Mr. George Swift's Bear Story

Mr. Georgc Swil't, a ranchrnan in tho Grand Valley, lold a story this moraing which shows how unenviable is the lifo of thü stock-raiser in that wilderness. A few dnys ago Mr. Swift let his 3 year oíd üaughter ride upon his horse, and after sho had ridden about íorty rods from homo he lifted her off the anima! and told her to run home. On returning liomo about an hour later he found that the little ona had not reached homo, and, going to the placa where he had seen her last, lio found bear trücks in the sand. A posse was formed. and all night was spent in searching for the lost chüd. In the morning, as tho searchers were passing a svvampy spot whero the nnderbrush was thick, they heard her yoice. They called to the girj to come ont of tho bushes, but she replied that tho boar would not let her, Then the men crept tbrough tho brush and when near tho spot heard a splash in the water, which the child said was the bear. They fonnd her standing on a log, extemliug half way across tho swainp, and it seomed as though the bear had undertaken to cross the swamp on tho loar, and, being pursued, left the ehüd and got away a3 rapidly as possible. Shc had reccived some scratches ábout t!io face, arms and legs, and her clothea were almost torn from her body, but the bear had not biltcn her to huil her, only the marks of his teeth bein found on hor back, where he had taken hold of her clothes to carry her. T.'io child told her rescuers tliat the bear had put her down oecasionally to Test, and would put his nose tip to her face, whereupon sho would slap him and ho would hang his head by her side and purr and rub against Ier liko a cat. Her father askcd her if she had bot-n cold during the night, and she told him that the oíd bear lay bcside her and put his "arms" around her and kent her warm. "I believe the little ones story," cqnoluded Mr. Swift, "for therc was ovidence to rove its truth, and I nevoivknew her to utter a falsehood. Slraniror than liction, is it