beans tasted good. We did not waste 
much time on breakfast and were soon 
on our way. 
In the pale light of the dawn of day | 
we climbed a small hill, which we found 
covered with fog. We thought it was 
going to be a bad day for hunting, but 
soon the fog cleared, and the blue sky 
showed through. | 
There had been quite a little frost 
during the night, and this sparkled on 
the brush like a thousand flashing | 
gems. I recall vividly that scene as one | 
of the most beautiful I have ever wit- 
nessed. We stood there for quite a 
time taking in the beauty of the sur- 
rounding country. 
It was Jack who presently said, 
“Let’s go, boys—this wont get the 
game.” We ascended a still larger hill 
from which we could survey the hills in 
the vicinity with the binoculars. There 
did not appear to be any game in sight, 
so we traveled along this ridge for 
about two miles. Here we proceeded to 
drop down a heavily timbered hillside 
into a small draw. 
Bill, who was leading, suddenly 
stopped, and stepping back a pace, 
whispered that there was a big black 
bear about fifty yards ahead of us. We 
peered forward and sure enough, there 
he was moving through the brush at a 
leisurely gait. Bill shot first at old 
Bruin, but made a poor shot, wounding 
him in his right fore-leg as he turned, 
having got our scent at that very mo- 
ment. He showed fight, and baring his 
fangs with a snarl, charged in’our di- 
rection. Bill fired again, but must have 
been suffering from St. Vitus dance, or 
buck-ague, for he made another poor 
shot, merely cutting a piece out of his 
ear. This caused him to rub the injured 
organ, and must have got his goat, for 
he came at us at an increased speed. 
Jack then took a hand in the little 
game and dropped him with a well- 
placed shot ere I had time to get in on 
the good thing. p 
Being new at the game I rushed for- 
ward and very nearly came to grief, 
for as I got pretty close to him he 
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