. Lives of the hunted, containing a true account of the doings of five quadrupeds & three birds and, in elucidation of the same, over 200 drawings . Johnny Bear put a new idea into his mothers head by bawl-ing in his best style from the top of his lasttree, which tree Grumpy made for and scram-bled up. This was so clearly the enemys country andin view of his reinforcements that the Cat wiselydecided to follow no farther. She jumpedfrom the climbing Bear to the ground, andthen mounted sentry-guard below, marchingaround with tail in the air, daring that Bear tocome down. Then the kittens came ou
. Lives of the hunted, containing a true account of the doings of five quadrupeds & three birds and, in elucidation of the same, over 200 drawings . Johnny Bear put a new idea into his mothers head by bawl-ing in his best style from the top of his lasttree, which tree Grumpy made for and scram-bled up. This was so clearly the enemys country andin view of his reinforcements that the Cat wiselydecided to follow no farther. She jumpedfrom the climbing Bear to the ground, andthen mounted sentry-guard below, marchingaround with tail in the air, daring that Bear tocome down. Then the kittens came out andsat around, and enjoyed it all hugely. And themountaineers assured me that the Bears wouldhave been kept up the tree till they were starved,had not the cook of the Hotel come out andcalled off his Cat—although this statement wasnot among those vouched for by the officers ofthe Park. VII The last time I saw Johnny he was in the topof a tree, bewailing his unhappy lot as usual,while his mother was dashing about among thepines, with a chip on her shoulder, seekingfor some one—any one—that she could punish 184 ^ ^^^J. i f *t - Then Pussn Launched her Ultimatum. Johnny Bear for Johnnys sake, provided, of course, that itwas not a big Grizzly or a Mother Cat. This was early in August, but there were notlacking symptoms of change in old was always reckoned onsartain, and herdevotion to Johnny seemed subject to her char-acteristic. This perhaps accounted for the factthat when the end of the month was near, Johnnywould sometimes spend half a day in the top ofsome tree, alone, miserable, and utterly unheeded. The last chapter of his history came to passafter I had left the region. One day at graydawn he was tagging along behind his motheras she prowled in the rear of the Hotel. Anewly hired Irish girl was already astir in thekitchen. On looking out, she saw, as shethought, a Calf where it should not be, and ranto shoo it away. That open kitchen door stillheld unmeasu
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