Show GIRL KILLS A BEAR Armed With Rolling Pin and Enife a Florida Lass Conquers Bruin One hard wood rolling pin one long butcherknife and a plucky girl proved too much for a black bear recently I Miss Marie Robinson who lives two miles from Fort Pierce Fla is the wielder of the weapons which discomfited discom-fited the animal She had several adventures ad-ventures of a dangerous ndture but has won out in all cases without ser ious injury She was engaged in making mak-ing bread for the family with the kitchen door standing wide open She stood with her back to the door and + I was startled on hearing a growl directly di-rectly behind her She turned qUickly I and saw a young bear on his hind legs advancing towards her Miss Robinson j Robin-son is brave and determined She I seized her rolling pin and dealt the intruder a vicious blow on the nose I The bear did not retreat but continued con-tinued to advance boxing with his paws Miss Robinson delivered another blow which bruin cleverly caught on his paw He was too slow in his movements move-ments however to stop a heavy right hander under the ear which floored him He was still full of fight and came back for the Second round with I plenty of courage The girl rained I blows on him with the pin but he I i rushed at her and endeavored to seize I her in his paws The she took a big butcherknife in her left hand and fenced with both She drove the keen I I i blade into the bears neck a stream of blood gushing from the ugly wound This made the bear very sick and the I I plucky maiden soon had the satisfaction I satisfac-tion of seeing him topple under the 1 I I rain of blows and stabs He gave up the fight and the ghost at the same i II time 0 II i Then Miss Robinson did what most young women would have done at first she fainted But that was all right then She had killed the bear She has had three encounters with bears all of which ended in her favor She is a Missouri girl and while slight and > 1 apparently weak is full of grit I |