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Show FLORA'S TIlELYRESCUE:!,,' My friends, tho 'U Ildcrs, nfter a sojourn of some years In the W their Wisconsin farm at an excellent profit nnl returned to N'ewEiui Their son Hilph, n mere child when they went away, was now yt nnd grown up complete!) nut of ms knowledge. Upon calling on th t hlln frolicking In tho sard with his dog cm,,l Hoy and dog soon cam Into tlio house, nnd I wna given an lm tho young lid by his father, while the four-footed favorlio Introd " the moment I wns reseated by placing her head In my lap She was "e' creature, tan colored, nnd with a coit like velvet. 'Tlon Is a vers Important member of tho household," s0u t, ' nnd she mnkes nil our friends her own without hesitation She l ' we like nnd dislike nnd I hnve not tho least doubt that she undents thing of what Is pild In conversation. ' ' I lora, goo 1 1 lorn! ' sil 1 llnlph. And the dog turning from me, rut her paws nffcctlonately uponi, masters shouldeis, her hend, as eho thus rilsod herself, being nWri ' as his own uijii There wna a touch of emotion ln Mr Wlldcr's voice, as loc,u two he continued ' """sfpi ' he Is all Intelligence nnd attachment, and deserves whatever t of her good qualities we nrc nblo to bestow. I fear that but for her nST not hnve been with us now, ' '' ' Indeed I ' I rcmnrked ' Tray tell me how It happened" Weil ltnlfh can 1 elate It better than I, hecause he was pregtaL m will have reason to believe, a deeply Interested Bpectator, while I in tho scene w It took plice ends Inst spring I hnd bought a heifer from t un, nbout live miles off Hie was somewhat wild and always on Ihe lookm thnnce to run aw is. nnd t,ct lmck to her nld home. " 'Soon after making the purchniv, I wna obliged to attend the con, ns a Jursm in with thi prospect of having to remain day and night fa. session as there were some Important cases Iletore going I chirped llnlph to keep an eye on the heifer sniliu care of cverslhlng nbout the Premises, and I felt easier from the facttt had two iloga to help him for, besides 1'lorn, wo had a big bulMor, Hector ' ' It had been n great winter for heirs nnl wolves nnd I thought thin the heifer get out she would stand a good rhanco of having her botei' whlle (.(rasing toward the place whence she had come" es ' I rem irked na he pause 1, ' thero would naturally te daneern You left this soung t,entli man In command then?' ' I'nder his mother" resume 1 Mr Wilder, with nn affectionate rj. ward Italpli, 'scs, he was In command under his mother a sort ct lieu general ' ' And n good one, too, I nhould Judge " There might have been worse" said the father. ' nut the helferr-In helferr-In spite of nil his vigilance, nnd though It wns getting well tosartai must look her up ' ' I clt 1 sense of responsibility, no dm. Ml I sold les of comae' Anl now Itn'ph, sou can tell whit took place iSc for I might not get In nil the details properls " 'Well sal 1 Ualph glinclng at rinin, as If wondering If she erttr ' I took Hector and started nut flora wnnled to go, but she haJloj puppies, oni two diss old, and I dldn t llko to have her tike auchir pcclnlls as there was some snow on the ground I think she knew what I was going for, beciusp I svwherlrr mother and me ns wo wcro talking nbout tho heifer, und she dll lock! If she undcrslc oil ' Mother snid I must get bick before dnrk, nnd If the stray animal hi. straight to her old plice, I must not follow her so far, but wait till moral 'The tracks led on In tho direction I hid supposed they wouki alt nnd I followed them foi about twojnlics Then In a piece of timber ii to a plice where sho had plungod out on one Bide of the path and gone ol left hind ' I took thin trnll nnd soon came upon some wolf tracks that led uph sldo until they Joined the com. tracks und then I knew whatltwailh turned her from her course hhe had seen wolves ahead, and aiiheru the Kith they had started nut, too, to cut acrons her was, though they h obliged to fall In behind her I followed them for a long distance, Just ns vexed as I coull le ti thes should be chasing tho poor little cow I wusn t ufruld for Ihailnirl loader, and I knew besides that old Hictor wouldn't want any better It to get nt three or four of them and there dldn t nppenr to be more Ibu "H)-nnd-hy we came to n place where tho heifer las dead Thejti her all Into strips nnd two wolves weie nt work on her then others 1 think they were the three that had chnsld her were itanainilj their hunger wen Katlsiled The two that were eating were eome Ir that ha 1 come In to help make awns with the supper after the wotkim ' I fired both barrels at them but the whole live ran off, with Heeler chnse This could run two surds to hla one, nnd I called him back" 'I was feeling nbout In my pocket nfter more shells flrat In oci r then In another till nil nt oneo li occurred to mo that I had letttieai desk In my bedroom Then I thought the fewer wolves Ihe better ' It wns quiie daik bs tills time nnd knowing thnt mother would Ni nbout me I wanted lo m t homo na booh na poiwlble ' I"rom the plact where the heifer had been klllel I had three mla the vnv being mostly open pialrle. for the wolves hid chased ber out i tlm 'ore thes came up with her. ent nlong vei) fast, sometimes passing through a hollow, indf then Hiking n stuntel bush ' a 1 had tint gonn more than lnlf n mile when n big black beams Ing hi nose over a ridge an 1 hfforo I coul I think whit was the mil wno such n gioHlliu-nnd scratching nnd biting as I never heard biton 'Oil Hector had the hear nnl tho benr had him, nnd they tumbH so Hint I could hardly tell which waa which Hut tho bear struck nfc-' and nked awfully hard, too, with thoBo big claws I could see and teg to know that I ran up, hnflng to help Hector with tho butt of my gun, but then' ch-incn to 1 1 1 In a blow tin s were so mixed up ItS-nnd b) he tot the bear by tho throat, nnd kept tug-glnf IW though ho wna all the tlmo totting torn himself. He dldnt uioW but ilepenlcl on main force At last, thouth tho benr gave up, nnd seemed to lie almot 11 wns thinking of vvlut Id have to tell of tho fight, when I saw atolM same aort Bitting nn his hiunchiB and pawing tho air not more thu- I bcllive bo wnul 1 hive (.one nwny IT wo hndn t molested W w Hector Inoke 1 up fmm his ol I enemy nnd saw this new one, heJutrJ lilm a moment nn I then made for lilm I snld llru hen' Como backl' ' Hut be wnul In t mind me ' He hud been hurl so Hint I didn't want him to fight any more ' W ell the. 1 1 ar swept bis pnw mound Just na a man would llf l-outd the I low and Bnw Hector tumble over. He had got It right c of lib. hi id Tin n thty cllnrbcl, nnd I broke tho breech of my gun trslw"1 Inor dog in a minute or twn he wna no torn that ho couldn t get P- ' I buikr 1 nir nu 1 the bear let go tho dug and enmo at me IM"' nnd run and be after me Ho give me a 1 low across tho back that tore my coat, and I w1" struck nt lilm with what wns left of my gun. Hut ho caught ltl paws an I Jeike 1 It out of my hands . I thnucht of mv JncR linlft nnd turned to run again, In "" tlmo to tet it nut, but ho wns rlLht upon bo In a moment and th"" lefoic I loulil gtt tho bl ule open. m, 'Just then I hi ml two en thren quick selps, nnd saw somctblM "' streak coming nvir Iho sniiw. Tho benr Bat right up on his H1"" Mime 1 I,, fiirnet nil ut out me 'That dark slit ik wna Flora Sho was sprlnrlng lt ", slnliihtenel rlLht out nnd Living shoit llttlo yelps becnuse h "' an 1 nfruld I biii i ,m; thnt aim wouldn't get thcro In time . , Vt hen she enmc, up old bruin had enough to do, nnd I """",.. way They had n dn ndmi light, but ri.ua never allowed the "'?, hug on I.e. h,e . pen led uron darting In and out, nnd ettln Iww tho best liana -ion inn t think li nv sho How around! She U ""J hep teeth un sharp too Hut (hen, tho boar waa thrco limes ah ' At Inst ho gut lliel of It mid whr never thero wns a chance n' dnivn on all funn, i Totreut a llttlo, but riora would 11 " hrlng him up ,B hnunchi s . , loe) She Hskel toi much though, nnd wns diendfullv I""' .,r Hows but llnallv I lulled luriiff, mil Iho old fellow went loplntT" lrnlrb glad mouth to nuke his encupe. ,. .jai One ' f oui m Iglibc ra killed him next day nnd found thaj, ". 'Li ovei J() loumlH lie was nil emend with tho marks of IlortJ ,,, othii buir h is n.unl too n .null Jiut ciawl, but then J''" ,1 bull log thirty pouudJ he is Icr thnn Flora, l'uor old Ilectori tlio snow w A siiidin molsiiire inso In tho bos'a csea when ho had sl ,b Iookei down nnd patted Horns head .,,.w lm sail Mm Wlldu, aftn Htinsct I began to fiel ""'"jr nnl looking at h.r nnl hei little f imll. I said aloud to m' I u 1 gone too with in ctor.' niip ' Sin. got right up am went to the door. I opened It nnl si ml 1 nf hei sin , nked like a slrenk on the prairie ns she rnn M,. linn, wtiu imuka enoiiLli nf Ihe honr'a cluvva on her to" i toiy hi; 1 not bi en un eass one, said Itulpli'M father, Oo"1 " more tlian wo can ovei pay!' , ,,A"1,11" hanlw.m, dug looked up In our fares w Ith an deemed lo pay t,al b10 klleB NWiat ,1u ,)CC th0 st,tcct of our cw iJL |