Show HUGGED BY A BEAR lien hard ilard a I 1 Wo woo odara doman has be a error kap A party of gentlemen who have just KI from a fishing e excursion I 1 up kettle crock penn tell of tho the eta t ling adventure of a ben den burd aurda a woodsman living in the black birck ays says tho the baltimore american the region close to where hurd lives escaped the ravages of the forest fires last spring and for that reason mason the n neighborhood is now infested with wild animals who bought sought refuge from clio fires fire one morning aa as kurd and his daughter were some distance from homo home looking after the prospects of tho the huckleberry crop they came upon a bear and her three cub cubs she at once assumed tho the ot offensive and made for hurd who was una unarmed tined the me girl frightened nearly out of he her r wits its started for a bark peelers camp further up the mountain for help wha what t phe reached he the camp nearly newly elbau cd d by ber her fearful fenry tl run sho she could scarcely arcely ic toll tell the location of tho the fight that wae was goiny on th man laid bear war james callihan understood enough of the disconnected bt etc rr and immedi immediately attly hastened to the rescue lie ile grabbed it bark pee peelers ices ax and ran As lie tie neanie the pot bo he gave a loud cry which hurd hard faintly answered callihan wae was jaet in timo time for when be came upon than thou tho bear had hard in her deadly embrace with every bit of clothing torn from bb body calli ban han dashed at the beat tx ai with bis his uplifted ox im the blow cright tho the monter monster in the back and the bear was dead in a few efurd was so weakened with tho loss of blood and from bla his fight that he fell in a gwoon swoon several came from the camp and itura wae was biked out with enouf enough al wearing apparel to got home theold the old bear and tho cube cubs were subsequently carried into camp camit hurd has almost recovered recotr red from froin the effect of the fright but tho the narrow escape is vividly impressed upon hie his mind |