Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-04-04
A PENNSYLVANIA BEAR.

So he was told that he must give them per.
feet rest for week, not even to look in
a book all that time, and Toms father told
him that to be far away from temptation
he had better run over to Monroe county,
Ia, and pay a visit to his uncle Tom, who
still lived on the old place, about three miles
north of the village of Cresco.
you had better take your gun along,
tao, Tom. You may get day or two OF
good shooting at this season."
"Oh, pshaw! Pop" he said, after reflect.
ing moment. There's no shooting over
there. I'll wait till next summer and go up
into Canada, where can get big game"
You may be right, Tom was the re-
ply. "T haven't been over there for a good
many years, but the game there was big
enough sometimes when | was a boy.
shot bear once not mile from our house,
and there were deer in plenty then, too"
"Bear! Why, it isn't more than three or
four hours from here!"
"Well, / don't suppose there really are
any so close to New York city now, but
there were then"
Tom finally decided to take his gun, after
all, and was very glad when he saw how in.
terested his cousin Laura was in it.
ooh! Cousin Tom, you'll let me 60 with
you, won't you? I've been with papa some
times and once over by Canadensis we shot
big buck with antlers.'
''We'll go tomorrow he said, gayly.
Maybe well bring home bear"
They started early next morning. 1t was
late in February and there was good deal
of snow on the hills, but both We're well
clad and booted for the occasion and full OF
the joy OF youth. BY and by they came to :,
50-toot preclpce that overhung larger
brook than any they had crossed, They
looked over, but there was so much brush,
young eNergreehs ana the lEe growing on,
llom Inc siuc Ot the cnil mat thcy could
barely get Blilnpse Oh the frozen surface
DeloW'
oh, ION, LOOK there.
lie turned Ill the direction she pointed
men lie started violently ior oh,y ic"
1ect away, sitting upright ON ITS hannchc7
ana regarding theih WIN "ohder' "as
mug p''eh pedl'
For moiI'eh' nc even loIeot tha' ne ile,a
d gun III MS hahu' linen ne hot,ceu h'''f
"hi'e spot Oh 'he pedr pIe's' that seei'ic''
made pufpoSelE for mark
nun, Laura i may not XIII MN hrs'
IRE! ne spoke soitiE' as nc dropped Oh HIS
Nnee ana TOOK carelul ann ~
IerhaPs lom mana IremD'ed NUE. OF
perhaps ms oVer"orhed eyes were not quite
GEAR NhateNer IL was tne TWO parISl'
,hat ne leU 20 AT lhe White marx on thc
Dear preaSV u'u hoI nHu az once the NitaI
SPU'' AS 'ic gun 'rdTAeo ioli saw Tue n'5
IeloW SIaeeer s1eP pdchW1ru' 'heh WIN
shaii 1rop on an iours ana come stralsht
toward nm; lie must run lor 1t, TOO he
,housn'' anu 'ig 10 ioau DIS ne ran. lnei' a'
he 'urheu' nc sa" lh"e i-'ut" hau ""l'cd u
See ,'e s'U'' 40,
,i i'"n. nun nc 'ileu' ,,
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's ''tp'. i ~ 'i'"e' y, '''i's ""' ~ ".'"
lug lug i"r'e r'a no t'ii.e ioi ielieJ'lo''
on, s"" 'i'"t nc mus i'ee .''e ,'''l anu CIV
ti ,,'',lI ~ ~ uiu se. "T"l
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/ - Wv ''"'s O''" '"'' "s II
Nv ''',',e ~ ''a , """',' I.
nc p'nW stunu',i ms oppo"eht au
u'ousnt ,li,i mn uo"n, pu' oliiS ioi l'oili'n.
~ ite 'Jee WIN .fi n1ifJ eao"I anu M,'H upo'
"t III ~, u. ,o"i0 :" '"e ",s gu" "s"l''
~ Oh. hou lelI SOME 'Mihses oi lear ut nrSI
uiey "ele eoue no" III '"e eN'ite'ile,'' w VI
I1 ,te seiuSe G e'GiS 'Iihs e'se was ioIso''ti'
,io at'~e' .ne o's DincN ;,e,,i Niost'el ~ '"}
,nioa' ""o WIN SNiiiiui movement 'ilPpco
MN, mo.n .lo,. ,.,,+ ,,;,,l,;, ,I.,,. t,n
J iio"m ,r; ,neS men.' C'iiie'i'ns a. vnes iel''
"'u tUnius ,r ofe' anu o,ei III 'ne SNOW ~
, N"a 'oi;. ioe" " i.e1 1i,iseii a from 'u'
p,a', t,,. Iu'Ne ms fun anu M n! 'ut i'tu
III" i l "'7 or :, san -. 40 a. '"Eeei, "'
ne n"Sseu rom W ~ MS pieaaS % iiNc ,ons ioS'
e"m Eli. 'Se"''' i''' "e"iu i'"'''" Noi''
'"..iIs ...rIs,, r., v.,.,n -. ...,. .,.n,
~, I'm IN -, o',l ou u ~ 20 oNei 'he cItII :
| "' '"", h"I ''eH I'm Heeii'u " ieTI
tne EARN s'lih from uhoer 'hein ana zen
Ii'i'Stl' slo"t'Is uo"liWaro' sun cru'i'eo
'iEnT'S III the pear arms ne was "'der
heath at iirS'' put second later theA
crashed through mass OF ev@gre'r
n'usns ana turned; linen 1t seemed to Ion
that they kept ialiilig and crashing forever
Almost, ana suddenly there was great
siock ana Sphtting noise and he lelt cold
"ater rise about his arms and legs and lml
down ms back:
Tom realized that they had fallen into tho
brook and would probably drown together
linen all at once the bear relaxed his hold
Freeing himself, the boy staggered to hi'
feet and found himself in three feet OF wa
IL.