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"Last week, Mr. John McDonald of Campbelton, Lot 7, whilst searching in the woods for his cattle, came suddenly across a bear with two cubs. McDonald was accompanied by a boy of about fifteen, and they, seeing the bear was making for them, both ran away - the boy bounding off like a deer in one direction, and McDonald in another, and the bear full pelt after McDonald. Over windfalls and through hemlocks and cedars they go; the Scotchman strong and active, and the bear bounding like a bull. . . . For nearly half an hour the race goes on. McDonald, beginning to find his strength failing, his heart grows faint as he finds the monster gaining on him. . . . [A]s he still runs, he thinks of the fire-side story, that 'a bear cannot climb a small tree', and, live or die, he resolved to test its truth. Soon a tree catches his eager and bloodshot eye, and with the agility of a Highlander, he grasps the friendly branches, but the savage brute grasps his heel and draws him down, but only for a second. Another spring, and McDonald is well up, the bear eagerly following - but down he falls and falls, at each furious attempt to ascend. . . . The boy had, in the meantime, arrived home and alarmed the settlement, who, under the leadership of Mr. Andrew Bell, entered the forest at dark, with guns, &c. Soon McDonald's shout was heard, and the answering cheer sent back caused a thrill of joy to vibrate in his heart, and brought the tear to his eye, for he knew that his friends were coming to restore him safe to his cabin and little ones. The tree that saved him was a spruce about eight inches through."
- The Monitor, Thursday, 27 October 1864 | | Next>>> | | Previous<<< |
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