Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-06-01
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Mary Carter was practicinR her music
Gnd wan ell alone in the house But for
s,ne reason she was always alore when
she did 50 A. soon as she struck the
t,rst note of her exercises every body
emit outdoors and siaid there regard
,ess Of the st-ie with which she went
ovrr the scales Marv, according 20 the
Elmirs IN Telegram. was San
Francisco girl who had gone to spend
the summer with her sister. who mar
ned . ran, her thu, lived away up in
the niour tai7s near the hcAGw a.crs OF
American river Her brother-in-law,
MIR Matthew'S was well-:c-t.o and liked
thr little house to which he took his
br,d.. in fne style Things were sd ele-
pant II VIZ. hard ~ i',agine that the
place was nearly ffty Lilies from civil
Hx.,uu when he - Is buying furniture
hr ~. persuul let - take splendid
Qra nd tla-o. which H. tue tine arrived
a, the ranch. and u IVES on this that
Mary WA practicing She did not like
the ilea cf being a'onc At frst. but as
she found il impossible to persuade her
sister 70 stay With her she had to make
the best Of bad job She went over
the scales carefully every few minutes.
taking q look out into the garden TO
see that her relatives did not get too far
away After finishing enc piece she
rested q moment. thinking of what she
would play next Suddenly she heard
q shutting sound. and. turning around.
she saw . large. brown bear standing in
the doorway leading TO the back part OF
the h. ire. She was paTalyzed with
fear and could neither move from her
chair nor scream
She SEW the bear como nearer. and she
srembied like . leaf Oh. how she
wished she could faint hut she WA .
strong girl and couldn't. and the bear
KEEP, coming closer, and soon had his
paws around her She gave herself upfor
lost as she felt the grip. which she
knew was deadly. tighten around her
and the warm breath Of the creature on
her face Looking through the window
she could see her relatives loun9ing
around peacefully in the shade OF the
pines and tried 10 call them, but her
tongue would not move and hhe closed
her eyes. expecting 70 open them N
that happy land of which she had been
taught from childhood But what WE
this3 The bear was not hurting hor.
lie held her gently bet firmly In his
naws. and was a.tually liking her
ia.~. like . pc, dog She opened her
eyos. and the world was tn sa.ae -
usual She could not tell whether she
: vas frightened or not, but somehow
she did net try to 81 ..':i =" ';st
kept quiet hoping something Would
happen to end the agony. with she
! did not understand. The besr Gid not
hold her more than D second. although
Il seemed sGes % the girl. tic did not
vaat 70 bold her, for he threw her On
the foor She was still frightened and
esve,ted tie bocyt 20 jump on he's
and Glevvur her at his leisure But In.
s,ead he turned around, commenced to
r,~w the pis:,o and was evite0t,y de-
lighted with his pcrfornane. for he
kept time with bis feet and looked
around nppr,vngly The people ont
aide heard the chatter but did not paJ
nrv attention 70 Il. a. they ntterward
said /, was not unusual Mary ha<
never forgiven them for this. The beat
began TO play furiously. and Mary. sec
ing q way 70 escape. took advantage o.
Il and ran away q: roaming fron thu
room Hes relations ~ Grst refused Il
bciieve her story. but hearing the ciat
tar ran TO the window and looked In
Eru,n was still at it, and by this tim
had t1ome so enthused that he v5al
performing q SORT Of ecn-can to his owl
a. om,suimcnt. lie WIS in the heigh
Of his glory and had found out wner'
the bass keys were, and with these b
waa pa particularly delighted TIE deep
continuous rumble srs med to afford hin
the greatest pleasure. and he woul'
execute q bar that s,.:lded like tie CO
denza of "A Storm =: A.
Tie how.ed rpd Jumped anil whihed
and ct last cCnc.ct:sd his concert o,
. getting on the p'Eno On al Tours an
|, executirg a liz At this tine 1lr Mat
thews tLought ne had better take
hand. end he ran into TIE ncoa
with An Ak. As that was tn
ocly weapon available. The Ten
. did not seem SURPRISED. Tut &c
out OF the way. and had there bee
rom would have left the house. II
WINS struck several times With the n
but did not show fght. and the ma
thought he must have found a tau
> bear. although he could not ir'agis
!, where IL came from lie then change
, his tactics and tried to captrre T.. as
did not appear dan. .ous I.c Fot hol
!. OF It and tried 10 tie II in the p;ar
!, cover Bnt ut this H. Lrute's wild ri
: ture allowed it:eif. " I. IL SGT ready
!. make an ntta4k Il. t,.rc the nan con-
!. realize wha, was coming he heard
\ deep angry growl and the reSt N
ncnt was ciut .hcd q. 2ri.y ty the mo-
stcr The beast cO,..G have killed hi
but Il did not want 70 II just ga'
!. him q go,,d squeeze and threw Kim vi
lentiy against the wall After iccIir
y ., him a moment the bear vent out t!