Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-06-05
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THE HOSTLER'S STORY.

THE HOSTLER'S STORY.
J. T. Tr1Ubrilge in Youths Companion.
! What amused us most at the Lake
House last summer was the performance
of a hear in the back yard.
He was fastened to il pole by chain
which gave him range ola dozen Or fif.
teen Icet 1t was not very safe for visitor.
to come within that circle, unless they
were prepared for rough handling.
He had Il way OF suddenly catching you
to his bosom and picking your pockets oil
peanuts and candy-if you carried any
about yOu-in II manner which took your
breath away, He stood up to his work on
hind legs in quite human fashion, and
used paw and tongue with amazing skill
and vivacity. He was friendly, but didn't
mean any harm, hut he was a rude play
fellow
shall never forget the ludicrous ad-
venture Of dandiiled New Yorker, who
came out in th"yird to feed Buin on seed
cakes, and did not feed him fast enough.
lie had approached a triac too near,
when all at once the bear whipped an
arm about him, took him to his embrace
and "went through" his pockets in Il
hurry. The terrified face of the strug-
Cling and screaming fop, and the good.
natured, and business-like expression of
the fumbllng and munching beast offer.
ed the funniest sort OF contrast.
The one-cycd hostlcr, who was the
bears especial guardian, lounged quite
leisurely to the spot.
keep still, and he won't hurt yc,' he
said turning his quid That's one of his
tricks. Throw ont what you've got an
he'll leave ye."
The dandy made haste to help Bruin to
the last Of the seed cakes, and escaped
without injury, but in a ridiculous plight
his hat smashed, his necktie and linen
rumpled, and his watch dangling; but
his fright was the most laughabc part of
all.
The one-eycd hostler then made mo-
ton to the beast, who Immediately
climbed the pole, and looked at us from
the cross-pece at the top.
"A bear" said the ono-cyed hostlcr,
turning his quid again, is the best heart.
eu' KNOWN eaC criltrt tnaU goes ON AT
tours M speakm OF our native black
bear you understand; The brown bear
bear is one of the uglieSt brutcs in crea-
ton. Come down here, Pomp.'
Pomp slipped down the pole and adj
yanced toward the one-eyed hostler, walk
ing on his hind legs and rafting his
chain.
fIayiul rs kitten; sad the one'cycd
hosTler' lGnoly' II snow ye'
lie took 4 wooden bar nom clothes
morse near py' ana maue !unEe with 1t
at ,Pomp breast; -,
NO pugilist or ienclngmaStercond have
paired blow more neatly. Then the
oEe,eyea hostler Pegan 10 thrust ana strike
WIN WIN tlie Dar as II III aown-right earnest.
haIner savage pay, l remarked
ana lrlenu oy my sue VINO neVermlsses
chance 10 MAKE pun, added: =,
| ,66es, "eciuea ac, OF oar-1ear-lty'
"Oh, ne hKes IL; siud the one'cyed
hostier'. can MT nm
And indeed 1t was so. NO matter how
or where the blow was aimed, move
ment OF Pomps paw, as quick as light
ning' knocked II ASIDE, ana he stood good
huuoredly waiting for more. "Once in
whllc,, san the one'Seyed hoStler, resting
trsm the exercise and Leaning on the BAR
while Pomp retired to his pole, there, 5
pear OF TINS species that VICIOUS ana
bloodthlrsty., Generally, you let them
alone and they'll let you alone. They
won't run from you, maybe, but they
won 90 out OF their way to pick, quar-
rel. lhey don swalgger around with IL
chip on Their SHOULDER lookln Tor some
fool to knock 1t oil, r.,
"'Will they eat you? some one IN
qulred; ior there was u ring OF spectators
around Ihe perlorln?:frS " py tnls 'inle.
AS llKely us noI u my ale sharp'SeV,
ana you iay yourself ouC 70 oe eaten; OUT
u am I thelr haoit 10 go ior human ties1;
hoots' nuts, berries Dugs ana any small
game they can PICK satlsnes 'heir humoie
apPPeSLltes as a genera thlng, H.
Inc onG-eyed ~ hostler ielheG against the
pole stroked fomp $ iur aIiectlonatelY'
and continued somewhat IN illis stylc;
bears is particuiarly lonu 1l laI, juicy
pigs; and once give EN- a taste OF human
hesh-Why' | sh0uldh want my chlldren
to be playn IN the woods wlthin good
many miles oil Their den. ~
winch reminds me OF old Two claws,
as they used to call hlm. pear that
plagued the folks over IN ltldgetown,
where was brought up-wall as much as
forty years ago,
"He got his name from the peculiar
shape OF his foot and he got that from
trlfilng with ,gun'trap' You know what
that is,-a loaded gun set IN such way
that bear or any game that's curious
about 1t must come up to tthe way, 1t
pints; a bait IS hung before the muzzle,
and string runs from that to the trigger.
"He was q cunning fellow and he put
out an investigatin' paw at the piece of
pork before trying his jaw on it; so instead
Of gettin' bullet in the head, he merely
/ had a hit of his nnw shot off There were