Four-Year-Old Boy Comes to Grief at Minneapolis.
    A remarkable battle which almost resulted in a tragedy was fought at Loring park, Minneapolis, when little Harry Carson, after fighting with a swan, was saved only by the timely efforts of a physician. Harry, who is only 4 years of age, was playing with the swans, teasing them with a stick, when suddenly the largest swan ruffled his feathers and, mad with rage, made a dash and seized him in his strong beak. The child struggled for an instant, but the huge bird splashed its wings in the water, throwing up a foam in its rage, and with swift and sure strokes dragged its victim out into the water toward the center of the lake, where it looked to spectators that the child would surely be drowned. One of the men on shore jumped into the water and rescued the boy after a severe struggle.
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