Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-05-22

10 wss pesnal1sd % take . soieaAjd
gsanA piana. vheA - Ass tazs arrived
q shs r1ncA. aad 10 49, % shis thst
May 49, prsesAeaa9 She did p0s like
the idaA ol bsing slose ~ drsa bss ~
she iesnd IL impossible ~ psrssaae hss
sister ~ stay viii k<s shS had " make
We hsss of . bed 90. 6Ae went ovss
the scales e>ssfally every Sew minsss~
taking . hock out into The garden -
No. thas her rslssves ala s~,t ess go ~
away. Afsss AnisAing ons pi-ce che
rsssed . momsne thinking u what she
would play nett 6Sd<is0ly ahs hoard
. shufaing sound. anA turning arosnd.
Ahs $40 . iasys. bsowA baas standing In
The dooswsy lssding ~ the baek part u
The Aoass. She was pssalysee with
fear and euuld nsishes lnovs fro0 h<w
chair nng ocTUam
She SAW the beer eoOs sssarsr. and she
trembled like . Leaf oh. how she
wi.hed she could faint But she w~~
strong girl and oosldnt. and the bear
ksps cunning elosss. and sooa had bis
paw aso~nA her. She gave hesssh upfr
loss - chs Ssls ths grip. which she
knsw was dsadly. tighten around kss
snd The WARM beesth Of the eresturs oa
her faes Looking through he Window
che eould 80 her relatives hanging
srosaA pesc~fully In the shade Of the
pinss and tired % call them, bat her
toosue wouid noe move and she closasd
her syeA expecting 10 open them In
that happy land Of which she had been
taught from childhood But what was
this? The bear MA not hurting her.
lie held her gently but firmly In hts
pawA. aud was actually licking her
fsce. like . PET dug. She opened her
eyus, and the world WA the Aame -
usual. She could not tell whether nhs
Wa frightened or not but somehOw
she did not try ~ scream She 1ust
kept quiet hoping sooething would
happen 70 end the agony. which she
did NOT understand The bear did not
hold her more than . second. although
IL seemed agrs to the girl. He did not
want n hold her. for he threw her ON
the noor She was still frightened and
expected the beaSa ~ jump on her
and dsvour her 1t his leisure. But in
stead he turned around. commenced 10
claw the piano and WA evidently de-
lighted with hh performance. for he
kept time with his feet and looked
around spprovingly. The people out
side heard the chatter but did not pay
any attention to IL, ~ they Sfterwari
said IL w~s not unusual. Mary has
never forgiven them for this. The TEAR
began 20 play furioualy. and Mary. see
ing Q way 70 escape. took advantages OF
IL and ran away screaming from tho
room. Her relations ut first refused 70
believe her STORY. but hearing the elat-
ter ran "a the window and looked In.
Bruin WAS still Mt IL, and by this time
had become 40 enthuscd that he was
performing sort of canrcan IL his own
scccmpanimenA lie wis in the height
Of his glory and had found out where
the bass keys were, and with these he
WAS particularly delighted. The deep.
the greatest pleasure, and he would
execute bar that sounded like the Gu
denza of "A Storm at Sea"
lie howled and jumped and whine,l.
and ut last concluded his concert by
getting on the piano on ell TOURS and
executing jig At this time Mr.. Mat
thews thought he had better take n
hand, and he ran into the room
with an AZ, as that was the
only weapon available. The bear
did not seem surprised. but got
out Of the WAY. and had there been
room would have left the house. He
Was struck several times with the Ak,
but did not show fight. and the man
Thought he must have found a tame
bear. although he could not Imagine
where il came from He then changed
his tactics and tried 10 capture il. rs il
did not appear dangerous He got hold
Of il and tried Ia tie II In the piano
cover Ru; mt this the brute's wild ma
ture showed itself. and IL got ready To
make an attack. Before the man could
r~alizc what was coming he heard u
deep. angry growl. and the next mo
snent WINS clutched argrily by the mon
stcr. The beast could have killed him
but Il did no. want To. IL just gave
him q good squeeze and threw him vio-
lcntly against the wall. After looking
at him moment the bear went out the
door and walked leisurely into the yard
Mrs Matthews and Mary rushed In
and soon had Mr.. Matthews back To
consciousness. lie got up and looked
out 81 the window and saw the bear
walking quietly over the hill In the d.
rcction 81 the mountain.