The morning call., 1892-09-19
PLUCKY YOUNG WOMAN.
She Lashed Bear Until 1t Turned oil
Her, and THIN She Shot 1t.
Scranton Ipa Cor Nam varly Cun

she Lashed Bear Until 1t Turned on
Her, and Tn II She Shot IT.
Scranton (Pa-) Cor. New York Sun.
Ellis l.. Tice OF Goldenrod Mountain and
his 20-year-old daughter. Kate, started
for the little hamlet OF Sknners Creek on
Saturday morning in one-horse buck board
wagon. On Friday Mr.. Tice had set a
bear trap in the edge of Tamarack
Swamp, a mile aud half from his plac O..
aud on his way to the village he thought he
would run over to the swamp aud see ii the
bear had been caught. He put loaded rifle
under the seat to shoot the bear with in case
he found that 1t had dragged the trap away,
and in the hind end of the blackboard be laid
a smoked ham that he was going to trade for
goods at the village store.
When Mr.. Iice ha d driven to O roint in
the Hitchcock woods nearest to the spot
where he had set the trap, he reined the
horse TO the side Of the road and told his
daughter that he guessed be wOuldn'
bother 10 take the rifle along; it wasn't at
all likely, he said, that the bear had got
caught in the trap so soon, but it wouldn't
take him more than fifteen minutes TO run
over and see aud II he found that the bear
had lugged the trap away he would come
back and get the gun.
Miss Tee began TO read a newspaper as
soon as her father had started for the
swamp. She became absorbed in a story
right away. but she heard something mov-
ing behind the wagon. She paid no atten-
ton to il at first. SO deeply interested was
she in the tale, but presently something
pushed against the back end of the buck
board, and, looking around, she saw bear
clawing the smoked ham toward it. Miss
Tice jumped up and shouted, and the bear
seized the tow string In It's teeth, yaIked
the ham off the blackboard. wheeled
around, and waddled away toward the
swamp with the ham swinging from its jaws.
att,r,f hot har OH I'D afTa
the thievish brute, Miss Tice grabbed the
whip, sprang from the wagon, ran after the
bear, and with all her might began lashing
it over the head. The bear started off on
run, and Miss Tice kept on and piled the
whip at every step. The cuts of the lash
made the bear vince, but it chung to the
ham as though it was bound to lug it to the
swamp. The bear snarled and sn0rted
whenever the whip struck its head and
nose, and Miss TIee put on the blows all
the harder the more noise 1t made. She
said later that she was determined to
compel the bear to drop the ham, and
that she did not intend TO punish it after
ward
Between fifteen and twenty rods from the
wagon tile bear flung the ham into the
bushes, and with savage growi turned on
the young woman. Miss Tiee gave it a cut
over the nose as she backed away from it,
but the bear was now full OF rage over the
pain il was suffering and It plunged at the
plncky girl and almost struck her down.
The bears claws tore Miss Tees skirt
loose. and she turned and ran toward the
wagon and shouted as loud as she could.
The bear chased her to the buck board, where
Miss Tice wheeled and cut it over the head
with the whip till ii turned tail and started
for the swamp again.
Mss Ilce happened to think Of the rifle
then, and she pulled il from under the seat,
cooked it, aimed it at the bear, and pulled
the trigger. The gun cracked and the bear
dropped on its knees with a below AID be-
gan to plow through the bushes. 1t didn't
go far for the bullet had lodged in the base
of its brain. and ii was stretched out dead
when Mr.. Tiee ran from the swamp to see
why his daughter had shouted and the rifle
had gone off. III hadn't found bear in
the trap and he was satisfied Miss Tice had
killed the identical bear that he had set the
trap for. Mr.. Tlcs soon hunted up the
stolen ham and then he and his daughter
loaded the dead bear on the blackboard and
took il to the village