The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-02
MISS MIxLEY,s STRANGE LOGGER

There are at times, like the present,
when the st. Louis Globe-Democrat
comes to us like cool fountain In the
simoon-swept desert. Our ably edited
and ever-aotive contemporary ID, IL
will be remembered. the official organ
of the Pmoky Western Girl It is In
the columns OF The Globe-Democrat
that the Western Girl and the Wild
Beast meet the latter being slaugh-
tered and subsequently torn limb from
limb. Now We {sela peculiar interest
In the Western Girl, Which we believe
Is shared by the community at large,
so II Is not strange that The Globe
Democrat, with Its bright red page
printed In jaguar's blood, should be a
welcome visitor in The Tribune office.
The latest interesting case In the
young woman and wild beast line The
Globe-Democrat finds at Lewiston,
Idaho. Miss Annie Mixley is a lady
living at Lewiston. She is teacher
in the high school and Is described as
Young and pretty. She has brother
living some five miles from town, and
near his place she herself has "claim, "
that is some Government land on
which she is making improvements
and on which she is supposed to be
living. During recent vacation in
the schools Miss Mickey embraced the
opportunity to live on her claim. She
had been visiting one day at her
brothers, and as it grew dark went
over to her own house, about a mile
away. This house is small AFFAIR, of
one room, and Of the kind which in
that region rejoices in the name OF
shack"
When Miss Mixley arrived at her
homo she went In and lit a small lamp
and sat down by the fireplace and
read for an hour or so. She then de-
cided to retire. The bed stood In one
corner OF the room, and after looking
under it for Il possible man, she sat
down on the front edge of IL and
began brushing her hair. Miss MiNley,
as we said, Is pretty, her browning
beauty being her huir, which is long,
wilyy and In color II rich brown.
While thus engaged she both heard
and felt Il slight movement in the bed
behind hor. 1t so startled her that
she leaped to her feet and dropped
her hair on the floor.
She recovered hersolfalmost instant
~, however picked up the hair and
tossed il on the bureau and turned her
attention to tho bed. She was horiiied
to SEQ that apparently the lnan for
whom she had looked under the bed
was really in the bed, entirely covered,
including his head, with the clothes.
Her ilrst Idea was to scream, but She
thought better OF il, adjusted her back
hair and somewhat sternly ordered
the intruder to leave. What was her
surprise when, after considerable roll
ing about TWO immense black paws
appeared above the bed cluihes, and
u big black bear sat bolt upright In tine
bed Miss MiXley retreated to the
other side OF the room In some alarm.
She now wished that she had hot dis
turbed her ledger, especially as she
saw that he was making preparations
to get up. A happy thought suddenly
occurred to her. Years ago she had
once heard her father step on tack in
the night. His scandaiouS remarks
on the occasion, as we'll us the graphic
language used by her mother in way
OF reOuko, were still fresh in her
memory. Seizing paper of large
tacks she spriukled them in front of
tho bed. The bear, after many awk-
wurd motions, got out of the bed, but
he had no sooHer set his foot on the
floor than he stepped on the tack and
howlod with pain. He tried to walk
and stepped ON two others, roared
louder than ever and fell back over on
the bed, where he pulled out the lacks
with his teeth and rolled under the
clothes, covered up his head and went
to sleep.
Miss .dixley waited twenty minutes
till he was snoring finely when she
took stout rope and made hang
mans moose. which she placed around
his neck. The other end of The rope
she threw over beam above ana he
gan TO pull down on It. This awolic
tho bear which again suit up in bed.
Miss MiNley continued to pull on the
rope and finally the bear stood ON his
hind feet on the bed. The Young lady
drew the rope as tightly rs possible
and tied the end OF IL to the door latch.
She then rolled the bedstead from
Gnder The bear and into the other end
OF the roou, leaving him hanging by
tie neck. After making up the bed
she finished her toilet and retired and
slept soJmdiy til morning. The drop
When the hra MAS removed uf couree
killed the bear.
On a4,uin reading tho excellent ac-
count Ot thu occurrence i'll Tie Giuia-
Derueiat we lind that We have not
followed IL SO closelyil our version Us
we wished and Intended but the lead
ing iacts ARE Similar and we haze not
maEnilied the bravery OF Miss Afixley
to any noticeable degree. Nc cau only
await further truthful accounts OF the
deprr,iations of the COURAGEOUS West
ern girl On the animal Kingdom.