The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-10-25

cave Il In the woods rather than expos
\ 70 the c0Are jokes Of tho boys. TIL,
little thing was used 10 such treatment
Whether carried or hung up, pap0Ose!
: never cried.
"The sQuaws traded OF this truck, ant
/ bought, with other llxurleS oiclviliEatlon
q gal lon Of whisky. They drank out o
the Jug, and thUn looked at more goods
Then they drank again, and from beinI
shy and silent, as at fnt, they gigglei
and chatted like q couple Of silly whit
girls. They spent good deal more tint
and money at Germans than they wouit
i 1t hadn't been for the whiSky, but final
y they started 10 go back through thC
woods.
"rhey went chatterlng and giggling L
the tree where the papoose had been left
There was no papOOSe there.
This discovery sobered them. They
thnughtat Inst that the fellows around
the store had played them trick BY tax
Ing Il away; but by.and.by the Red.Sky
ot.the.Alofning SGT up O shrek.
"She had found the board not far OF,
but no papoose strapped to II, only some
thing, that told the story Of what had hap
pened.
There were bear tracks around The
spot. Ono oil the prints showed only two
claws.
1.-THE Red,Sky.ot.the. Morning went back
70 camp with the news; the other sQuaWE
io! followed with ne jug,
men the Water'SnSke-with. the. Long
IalI heard that the pApoOse bad been
eaten oy bear, he felt, suppose, very
much az any white father would have felt
under the circumstances. He vowed ven.
geance against Old Two Claws, but con.
soIeu himself with q drink OF the fire.
waller , before starting on the hunt.
Inc braves with him followed his ex.
ample; II wasn't In Indian nature 10 start
uhut tley mad emptied the Jug, 80 II hap.
hehed That Old Two Claws got OF again.
4lpsy braves can't follow trail worth q
cent;
not very long alter that woman in q
aelghbortng settlement heard her children
scream one day ~ the woods near the
mouse. She rushed out and actually saw
pear Juggling on her youngest.
ehe was slckly, feeble soft Of woman,
0ut such 2 sight was enough TO give her
TIE strength and courage Of q man. She
ran anu caught up an Ak. Luckily she
hau Dig dog: The two went at the bear.
Ine OLD fellow had no notion Of losing
hs ulnner Just for n woman and mon
SIel cur. bnt she struck him tremen.
Ious blow on the back; at the same time
me pup got him by the leg. He dropped
me young one 70 defend himself. She
caught It up and ran, leaving the two
beasts TO have 1t out together.
The bear made short work with the
cur; 6qt instead Of following the woman
and child skulked oil into the woods.
THE settlers got together for q grand
nunti hut old Two Claws-tOr the track
showed that he was tho scoundrel--es-
capped INTO the mountains, and lived 10
make more trouble another day.
The child? Oh, the child was scarcely
hurt; It had got squeezed and scratched
litiIe IN the final ttssel; that was all.
"As TO the bear, he was next heard Of
IN our settlement.
Inc hostler hesitated, winked his one
eye with an odd expression, put u fresh
qlid into his cheek, and finally resumed:
Of the name oil Rush, was one day chop
ping in the woods about half mile from
his house, when his wife went out 70 carry
ms luncheon. She lett two children at
home, boy about five years old and q
baby 10y, iust big enough to toddle around.
Inc Doy mad often been told that II he
bear might carry them oil, and she charged
him again that forenoon not to go away
from the house; but he was an enterpris.
lnElittle fellow, and when the sun shone
80 pleasant and the woods looked so In
Vlmng no wasn't to be afraid Of bears.
me woman stopped 10 see her hus.
3and ielI big beech be was cutting. and
then went back to the house; but Just be-
lore sue got there, she saw the Oldest boy
coming out OF the woods on the other
sue ne was alone. lie wac as white as
a sheet aud 50 frightened at first that he
couldn I speak.
Johnny, says she, catching hold Of
him, what Is the matter?"
"A pearl he gasped ont At last.
where Is your little brother2" was her
next question.
y don't know" said he, too much
tngntened 70 know anything Just then.
" mere diu you leave your brotAerT
says she.
Then he seemed to haYe gotten his wits
together little. "a bear took him" said
he;
lou can guess what sort OF agony the
motEef %atln.
,,oh, johnny, tell me true! Think
Mhere was itT .....
"ln the woods, he said. "Bear come
along-l rum"
she caught him up and hurried with
him into the woods. She begged him TO
show her where he was with his little
brother when tho bear came along. He
pointed out to two or til, ee places. In one
Of them the earth was soft. There were
T 1Tssn ,l tracks crossing it1bear tracks,
An III wa, was aV uouGt ABOUT II
on. ~ was ,vE tettlOIe sitIauon lo[ poo5
mOuiAu. Mnetnet y lSIloW the Dear anu
Hy " recover heE cnllaI ergo AZ once LOT
.I1 nus9anal or alarm tue neignoorg
WI, MIA . 70 I9 WIN WIN Jonnny meaawhileIail
!nat %9ulu nave 9een hard enough Tor her
SboTt hsr e''u " 'N' "A' HAu 'lef WIS
GSLa Sa,,,l, Lrou ,.,.. oho ia L,,
mat TolI"ra3 har ;ns, %un s Sn9 III, G
1 To%rrr !" ne' .nS'u auu iHn Mn niai
SEas :" "v. aSL VI uIAEs niuI
chor,i"1' :" ""''o pef "uSUsuu was
S@eIj 7; contirusd Tho oro.ovsa ho,,,or
az needn't trT 10 Jescrihe wbSt foIIowed
Thew went hScE IN tSo borsS AMI RHSb
tooE hfS rille and s,sr,s,I IN ,hs trarS ~
the henr vow;n~ thSt ba roo,,tj nj co,Sn
back without cither tbS c%;Id NJ uSs bssr'S
hiIe, N''''N' 'N'' SA'''NVA '-'' SS"4 .
IThr pew. want ,;to rads,o .hro,,h
,bo ao,iiswon, IN SS So mH aaT e' hois
,IU H.. ',,oa ,nj,h ,L ~ n Sei au ntI
trsCr ,s;th pn.h ''' eosO 81. wele VI , sus
ssas,o T ". nv ~ t.,,N., VIZ m .hn
1Va ravo i NV; III, w tt I .na ~
sho ,,S o0Un "'etVO"A n'~' VIII 'ue nei Oh
WV HOs,'
But IN spite o. them me bear got into
tne mountains; Two o. me dogs come up
WIN nun, ana one, me only one mat
could follow 2 scent, mad his oaSk broken
oy s!toEe Oh his paw: Altet mat y was
ai naO lnPoss!S!e 70 ttaek MN, anu one