New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-12-17

mo- anu No 00lO my arm 10 Close
$" al my fears vanished. What was
,hcrC 10 alarm one under the protec-
ton Ut such great strong, manly,
fearless fellowp How did look up to
himl
"'I amt afraid Of nothin,' he went
on. None o. the boys ever could scare
me. No matter what comes-any kind
Of . critter--Pd protect you, Hammer
dear. I Jest wish there yas bear here!
yes, . real live black bear! I'D show you
how could defend your
This was getting romantic, wasn't
it, nowp I felt 80 grateful that tried
to think of something to say to express
my gratitude, when he gave start and
. cry: -. .~.-.l.
.:What's thatr'
II pulled the wrappings from my
face, and there, moving from the trees
to tho left, was great black somethin',
coming straight toward Us.
LOB, Jedediah, I'm afraid said /,
myieeth beginning to chatter, there 10
. bear! Oh, dear! what shall dop''
""Jest hurry up ses he, and I fclt
biz arm tremble. l'We'll hev to be
gittin out of this mighty quick and I
found he meant it, for I couldn't hard
" begin to keep up with him. The
way he run was something wonderful
for 90 brave youth, but the quicker
We went, the quicker came that dread
full bear. At last my valiant protector
cried out: 80
80 Let 60, Hammer. let 90!
"Oh, Jedediah,' ! gasped, 'don't
run away from me;' and l just hung on
tighter, while he ran, draggin' me
along. Pretty soon he pushed me, but
I wouldn't let 60.
Let 60 OF my arm, ! say! There's
no need OF both Of Us being devoured;
let 60, say! and with that he gave .
savage pull at my arm, and away he
went, leaving me all alone.
"Well, dear, I couldn't begin to tell
you what ! suffered. l can almost re.
alize it this minnit, for all I could
think Of was bowling wolves and horrid
bears and everything that was terrible.
I knew that black thing, whatever it
was, was close upon me, for could
hear it breathe. OF course I had not
stopped running when my brave pro-
tector left me, but my strength kind'r
give out; felt faint like, and thought
there aen'tmuchlight, the atmosphere
turned blacker. Closer and closer tho
thing came. ss-...ss5is
There was q great clump OF trees
on one side; if l could make that, and
steal behind it, the 'bear' might pass
on. l did gain 1t, and waited,
SICK with fear. wonder my hair didn't
turn white, as Lord Byron's did, poor
young feller."
cit wasn't Lord Byron's, grandma;
it was the "Pris,ner of Chillon's;"
Lord Byron only wrote about it,
20, did hep we'll, it's all right which,
ever way. 1clung hold of the trees,
trembling all over, and the thing did 20
past. Gals, I did hope it would ketch
Jedediah, and eat him all up. l was so
angry and mortified and frightened.
Well. pretty soon I stole out. The
bear had gone deeper into the woods.
but I knew where I was, on the open
road leading TO the house, which was
only about half mile away. I sup.
pose the sound of my feet attracted the
critter, for soon found out that it was
after me agen, and then there was q
race.
"Screaming at the top of my voice,
Father! help! murder! flew on, and
on flew the critter behind me. Pretty
soon, l saw the light of the house. The
front door was open, and father and
mother were coming out, and l
screamed louder and ran faster, my
voice growing more and more hysteric-
al, till at last I fell into fathers arms,
gasping:
"'The bear! the bearr
II guess I didn't really sense any,
thing till daylight. They were all
frightened half to death, and old fat
Doctor Bailey was standin' over me,
and mother rubin my hands and
cryin', and father walkin' the floor,
and, O dear! but it was dreadful.
Where is 1.-THE bearp' asked,
weakly. Did it hurt fatherP did he
shoot it1'
"'The bear. dear, was only Pet
your black pony said my mother,
soothingly. I turned my face to the
wall: Had l undergone all that an
guish for poor innocent Pet9 felt as
II never wanted to see any body again.
now that Jedediah had left
the bars down where the pasture COM
with the woods, because his
hands wero 90 cold, the coward! and
our pet pony, who would follow any Of
the family, had been straying round
there, and got over; then she recog-
nized me. r.
Father was very angry with Jede-
diah. and, in fact, when the story got
round, folks laughed at him 50 that he
had to leave the place, for, no matter
where he went, somebody was sure to
ask him:
"'S Seen any hears lately, Jedediahf'
"And that was my first experience
With beaux and bears: Yc~th's Com
pa1sios.