Iron County register., 1881-12-08

churn, but where 8 your bearF
| 81. / don't know where he il now; bu
he sat in the road the other side Of tht
churn when ran off, answered.
"Father went up to the churn. still
holding my hand, and. STOPPING down
looked at the ground. When he GO
up. he was not laughing, but he helt
my hand tighter than before. as ht
said: "A bear sure enough. and q big
one, too! Why, Betty, child! Where
were your eyes that you didn't see hin
before?'
why, he came out of the bushes.
said. '''
Father looked at the tracks again.
well, he's gone off into the woods
now, and guess you and / had better
carry this churn home, and then Pllsee
you safe back to mother
$50 he picked up the churn. and,
still holding me tightly by the hand. we
went on to Mrs. Craig's.
"'Why. Mr.. Cross cried Mrs. Craig
as she saw us, did you leave your
work to bring that home' Now. that's s
too bad. thought one o. the children
could do it, or shouldn't have said a
word about its being brought home this
mornin'.'
"Then father had to tell her about
the bear, and finished by saying She
was SO frightened that she really thought
it had a white face
We'll, it did have white face,'
cried.
''Mrs. Craig laughed. Il don't won
der you thought so, child she said.
'Why, it scares me to think of it.
ss'TbQu fafbar want hnp,o xuifb mn
and mother was frightened enough
when she heard the story. i shan't
dare to let one of you children out of
my sight again. she said; but she, too,
laughed a little over the white face. /
suppose l must have been little cross
about this; anyway. father told me not
to say again that it had a white face,
and mother told me to 90 and lie down
little while, and didn't dare to dis
obey either of them; SO went and lay
down on my trundle-bed, and cried a
little, but l kept saying to myself, 1t
did have white face, / know it didr
..'Well, it was not long before every
body in town knew that Betty Cross
had come pretty near being eaten by q
bear, and was SO frightened that she
thought it had white face; and of
L
didn't say anything, but knew was
right; and oh. how l did hope some-
body would kill the bear, and then others
would know was right.
''Well, one day my eldest brother
came home from the mill, where he
had been to have some corn ground.
He was greatly excited, and as soon as
he came into the house he exclaimed:
fxySo ia ha .lN
bear did have white face. I've just
seen Burns who lives the other side of
the river, and he saw the bear. He
says it's the greatest wonder, Betty
wasn't killed, for the bear was so hum
old steers, and would have killed it if
off with pitchforks, anu the bear sprang
into the river and swan across, and
must have come right up in front of
Betty, for MIR. Burns says it was close
by the Bend
"Oh, how I clapped my hands! and
cried: II knew it had white face. I
knew it hadr'
Mother didn't say much then; but
when l went to bed that night she
kissed me and said: Thank God, my
little daughter is safe at home;' and I
knew she was thinking of the bear.
1--WE heard few weeks after that
the bear was killing sheep in the other
part of the town, and there all the men
turned out and had grand bear-hunt,
and at last tracked him to his den in
the woods, where he was soon killed.
He was an immense animal, and almost
everybody went to see him, but I didn't
care to. l thought / had seen him all
| needed to; and have never since
seen nor heard of a white-faced bear"
. Vide -AtOGEe.