The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-04

and riding to a hill near bis house threw it
off and left it.
He was delighted with his fiendish idea
and went TO the house determined to have
spring about quarter ola mile away and
get him some fresh water. She had
| learned to obey and went at once.
! Dan then WELT back for the bear and
brought It TO the bedroom and tied it in
enc corner behind a pile of his wife's
clothes that there was no place to
Fang up.
His plot had succeeded admirably so
far, and he felt sure that the rest of it
could not go wrong. His wife came back
wiz the water and busted herself with the
afternoon meal, beans and bacon. Every
few minutes he would go into the room TO
see IL his bear had reganed consciousness,
and when his wish was fulfilled he made
sure that the rope was tightly fastened 10
post that supported the roof.
He left the rope about eight feet long
and then cut the binding to the animals
front legs. leaving the hind legs fast and
also the rore over the jaws. His idea was
| for his wife to go in and have the bear
| jump at her. He thought that as things
were no harm could come to her and that a
good scare would cure her OF her timiditv.
| The trouble was that things did not 60 as
! lie wished.
1t was not long after he left his room
| before bruin succeeded in getting the rope
| off his jaws and also off his hind legs. He
also made good progress in chewing
through the rope that was tied around his
neck.
| Dan was very anxious for the fun to
commence, and could hardly resist asking
| his wife to go and get him Omething from
the room. They finished dinner, and the
/ woman concluded TO go for another bucket
of water. When Dan saw where she was
going he went TO the corral, as he knew
! she would not be back for some time.
The woman. however, did not get to the
! spring, because, as soon as She got behind
the first hill only few hundred feet
/ away, the sole came off her shoe, and she
returned to the house for another pair
! She sat down az soon as she go. inside
and took off both shoes, then started 10
| her room for others.
She had reached the corner where her
! things were aud was about daZed at the
sound of grnwl near by. She was power
less to move for several moments, and by
that time the bear had got close to her aud
she said that he was tied and knew at once
that it was some of her husbands villainy
Her courage came back when she saw the
rope. but there was no way TO get out as
the rope was long enough to let the ami.
nal get in front of the door. The bear
commenced pulling at the rope ana the
woman felt that it must break and she be
killed.
She crouched in corner With an old red
dress over her, determined to wait calmly
for the end. But it did not come as soon
as she expected. and her brain began to
form plans of escape. 1t was not as easy
TO die, even when her life was such sad
one. Then it occurred to her to throw the
dress over the bears head. and while ne
was blinded to make rush past him and
get out A laugh outside made her m la ke
up her mind to do this. The laughter grew
more hearty as the growing grew louder
Calling up her courage she held her red
dress in front Of her and got close to the
bear. One quick throw and bruin wal
| blind, but he became more furious than
ever and in an instant the rope parted
But he could not see her and she made a
dash for the window. The glass was all ont
Of the sash and before she could break the
frame enough to get through the bear lad
got his head through the dress and taken
after her.
She broke the frame and had almost got
her body through. when the bear got his
claws into her skirt But good pull and
she was free and the bear in pursuit of
her, while Dan was outside laughing as
hard as he could.
When the bear got through the sash he
did not succeed in freeing himself of the
dress and consequently could not run very
fast. The woman sped across the ground
toward the corral, but the bear was gaming
on her.
Suddenly things changed. A bun that
mad wandered down the hill saw the bear
with the red dress over his back ana con-
cluded he didn't like the looks of the fell
low He paved the ground moment and
then made a rush for brnin. The latter
was not prepared for his attack and was
knocked over in All instant. while the bull
Kept bucking at him until red dress and
bear were crushed into one mass. The
bull kept up the work of his horns long
after The bear was dead and crushed to a
pulp and only stopped aud ran into the
hills when he was exhausted.
Mrs. SeRton in the meantime had kept
on running, and her head soon became
filled with an insane desire to get away
from the place. Her bare feet were cut
and bruised with stones and cactus, hut
still she kept on until she sank insen,ible
at the foot OF hill as The sun was sinking
behind the mountains.
When she revived it was pitch dark, and