The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-09-16
A Baby and a Bear.

Henry Flynn, who resides up in
the hills near Inskip, CAL, is in town
to-day and had the following incl
dent to relate, in which a bear of the
cinnamon species abducted his 3-year-
old daughter, not with any desire to
harm the child, but through strange
kind of affection. 1t appears that
Mr.. Flynn started one morning to
take a horse to pasture, about two
miles distant from the house, and, as
his little girl seemed anxious to 90,
he put her upon the horses back and
let her ride short distance, perhaps
forty rods from the house, where he
put her down and told her to run
home. He noticed that she continued
standing where he left her, and, on
looking back after going little farth-
er, saw her playing in the sand. He
soon passed out Of sight and was gone
about an hour, expecting of course
that the child would return to the
house after playing a few moments.
On returning home he made inquiry
about her Of its mother, who said she
had not seen her and supposed he had
taken her along with him. On going
to the spot where he left her he saw
huge bear tracks in the sand, and at
once came to the conclusion that the
child had been carried off by the bear.
The family Immediately made
search through the forest, which was
grown up to almost a jungle, render
ing their search very slow. All day
these anxious parents searched tor
traces Of their child nor did they
stop when darkness came on, but re-
mained in the woods calling the lost
one by hGrname. Morning came, and
their search was fruitlesS. A couple
of gentlemen from below, who were
travelling through the mountains
buying stock, came to the house !;
and, being informed of the circum-
stances, Immediately set out to find
her. The gentlemen wandered about,
and as they were passing a swamp
spot where the underground was
thick called the child, or else they
were talking loud, when one of them
heard her voice. He then called her
by name and told her to come out of
the bushes. She replied that the bear
would not let her.
The men then crept through the
brush, and when near the spot where
she and the bear were they heard a
splash in the water, which the child
said was the bear. On going to her
they found her standing upon log
extending about half way across
swamp. The bear had undertaken
to cross the swamp on the log, and,
being pursued, left the child and got
away as rapidly as possible. She had
received some scratches about the
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were almost torn from her body, but
the bear had not bitten her to hurt
her, only the marks of his teeth be-
ing found on her back, where, in
taking hold of her clothes to carry
her, he had taken the flesh also.
The little one says the bear would
put her down occasionally to rest and
would put his nose up to her face,
when she would slap him, and the
bear would hang his head by her side
and purr and rub against her like a
cat. The men asked her if she was
cold in the night, and she told them
the old bear lay down beside her and
put his "arms" around her and kept
her warm, though she did not like
his long hair, She was taken home
to her parents. - Chicago Record.
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