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100 1 _aTuttle, W. C.
_q(Wilbur C.),
_d1883-1969
245 1 0 _aMagpie's night-bear
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2026
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aProduced from the March 1915 issue of Adventure magazine.
500 _aThis story may be a precursor to Tuttle's stories about Magpie Simpkins and Ike Harper. A central character is named "Magpie Peters" and the narrator is referred to only as "Ike."
500 _aRelease date is 2026-04-25
508 _aPrepared by volunteers at BookCove (bookcove.net)
520 _aMagpie's night-bear by W. C. Tuttle is a humorous Western short story written in the early 20th century. It centers on a comic frontier mishap in Montana, where two prospectors’ quiet night turns chaotic when a bear wanders into their cabin and a phonograph unexpectedly becomes the key to escaping trouble. Two prospectors, the narrator and Magpie Peters, are mining on “Plenty Stone Creek” and living in a cluttered cabin prized for its phonograph. In the moonlit night a huge bear slips in, wrecks the stove and cupboard, gets tangled in flour, bedclothes, and a high chair, and drags the protesting Magpie around the room. As the bear seems ready to turn dangerous, it accidentally starts the phonograph, which blares a bugle and marching orders; the bear, trained to drill, shoulders Magpie’s rifle and marches off into the timber. Next day a newspaper notice reveals a lost trained black bear named Gladys “versed in the manual of arms,” confirming the absurdity of the night. The partners briefly consider the reward, but Magpie refuses to pursue a bear that might also be a sharpshooter. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cNew York, NY: The Ridgway Company, 1915
653 _aShort stories
653 _aWestern stories
653 _aBears -- Fiction
830 0 _aProduced from the March 1915 issue of Adventure magazine.
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78551
999 _c119269
_d119269