Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1914-07-16
Bear and FOrbear

ground. The fact that every step
brought him nearer to Vivian did not
hasten his pace, because Webb was
also there, and of late Vivian's fancy
had seemed to favor this rival who was
all that the word eligible" implied,
He turned from the main road and
came into a neglected lovers lane.
Some little distance from him he saw
an elderly female forging her ample
form through the underground that
mad sprung up across the remains of
a path leading past small Summer
house.
To one of the larger trees young
bear at the stage between sportive-
ness and growls was secured by long
chain. Frolicsomely he crossed the
course OF this luckless, approaching
woman.
Bruin, accustomed to inspiring ter
ror or to receiving overtures in the
way of propitiating peanuts, retreated
in astonishment from the vigorous
thrusts OF the green cotton umbrella.
A rustic bench few steps further
on invited the woman to rest. En-
sconsing herself thereon, she leaned
an elbow ON either knee and gazed
earthward
RandalI's eye was caught by the
wonderfully constructed headgear that
adorned the woman. 1t was a Dig
straw bonnet covered with yellow
straw cereals which ut would be diff
cult for chronicler or milliner to de-
fine.
Brufn toaok or missook them for his
favored edible peanuts. He came for
ward 20 his bearish eye there could
Doe no mere tempting prospect than
this vision of peanutgS-+in clusters. A
bound, clutch and a huge paw closed
powerfully upon the bonnet.
With the bowls OF the terrified wDm-
an was mingled loud, cracking, tear
ing, sheaflike sound. Her hatpfns
had not been seoGredly ingpanelled
and to his lair, the trunk of the tree,
Bruin bore in triumph, not only the
autumnal bonnet OF mis- prey, but also
her tanto0lored, kGnk-crinkBad wig,
leaving her with white, smooth,
shining pate.
"cHumpty Dumpty," softly whisper
ed Randall to himself, as he FASTENED
to the rescue. He Wrestled with the
bear and the headpiRces untN he had
secured the latter and restored them
to the historical woman, whose hands
were clasped over her defenseless
head.
"He is quite tame" reassurea Ran
dali, turning toward her. and appar-
emily not noticing the rakish set OF
the wig and bonnet, which were OF
wildly antagonistic angles.
81 was never here before she gasp
ed, land i took him for big dog.
Why, j Jam that scairt and beat-Ike, i
don't know as can make the hotel.
REST here little while, he said,
kindly, land i will walk back TO the
hotel with ,yon:"
my, but / am glad YOU come along,
she said, gratefully. Il always sup
posed city folks were terribly stuck
up, but you're Just like her-M1ss
Grey. i ought to have listened to her.
She told me ] had better walk with
her. My, but she is a fine girl"
The light in RanGalPs eyes aroused
her curiosity.
do you know her-ViVian ,Greyg"
she asked eagerly.
yes 1 know her, ae made answer,
his heart throbs quickening at the
mention of the loved name.
"She boarded at our farm one Sum-
mer, and she is always just as sweet
20 me as she is to her city friends
when | come to town. / have been
sick and our folks packed me down
here to the hotel to rest UP a spell.
I'd have been awful lonesome, but
Miss Grey was here, and she locks
after me.
While Randall was helping his cor
pulent friend up from the rustic bench
a tall, handsome, supercilious man
came through an opening in the
woods. He gazed in establishment at
the pair
"Oh, Randall" he drawled, with
suspicion of a sheer in his voice,
keeping tryst in this romantic spot?
Who's your fair friend?"
The friend" detected the sheer,
and turned to him resentfully, but be
fore she gained her voice Randall re-
sponded in quiet tones:
MY friend, Webb, is lady who
was frightened by an attack from the
bear here, and l am walking back to
the hotel with her where she is stay. |
ing
ooh. I thought it was Beauty in dis.
tress.'. They are not quite so exclus
i've at the hotel as they were last year,
l am on my way to keep an appoint
ment with a mutual friend of ours, Sc
I will bid you adieu and leave you to
your fate"
Randall's response was averted by I
the appearance of lovely young WON.
an in the doorway of the Summer /
house She bestowed a slight and
frigid bow upon the ast6nished Webb |
and went up to the woman.
s'Mrs. Beagle she said, sympatheti.
cally, 81 am sorry for your fright. ]
was resting here in the Summer house I