Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 October 1891 — A HUNTER'S PERIL. [ARTICLE]

A HUNTER'S PERIL.

His Encounter With a Bear In the Shadow. He had been telling her some of his hunting experiences. ‘‘And did you ever really encounter a bear?” she asked. “Yes,” he said, modestly, “but the story is scarcely worth relating. I remember it was a bright, frosty night, and A had become separated from my companions. I wrs walking along briskly, not in the mood for excitement at all, but rather thoughtful and'unobservant. I had been walking in the light for some time, but tamed for a moment into the shadow, when Suddenly my hand brushed against -something soft. 1. started, stopped,. and there, so close that I had. actually touched him in passing, was a huge bear. He sat motionless, erect on his haunches, his white teeth gleaming and his fiery eyes gazing straight into my face. I tell you it was close quar- _ I d id, but I got away without a scratch, and I left a dead bear there.” “ - “Oh, George!” exclaimed the girl, looking into his face with glistening syes. She said no more, but she thought how noble, how brave, how strong! as she nestled closer to him. George kissed her tenderly. Forty-five minutes later George was walking down Broadway, and as he approached a furrier's shop he turned into the shadow and stood before the sign of the biff “bear to light his cigar. “Old friend,” he -said, between puffs, “I leave thee dead again,” and he passed on.—Puck.