The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-01

tres, and was leading the stallion toward
sapl.ng TO hitch him, when out of the
swamp sprang the little dog bowling from
fright.
Close to his heels tramped an old she
bear, frothing at the mouth and snorting,
and 1t was she that Josh had been yelping
at and disturbing in her nest under the roots
OF a fallen tree. Mr.. Woodcock said that the
little dog ran past him as though ne was
scared half to death and got out of sight in
no time, and that be him elf was so startled
oy the bears sudden appearance that he
forgot to hitch the horse The angry old
bear seemed to think no more about her tor
mentor the moment she saw the bag Of
oats lying there, for she pounce1 uuon it
WITH roar that made the stallion prick up
ms ears and look mad, and began to rip and
tear 1t all to pieces and make the precious
seed oats fly.
Mr.. Woodcock said that this caper Of the
Dear ) caused him to act more suddenly than
he usually does, and that, without stopping
to hitch the stallion to the sapling lie
grabbed a dead limb rushed at the bear
and began to maui her over the head The
first blow made her below, but instead of
turning tail, as he expected she would, she
plunged at him and knocked him heels over
head, force1 him over in the snow, and
nearly br Ike one of his legs. He squirmed
from under her paws, feeling that she would
Tor In the Struggle be had lost his club; but
Just as he got upon his knees the bear
sprang at him with another roar and
pitched him head first into mass of bushes
near TIE side of the path. Then he was
sure the bear would kill him, but he pulled
himself away from her by grabbing hold of
some short twigs, and just then lie heard
the old stallion snort a couple OF times, as
he had heard the animal do before when he
was real mad, and the next thing he real
lied the horse bounded past him and
came down on the bear with both fore feet.
weight of the horse and the sharp
calks on his shoes tore the bears hide, but
that only made her more murderouS THAI
ever, as she turned upon the horse and tried
to strike him down. By this time Mr..
Woodc ok had got his arms around tree,
where he could see what was going on. All
OF the stations old ViciOusnesS seemed to
have come back to him in an instant, for
he struck at the bear with his fore feet at
least half dozen times in1ess than a min
ute, tearing the bears flesh and hide at
every lunge. The bear drew blood on the
stations shoulder once, and then the horse
gave snort Of rage, whirled as quick as
flash, and drove both Of his hind feet against
the bears left side three Or four times. That
knocked the wind out of the bear, but the
horse was not through with her yet, for he
right about faced and went to stamping on
her, keeping that up until he had killed her
When the bear had stopped kicking. Mr..
Wo1dcock said, the stallion cooled off aud
acted as if he was satisfied. 1t was pretty
dark by that time, and M. Wooic)ck, who
had been badly bruised by the bear, and
whose face had be9a )nsiderably scratched
in the brierS, picked up what was left of the
injured bag, mounted the horse and 70 e
home. Little Josh hal got there before
him, and had sneake1 into the house VITA
his tail between his legs, the bear having
| frightened him SO much that he could IT be
induced to leave the house for three days
On Tuesday morning Mr. Woodcock and
| Giles Gooderich a neighbor, went to where
the dead bear lav. Ia the course of half an
hour they found her nest, aad in it lay two
tiny cubs snug and warm, but very hungry.
They took the cunning little fellows home
with them, fed them milk from a bottle and
kept them where it was warm, and yester-
| day the cubs were all right Mr. Wood
| cock means to keep the old stallion till
death takes him AWAY