A Baby And A Bear

r. om ' iw r Mea jo Record . Henrj Fi resides up in the hiils near InsUip, C.U., was in t o wu and had the following incident to relate, in which h beur of the cinnamon species abducted his 3-yeai-old daughter not with any desire to harm the child, 'out through a 8trango kind of affection. It appears that Mr. Flynn started one morning to take a horse to p; stuie, about two rniles distant f rom the house, and, as Ms little girl seemed anxious to go, he put her upon the horse's back and let her ride a short distance, perhap3 forty rod3 from the house, where ho put her down and told her to run home. He noticed that she continued standing where he left her, and. oü looking back af ter going a little farther, saw her playing in the sand. He soon paseed out of sight and was gone an liour, expecting of course the child would return to the house after playing a few moment3. On returninghome he made inquiry about her of its mother, who said she had not seen her and supposed he had taken her along with him. On going to the spot where he had left her hesaw hr.gebear tracks in the sand, and at once carne to the conclusión that the ebild had been ried off by the bear. Tlie f amily immedialely made seareh through the forest. which was grown up to almost a jungle, rendering their search very slow. AU day these anxLour parents searched for traces of their child ; nor did they stop when darkness came on, but remained in the woods calling the lost one by her name. Morning came and their search was fruitless. A couple of gentlemen f rombelow, whowei e traveling through the mountains buying stock, came to the hous8, and, being iuformcd of the circutnstances, immediately set out to fiud her. Tne gentlemen wandered about, and as they were passing a swanip spot where the ündergrowth was thick called the child, or else they were talkiug loud, when one of them heard her voice. He then caüed her by name and told her to come out o!' tbs bushes. She replied that the bear vYould not let her. The men then crept through the bush, and when near the spot where she and the bear were they heaid a splash in the water, which the child said was the bear. On going to her they found her standing uponalog extending about half wy across the swamp. The bear had undertakcn to cross the swauip ou the log, and being pursued left the child and got away as rapidly as possible. She had received some seratches about the face, arma and legs, and her clothea werealnioat torn fr m her budy, but the bear had not bitten her to hurt her, oiily the marks of his teeth being found on her back, where. in t.iking hold of ner elothes to earry her, he had taken thn flesh a!so. The little one says the bear woukl put her down occasionally to rest and would put his nose up to her face, when she would slap him, and the bear would hang his head by her side and purr and rub against her like a cat. The raen asked her if she was co!d in the night and she told tkem the old bear lay down beside her and put his "arms" around her and kept her warm, though she did not h'-" bis long hair. She was taken to he parents.