The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-01-02


In the same moment some large
body plunged towards him, with a
growl. 1t was a good-sized
brown bear!
.sConfusionv roared our hero, back
ing involuntarily into a corner, while
he protected himself, as we'll as he
could, by holding up the portfolio be-
fore his face.
In an instant, however, n light figure I
glided past hin-a hand was laid upon |
the brutes leather collar.
Down, Shag-downw said Greta |
Harmon's soft sweet voice in accents |
of the utmost composure. Il am sorry |
Mr.. Stanley, that my pet should have
frightened you; but / never expected
that anyone would break into his house
like this
Your petm gasped Stanley.
at was his restlessness, l suppose,
that annoyed you in the night" ex-
planned Greta. HE was fastened to a
tree in the woods. He likes cool fresh
air, poor thing, but this morning 1
changed him to this lonely place. Mr..
Parkhurst is deaf. you know, and don't
hear things; and wouldn't have Mrs.
Parkhurst know this for the world"
But, cried Stanley, ''the brute Is
dangerousw
Not bit, poor fellowl" said calm
Greta. '.He is thoroughly tanned. He
is performing bear, and found him
wandering through the woods on the
day of the railway wreck. My uncle,
in Germany, used TO tame bears for
showmeu, and understand all their
ways; so l brought him here, and I've
fed him and cared for him ever since,
expecting that his owner would come
to claim him some time. No one has
come, though; and it is more than
/ likely, am beginning TO fear, that his
/ owner was drowned in some of those
deep pools in the creek, under the tres
/ tle-work."
And you are going TO keep himP"
asked Herbert Stanley.
i ..What else can / do?" asked Greta,
raising the composed blue eyes to
Stanley's face. lone can't turn bears
loose in the woods in place like this.
And the poor thing reminds me of my
youth. Oh I'll get along in some fash
ion, only please don't speak of this 70
my good frieGds. the Parkhurstsi"
..Ahap thought Stanley; '.all win be
well if we can once establish link oi
secrecy between us-this exquisite
blonde and me"
And at the end of the week, so far
infatuated was he that he asked Mar.
garcia Harmon To be his wife.
.'She is so beautiful he said TO him
self. Il can make anything please
out of her No duchess could grace
be her present rank.
But 10 his surprise, Greta dropped
him one of her slow, queenly curtsies
I and declined his offer
Herbert Stanley for a moment coul,
hardly believe his ears.
.You-you don't like me?a he gasped
..Oh. very muchi" said artless Greta
s'But don't love You; there's where
, is. / could never marry a man unles
, / loved him very, very much.
And the blue eyes went dreamily on
, into space.
.sConfound it allr' said Stanley I
, himself; there's some fellow over
Germany that she is pining after"
And he had made his sacrifice
vain.
. The next day-thus strangely doe
fate weave her web-a tall, broaC
shouldered young man alighted frol
!. the train ut Casselrs Greek station.
I'm the manager of a Wester
4 show said he TO the station-agen
..and my best performing bear W;
: lost here in the accident last sprin,
: I've only Just tracked him to this plac
The attendant was so frightened at Il
- accident that he skunk away, and v
have Just convinced him that he ca
+ neither be hung nor imprisoned for
thing which was none of his faul
10 Perhaps the creature may be dead; b
. if he's above ground. | mean to fiji
him. Come on, Claus, and help me
:. identify King Bruinw
y Claus, fair-haired shuffiing Ge
N man. followed close behind his mast
with guilty air.
l. s.Does anyone know anything of
docile bear loose in this neighborhood
= said the manager, looking cheeri
= around.
Is ..Parkhurst's hired gals got on,
~ said a barefooted boy. who chewed
ne bacco, and was not in the least Ii
AZ Whittiers ideal. .Old man Parkhul
found it chained in the barn last wee
II, and made jolly row about it. B
~ they let her keep it
'e. s'And where does this gentlem
81 liveP" asked the manager.
'ei s'Tll show you," said the barefoot
boy.
TO King Bruin had not forgotten
old friends. The meeting betwe
sC him and Claus was mutually joyf
The poor German shed tears of j
and Bruin gave voice to hoarse ro
eo ing which meant unutterable things
IS he put both paws on Claus's shoulde
-, and rubbed his wet muzzle against
keepers sandy beard. And in
ne midst of this, while the manager ste
no smiling by, Greta Harmon came r
ming down the hill from the house.
1a1 "Who dares to touch my bearP"
er- breathlessly demanded.
-, ''It is my bear, Greta Harmo
IL quietly responded the manager. I'd
Gle thou not know me, Gretchen"
mes She stood amazed.
at- "Karll"-she cried out-''karl Kl
=, derl Why, wherever did you &C
ar! from? Am back in Bavaria agai
leu at my uncle's door"
o., Il have been in the country for
,ltn years, Greta," said the young m
her "All these years L have looked
thee. Sweetheart, have found
IAN at last"
Here was the sequel to the first
Oh ume of blue-eyed Greta's life. 3
was the ''young fellow from German
cen whom Stanley had so prophetic
deserted. A respectable young
u man, in the receipt of snug inco
'y and only too anxious to carry q
VI away