to toerday   sno took me a long time to get to too do trading. torekeeper  until lie could look at my furs.

    quot;to bargain about to pick out ted to take in trade.

    quot;So it art home.

    quot;I tried to  tired, so I  gone far before nig my gun.

    quot;till six miles to  as I could. t gre of ter dens. I racks o tohe morning.

    quot;Bears are  time of year; you knoer long o eat, and t makes they wake up.

    I did not  to meet one.

    quot;I ars gave a little lig ill black as pitc in ttle anding all around me. I  light.

    quot;All time I cening for or the bushes.

    quot;to an open place, and t in the middle of my road, I saw a big black bear.

    quot;anding up on  me. I could see . I could even see one of arlight.

    quot;My scalp prickled, and my ood straigopped in my tracks, and stood still. t move. tood, looking at me.

    quot;I kne o try to go around o tter t  to figer starved bear in the dark. Oh, how I wished for my gun!

    quot;I o pass t bear, to get  t if I could scare  get out of t me go by. So I took a deep breated  and ran at him, waving my arms.

    quot; move.

    I did not run very far toward ell you!

    I stopped and looked at ood looking at me. ted again. tood. I kept on sing and   budge.

    quot;ell, it o run a meet one any time. I migo  Ma and you girls. I   scared me.

    quot;So at last I looked around, and I got a good big club, a solid,  ree by t of snoer.

    quot;I lifted