The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-08

3l&hon1e Slirtn left Ahis sleigh OH the top Ol
IL t &9aa Gs eSaNS
lI$Jennnes old her ma g bout the trip s 81
said she wns cd she en- oy0d her. z, trip
aa sa!s MsRF1SR efE's[ ,s
rEDDY's7 XMAS. \.
boy was walking tliets street
eart P faa op ,o W. tdS not
4 5toSmake q cent or Christmas money 8 s
father led NV len lloE was IA ye yenrs old
Il and left his mother In q ery bad condl-
ion With himself ana sister
Ito take care " of Ted " had ne ped & MS
1rother{yery$n ling papers and T q
inother# made Sbys Il akngl All sewing But
Il seveniS this was hardly enolis b forSS8 them
live on and he would nothaye e en-
INNS dinner, and not over, a,tei,isestt doll
for little sister; his IS natl ade
i him sad
net g0nE p tsylns
would mot give up cas- Day after "a y y
ihe tried, but all In vain. a change W q!
coming daly; hewas getting
Lion liz would lay iniibed awak ut night;
vs Snj efATI s m otsyf
ana, asked B him what was the mater.
but he would anI ss r, - come
course , Teddy had Ito do md his mother Il :,
Thought this was making nm l9oK !. pals
S Wood thSt Gn'is aa
wa vi was that he was 8worryin 80
much about hs notners s. a n,ch y Bout
I3himsef bout mont before MS s91I 10
men had seensa bear provo around !. ~ ~
the woods itst n Would
baImiss inE from some aporson' g flock q
f1eep every morning. .'R rewards were OF
fsred and men aa tteq, r.
morning the boy n I'M 'l HirI
MAS Git picking flowers IN the edge OF tne3
woods, a Some men heard her scream u, an l,d
run towards home but sometn!ns sa., u
~, & he, i'd run back IN to- the lWo ods;
SiilAfl,n men at the game time irecog &c!
Lite bear did not, ~ nsmi o!, 81
Fss sea IL bSs as az aa to!d
e offered SO 10 anybod that would save va
her. 5SS 5g$ IS IN N ~ . ~ ,E
freddy had learned very y. 3 E 9. y
$sbnt e and{F lie always used his Il father,s y
n,,I,, so lie went straig home, put gig -
nnt tell his mother what he was goin g ,to
lor lie was afraid she Wollldi not,iss
On t,rI t fe' wall and went out the back ,slc
v wav Ia lie woods. After he got to
the edge ofttc woods he wen and looked Cd
at Y the place where the.amen mug, see ~
the bear nd followed them, until they
led him to Il little stream; al ter ne nag "a
crossed this he saw no lnoie ~ = ~
tracks. The bear had 4, go = -
down the stream to throw the men OIL
the track, for he was q very cunning old
bear, but II had ever, chased 1T inc net.r
before S'and, OF course. did not know its
cunning ways. was nothing i ~ t.ior
hin to do now but to guess the s way q
which the bear might have gone, 50 no
kent on going, but could not find "a slgn
Of the bear being anywhere near i, lie g
Illad gone 80 far and had seen nothlns OF
tho bear and that made him lose all
hope Of even catching q glimpse Of him..
So,he turned to so back, but was. going
a different way, and he might. BY an an
accident, SEQ the bear. He was about,n
half a mile from, the ed Sc OF the woods:
when suddenly lie heard the scream Of
a.Slittle child on the right hand side Of
him. q He turned and ran IN that irectlon
as fast as his poor tired legs could carry
him, and then III at once he stopp3ed and
shuddered, shorror-stricken at what \. he
saw. \ B He saw the bear sitting on his
Sl:aunches, holding the little girl ~. front
of him With his two PAWS and had
Ted. This startled him.a first and made
hin, lose his grip upon her. AS bears are
very ,avenous he thought this would pc
a good chance to set sonnet hing more :. to
girl. thinking that something mig u grab
1T Teddy'sSquck presence Of mi nd saved
both himself md the chi Id q IIe would mot
shoot for fear he would hitsthe. child, PIT
bear to Gtantallzc him; fter; doing this
J five or six times the bear, started 4 after
him.. Teddy ran gaS little ways $to Let the
turned md fred Iii tie, bear #fnll IN the
face. This did no xii the l,earia put
8stung hlnlsvery bad and made llimgstop
and scratch his nose up galnst a. rec.
d az gun \ length Of the bear, The bear was
hurt so badly that .lle did not notice
Teddy Aa soon as5he So toa nl II I. 10
soGd nraG Pit be e e 1sp
ground. ia ri * y l38s I'll VI 558t
Teddyswas so clad that he cried for jo y!
carried her toRthc cd go of the woods, q nG
then put er.down and le1 her; hM !,
Wills she walked teady g saires
house hon y When Mrs. Nicholson saw that
her child wns and unE w, s!1e ,n
out and .hugged and Kissed Te 60 x 3,, p
Nicholson acallea NM ". pt.,, ~
down down bis'face,' He went straight to the
store and bought q pretty llat and cloak :, !
fer his mSthera,na ados frt alafer bad
Il va va " VA tel nj, umbrella, wi candy,
nuts md oranges; then he bought ICE !.
Ska ties. a sled and things that he wanted
Then he bought the things for the A mas
dinner, and lad them sent up! his
mother didn't know that redd yahad saved
the life Of the little child, and Of cotrse
didn't know that he had any money, 20
when he had /. the things for dinner !. sent seIl
Wrong place, but the man knew where
lie bad Fbee,, told to carry them, so he
left Them there, Teddy took the. bundle
OF toys home himself and hld them n
stairs. took Ills hatchet. Went out, TO the
woods,5cut Il small cedar, took " back
home and hid 1t under the house, He
didn't undress until after ten. p, g