The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-03
EDGAR sNoRED AND DETAINED
While MIRA Townsend Got Up and
Shot an IntrudinR Bear.
ESo,, the Moan Yort Cana

From the NeiU York Sun
SCRANTON, Aug. 27.-Edgar Townsend, a
Dutch mountain woodsman, left his cabin
door open when he aud bis wife went to bed
on one of the hottest nights this month The
bed was only few feet from the door, and
the baby was asleep In a cradle at the foot
| OF it. On c 'count of the heat Mr.. and Mrs
| Townsend we're unable to get to sleep until
nearly midnight. Then they slept soundly,
and after while Mr.. Townsend dreame ed
that he had broken one of his legs while
chasing bear in the woods that the bear
had turned on him when Ii saw that he was
crippled, aud that instead Of trying TO in
| Jure him it lay down by his side aud went
| to licking his face. He was surprised he
| dreamed, at this exhibition Of friendship on
the part of the bear, and when 1t had licked
his face and neck for sometime, be dreamed
| that 1t got up aud ooaxed him to get on its
| back that he finally succeeded in strad-
ding tbs bear with his broken leg, and that
| the bear then carried him through the
| woods TO his house. He also dreamed that
his wife helped him OFF the BEARS back on to
| the lounge, and thai the bear ran to the
woods when 1t saw that his wife was taxi ng
| care OF him,
Mr.. Townsend snored so loud while he
was having this peculiar dream that Mrs.
| Townsend woke up. Her back was toward
him, aud he was making such a noise with
his throat aud nose that she turned over
and went to nudRing him to make him stop.
He was lying fat on his back, aud Mrs.
| Townsend thought that he would snore less
| Of she got him to roll over on his side The
moon was shining into the cabin, ana when
| Mrs. Townsend turned her face toward her
| husband and the open door sue saw q bear
squntting close by, with los paws on the bed
| stead.
The sight of the bear made her speech
Lass 4 ooh ad oh . h..
gave a little sniff, Rlarsd at her for mo-
ment, and then lowered its nose and went
| to licking Mr. Townsead's faos and chin
| Mr.. Townsend continued to snOre as slough
he was dreaming dreadful dreams, and the
bear kept licking his cheeks and forehead as
II it had found something that suited Its
tastes perfectly. Mrs. Townsend was all OF
a tremble for fear that the bear would bite
her husband. and she was afraid that it
would surely kill him il she stirred or made
any noise So she pulled the bed clothes
over her head as quietly as possible and be-
gan to pinch Mr.. Townsend as hard as she
dared to make him wake up.
She was unable to rouse her husband, and
In minute or so she heard the floor oreak,
and, peeping out, she saw the bear waddling
toward the window, where her spinning
wheel was standing The bsar set up on its
launches and gave the heel several turns
with it's paw. aud when the wheel stopped
was snoring as hard as aver and Mrs Town.
send was so deeply interested in the bear, as
that abe forgot for the morant 10 sttan ~
to awaken her husband.
Presently the bear t,red of the whaaI
turned 10 the foot of the he'd and tartad h
nose over tine bahv In the CradIa A. th a.
Mrs Townsend shook and ninched bar hrs.
band as hard as she could hut ba slas,1-
inr 40 sonndly that she oouIdn,t oct hi
even Az roll oysr on his Stda ana he stiii