New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-10-07

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g any Ct that the geology, class
consisting Of the professor and ten pu
pills, made an exon rsidn into the ranR
with the object q taking a practica
lesson among the limestone beds at th
back OF Lincoln park.
Away we went ceiling very hilal
ious at the idea of making an. independ
lent expedition, even with Blinkers "a
e general bling over rocks an,
fallen trees, chasing squirrels and chip
hunks, throwing stones at birds an,
rabbits, and behaving generally JUS
Ike what we were parcel Of school
boys. s#
Presently we emerged from the tree
and came ont upon another little opel
park 81 stretch of ground. Half way
across it our attention was suddenly at
racted BY q stir among some high grass
and out jumped little, dark colored
short legged animal, which looked likt
Ia woolly pig II there be any sucl
thing in nature, gs
Away it scuttled, and away we III
went, with 9 shout, in pursuit.
Phil happened to be some distance
behind at the moment, being busily en-.
gagged in digging a tarantula's nest out
Of the ground with his knife; but al
soon as he saw what we were doing be
came racing after Us, shouting Look
soutl Look outl It's a.
We did not hear what, we were max.
ing SO much noise ourselves
But the little animal, whatever il
was, was too quick for us and disap-
peared into some willows while we were
still 20 yards behind. The next moment
the willows waved and bent and out
bounced q great she bear grizzly!
With yell Of dismay we all turned
and, scattering like flock Of sparrows
when cat jumps into the midst Of
them, fed for the nearest trees. Blink
ers, quite forgetting that he was the
general Of the little expeditionary force,
made, such use Of his long legs that he
was safely up tree before any az the
rest Of Us had reached one.
As for me, I never reached one at all
In turning to run I tripped over the
az, and though I was up again in an m
slant the check made methe last of the
fugitives.
The chase was very soon over. In SIX
jumps, as it seemed, tho great beast
caught me, and, with one blow Of her
paw on the middle of my back, sent me,
face downward, to the ground, with ev-
cry atom of breath driven ont Of nv
body: -, ~. -
This last circumstance was q good
thing for me; ! could not have moved q
muscle il had wishedto. Consequently
the bear supposed that was dead, and
instead of tearing me up into small
pieces, as I expected, she began shifting
me all over and turning me about with
her claws. la, Il
Suddenly, however, she ceased and
began to growl, and I heard Blinkers
upin his tree call ON Go hack! You
can't do any good qu'l only get
yourself killed too rohsWl ich con-
cluded that Blinkers and theess bear had
one thought in common they both sup
posed me to be dead "a
I was beginning to recover my breath
a little by this time, and in my anxiety
to see what was going forward I made
q slight movement with one arm, and
in an instant the bear had that arm be-
tween her teeth It hurt me so horribly
that / tainted, and all that happened
afterward I gathered from the other
boys. =..@ -. .z~J.z-r..E #
Phil, when he saw me knocked down,
instead Of climbing up a tree like the
rest, ran back to where I had dropped
the ak, and. picking it up, advanced to
my rescue. .5. III I, {.
It was a mad thing to do, there is no
doubt about that; but Phil did it-and
without a thought of his own danger.
It was in vain that Blinkers called to
him to 60 back he did not seem to hear,
but kept coming on slowly, with his
eyes fixed on the bear, and the ak held
in readiness to strike. be-. .
The bear dropped my arm and adj
vanced a step, standing across my body,
growing and turning up her lips until
all her great white teeth were exposed
butsstiu Phil came on. At six feet dis
lance he stopped. The bear took step
forward, and then another. and then,
with all the strength Of his body doubled
by the intense excitement of the mo-
ment, Phil struck at her with such force
and precision that he split her skull
clean in two. u 81
But, even in dying, the bear succeeded
in doing some mischief. =
u With last convulsive effort she
struck ont, and, with her great claws
tore away the front Of Phil's coat, ves
and shirt, and made three deep cuts al
across his chest from the left shoulder
diagonally downward. Another incl
and Phil must certainly have been killed
As twas, he stood for q moment sway
ing to and fro, and then fell forwart
upon the dead body Of the bear. -. Griz
zly Phil, = by Sidfqrd f. Hamp, in st
| Nicholas. s85ss...
Tho Warden Of Oxford.
DR.. Symons could be quick and dexter
ous when occasion needed He had ad
ministered q serious rebuke to an under
graduate for nregularity ia attendanc
tchapel The victim, who was a mos
scrunul ous chapel Roer. summoned byS,