The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-03-10

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.'powS THE SLOPE"
qua!ntance with Miss Dorothy. Indeed,
had my lips open to say them, when,
happening to glance beyond Dorothy,
saw something that turned me cold
from head to foot. The cries of the
cub Ind brought its mother, and here
she came, crushing down the mountain
side.
".Lools ont, Dorothy. Stand asidcr
shouted, with my heart in my mouth,
for she was directly in the bears way.
With backward look, and little
scream, Dorothy slipped out of the
way-just in time-and the bear
crashed past her and came straight ut
me.
.'And there had been standing
within six feet of my gun, and had alb.
solutely forgotten to pick it up in my
anxiety for that very young lady whom
had heartily wished in Jericho fifty
times during the past week. After the
bear had passed her thought of the
gun, and turned and made a rush for
1t, but 1t appears that the bear made a
rush for me about the same time.
Whether 1t was coming with such a
vim that 1t couldn't stop itself. don't
know, but do know that 1t struck me
like u cannon-ball. and the bear and /
went rolling over and over down the
slope, wrapped in one another's arms,
first one ON top and then the other
crashing through the underbrush aud
humping against rocks.
Boys, il was at least twenty miles
down that slope know by the things
thought of on the way down. Ire
member a feeling of satisfaction that
now Dorothy would be sorry for the
way she had acted, since 1 had been
killed by bear, aud in the very effort
to save her, too. And wl.ile | was en-
gagged in these pleasant thoughts We
the bear and l-suddenly came to
full stop on ledge so narrow that my
feet hung over the edge.
And when we landed had a broken
arm and twisted ankle and about five
hundred cuts and bruises and scratches.
The bear. am sorry to say. was not
hurt in the least. But its temper was
something horrible. Ten times an
grier and more savage than it had been,
1t recovered itself on the very edge of
the cliff and came mt me like house
! atire. was too badly hurt to move. i
just lay still and shut my eyes and set
my teeth hard. The next moment the
bears fangs were sunk into my Shout
der and then. over and through the
terrible pain-i can feel it yet boys,
on cloudy days-rang n clear voice:
Lie still, Mr.. Madison; don't
move. I'll kill him!
And when looked up there was
Dorothy pushing the muzzle of my gun
almost against the bears head, and al
most at the same instant there was an
explosion that shook the earth, it
seemed 10 me, and the bear, with n
gaping hole in the side of its head.
staggered hacI; and went over the cliff.
"And then fuintcd comfortably
awny. When ! recovered conscious.
ness Dorothy was supporting my head
and looking SO pale and anxious that
said:
"'lIave you been taking the inven.
tory of my iniuriesp
'And then that awful girl replied:
81 think your left ear is ali right.
and your right eur is almost all there.
but You do look considerably dilapi-
dated. You are not pretty any more.
And then she broke out CRYING,
woman like,
well. We got back to camp, but we
had an awful time getting there, and
was laid up for more days than like
to count But my wife says that it ia
the best thing that ever happened, be.
cause lost all my airs ON that occa-
sion. BY the way, did lneution that
my wife's name is Dorothy?"-Globe-
Democrat,
American Enterprise.
During the last year there were fifty
nine new companies organized abroad
for operation in Mexico, all either
American or English, no German.
French. Belgian or Spanish companies
being incorporated for Mexican enter.
prises. Fifty companies were Ameri.
can, with total capital of sol, G25, 900,
and nine were English, with an aggre-
gate capital of a1,GOo,0Oo. A large
number of private companies were
formed for Mexican enterprises in the
United States, but no record is made Of
them. 1t is remarkable fact that for
several years new corporations organ
lied abroad for Mexico have been
formed in the two great Anglo-Saxon
nations. which to-day hold ninc-tenths
of this form of investment there. 1t is
to this fact that the growing populari-
cation Of the English language is due,
French having lostits former supremacy