The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-01-21
a pAnz AMONG THE BEARS.
A Terrible Fall into the Bear Pit In the Zoo
logical Garden.
From the Philadelphia Times.

From the Philadelphia Times.l
Yesterday afternoon tragical Incl
dent occurred in the Geological Garden.
A Times reporter happened to alight
from a street car beneath the railroad
bridge in proximity to the Garden stimuli
taneously with q handsome young ma
tron, a nurse-girl with baby in her
arms and pretty child about four years
old. The lady was richly attired, and
SO juvenile was her appearance that any
observer might have thought she was
probably the sister or aunto of the little
one that toddled beside her.
A moment afterward d light wagon,
occupied by good-looking, well-dressed
man, and liyeried servant, approached d
| at u rapid gait. As it passed the young
man stared inquisitively at the lady,
who was just entering the gateway,
| looked back, and moment afterward
| pulled up, paid the entrance fee and
went rapidly up the walk in the direc-
tion the lady and her companions had
taken. 1t was evident to the most non
chalant observer that he was smitten by
her beauty. ~ z
On the brink OF the skating-pond the
reporter again saw the lady and hel
charges, and saw that the little girl hat
been entrusted to bear the burden of.tht
baby, which was nearly as large as her
self. A few yards away stood the younl
Adonis, trifing with his long, tawny
mustache, evidently desiring to make
an Impression. After awhile the. LITTLE
girl complained that 1t was cold ant
that she wanted toisee the bears, so thu
, party proceeded toward the pits wher
the ursine animals are confined, closel,,
followed by the dashing young man.
/ While trying to induce one Of the sui
L I1ns, tN fnot nj a bax t,f q no h.
| reporter heard shrek and saw some
thing white futter down into the well o
the black bears adjoining. The bab,
had evidently fallen into the pit! In al
instant the chivalrous admirer of it
mother had mounted the railing, and
with wonderful agility, sprang out upoi
the barkless tree In the centre OF tn
well, down which one of the bears wa
descending, with the intention of de
Youring the small child.
He reached the ground almost as 500
as the bear, and, pluckily grasping th
fallen infant, was endeavoring to- reas
cend the tree when another bear cam
4 galloping with unsteady gait out OF tn
hole and grasped his coat tail. The erie
OF those above the cage had been hear,
and Superintendent Thompson cam
\ running up. In his efforts to hold to tn
! tree the young gallant relaxed his hol,
upon the child and it fell into the paws
of the first bear. Ali hope for the poo
little creature was given up by the spec
: tators, but Nash unlocked the gate Of th
den and beat the bears back into thei
caves.
"Never mind me; save the child ]
cried the agile Adonis. '
"Come down out of there, you enchani
: ed idiot, or Pll have you arrested" wa
i Captain Thompson's reply.
He descended, and quickly wen
through the iron portal of the pit. 7f
"The baby" he n1urmured.
"My wife and are very much oblige
to you for your gallant effort to rescu
, our daughters doll, sir, but do you thin
the game was worth the caudle?" said
! stalwart, rubicund gentleman, Nj
5 Charles .Seeiey, OF Green street, upo
whose arm the lady who had excite
. the admiration of the bear-detier we
: now leaning, convulsed with suppresse
r laughter.
t A glance towards the nurse girl,
: whose arms were the headless remain
Of a large wax doll, satisfied the chiva
1 rio gentleman, and he started for Il
; gate ON rapid walk.