Count Henri leaves his mouldering castle near the outskirts of Paris, and decides to emigrate, temporarily, at least, to the land of money and heiresses. On his arrival the count is well received in American society. Had the count limited ...See moreCount Henri leaves his mouldering castle near the outskirts of Paris, and decides to emigrate, temporarily, at least, to the land of money and heiresses. On his arrival the count is well received in American society. Had the count limited his boastful conversation to the mere recital of his family connections he would, perhaps, have been successful in getting an heiress. But the count had an imagination and so he told his host and his new acquaintances that he was a wonderful hunter and a remarkable shot. Some of his host's friends got wise to Henri and trumped up a plan by which he is exposed. They go out to the chase and before long one of the men, who is the rival of the count, gets one of his friends to masquerade inside a bear skin. In the course of the chase, the count meets this bear, and, of course, the first impulse of the count is to retreat to pleasanter surroundings. But the bear is not to be so easily outwitted. He pursues the flying count until in desperation the count shoots in the air. To his surprise, the count sees the bear do a somersault and then lie perfectly still. The count laboriously drags back his trophy of the hunt, and then the fun first begins. Written by
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