All to once I heerd somethin'! I stopped an' peeked through the bushes--couldn't see much--so dark.

Then the ol' bear riz up on her hind legs clus to me.

We didn't like the looks o' one 'nother an' begun to edge off very careful.
"Seems so I kind o' said to the ol' bear: 'Excuse me.' "Seems so the ol' bear kind o' answered: 'Sart'nly.' "I got down to a little run, near by, steppin' as soft as a cat.

I could just see a white stun on the side o' it.

I lifted my foot to step on the stun an' jump acrost.