| Show CK ii night BY 9 BUR FORMER PET TAKES TO WOODS AND TRIES TO HAVE PLAY MATE STAY WITH HIM BRUIN FOND OF OLD KEEPER seemed satisfied so long as compan ion did not endeavor to leave him rescue effected by shooting of animal maible falls lex the strange atory that miss maggie calme caime and tier her friends have to tell concerning th conduct of a black bear will only tax the credulity of those who are famil lar with tho the human humanlike like intelligence often displayed by drain bruin miss maggie calme of coun ty texas has always been very fond of pets and tir fur a long time she was passionately attached to a alno black 15 I 1 14 f the bear did not intend that she should have her way bear that she had raised from a small cub she called the bear and he would answer to his name and come running the moment his mis tress tresa commanded him was very intelligent and for a long time lie he was as playful as a kit hit ten and regarded as perfectly harm barm less As lie he grew older he begin began to show considerable temper and lie he often got so BO angry that he looked dan berous and his mistress would con eider bider it prudent to chain him to a tree for awhile at least until lie ho got in ft a good humor lie ile never tried to harm harin miss calme and nothing pleased him better than to follow her from place to place she alone fed hm him and he appeared devotedly attached to tier her finally he began to show that he cislik disliked d all the members of the family in the absence of alsa mag alag gle he would bulk and refuse to eat biggers ugly traits grew so pro bounced ed that Al aggles brothels bro theis talked about killing him one day he scratched one of the boys and tried to break its his chain the boy was angry and ran and got a gun maggie bai baie a ly prevented him from ending nig gers per s career bruin saw savi it all and with his head turned to one side aide he listened to the threats made against him I 1 believe he knows what you are saying broth er said maggie look how he la is hs bening well kill him yet said the boy evidently understood the sit nation for he sulked all the evening and that night he broke his chain and disappeared appeared no trace of him coul I 1 tie be found months passed and was still a R lost bear A few evenings ago miss aliss calme m was as returning from a visit to a neighbor it was nearly sunset and the git alil I 1 w wis is hurrying along a lonely path through a forest only a short distance from froin tier her home when she suddenly encomb ile he was standing in the path in front of her lie ile ba haj I 1 evidently waylaid his big mistress and he did not show himself until she was close to him maggie a s biart liart fluttered a little more hom surprise sui prise than feat bhe recognized the bear when she I 1 called his name and he be grinned with satisfaction maggie went toward him holding out tier her hands handa sat on ills his hatin bes a in the path and would not move mian the girl attempted to pass he be instantly got in fiant of her 1 finally he signs of anger and when she tiled to pass lie he growled and lapsed his paw in it vain she tiled to pet him lie he continued to bar the path finally maggie concluded to je ie turn to the hueso bhe hid had isled trotted along hei bei un ill 11 she cinie cime to where the lh path forked again the hear bear threw himself hi fit fiant of her ahe glit gill now began to ho bo alar alarmed ined linding that I would not let her follow the path that lid to the house bouse of the neighbor ma le led along the othel path hot hop ing frig soon to toward home the tha beat did not intend that she should havo have li lir hr r own aa was 1 he le fol lov loved ed close and whenever nevor she atilid tr leave the path palli he be would chiow him alf in trout fijut of her and knowl maggle was now badly frightened and began bean to shout for help this angered tb 4 bear and lie ha began to growl and gnash i lila ills leith she became that he be would opting upon her if she did not keep quiet anell ell what bat am I 1 to do bisp red ahe I 1 a ioor 1 girl g r trembling alth m ith finally t ehe lie decided to walk alk along tb the e I 1 lath a th thinking that abe BU might induce the bear to follow her ho hone lie affet going a distance she ehe came ame 0 to o a pile of logs and blush which site she soon was nig pet pel a lati the hear now ap appear peard d pleased lie walked about the place heifling and lie ho finally came amo anil and laid down at maggle maggie a 8 fiet feet during the whole of the long right night the bear laid and watched the terror gli gill I 1 ahe I 1 he slightest movement attracted its his attention and he be would raise ills his heid and look at her aliss calmes people thought tho light site she had bad ie bained avei night with the neigh neighbor boi blie bhe had visited and elie ehe was mas not missed until un it next coining when it became known that ubo tho girl was missing the whole neighbor hood was vas housed and soon the were full of people be arching for I 1 ar w it did not take long to locate hei but bear headd voices and lie he barking 0 of dogs and he got very angry with rago rage he ran about the girl growling and gnas gnashing bin lit his a teeth maggie fully realized her peril an I 1 when she saw her fi lends she called to th them e m warning them not to come nearer r silo she explained the situation and tier her friends concluded to shoot mr air fiam where they stool alining aiming well three fired together toge aud and rolled lifeless at hla his captives captive tive a feet |
