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Title: The Arkansaw Bear
A Tale of Fanciful Adventure

Author: Albert Bigelow Paine

Illustrator: Frank Ver Beck

Release Date: March 10, 2009 [EBook #28302]

Language: English

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THE ARKANSAW BEAR

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NEW YORK R. H. RUSSELL PUBLISHER

[Illustration: BOSEPHUS AND HORATIO]

THE ARKANSAW BEAR

A TALE OF FANCIFUL ADVENTURE

TOLD

IN SONG AND STORY BY

ALBERT BIGELOW PAINE

IN PICTURES BY

FRANK VER BECK

[Illustration]

NEW YORK: R. H. RUSSELL
LONDON:
KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRUeBNER & CO.

MDCCCXCVIII

COPYRIGHT, 1898, BY

ROBERT HOWARD RUSSELL

Printed in the United States of America

DEDICATION

TO MASTER FRANK VER BECK,

FOR WHOSE

BEDTIME ENTERTAINMENT

THE ARKANSAW BEAR

FIRST PERFORMED

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I The Meeting of Bosephus and Horatio 11
II The First Performance 20
III Horatio and the Dogs 29
IV The Dance of the Forest People 38
V Good-bye to Arkansaw 46
VI An Exciting Race 55
VII Horatio's Moonlight Adventure 64
VIII Sweet and Sour 73
IX In Jail at Last 83
X An Afternoon's Fishing 92
XI The Road Home 101
XII The Bear Colony at Last. The Parting of Bosephus
and Horatio 111

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CHAPTER I

THE MEETING OF BOSEPHUS AND HORATIO

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