Ah asked, where is the bear ?" "Bear, bear ?" questioned the lieutenant, glancing about him inquiringly.
"I--I didn't know that you had lost one.

What sort of a looking bear was he, and did he wear a license tag on his collar or--" "Oh, shet up!" growled the constable.

"That was bear meat Ah had fer mah supper.

No one ain't allowed to have bear meat till December." "Then why did you eat what you say was bear meat ?" demanded Miss Briggs in her severest legal tone.

"You say no one is allowed to have bear meat until December, but it appears to me that you have had your share of it this evening." "Whut's that over thar ?" he exploded, pointing to where the carcass of Elfreda's bear was faintly discernible, hanging by its hocks from a pole suspended between two trees.