Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-05

alone You all iist keep Yer seats and
pay tention.' Taking another drink
OF water, he continued: well, bows,
Ia been kinder sorter thinkin' fer
some time long back that I'd kinder
sorter let up on this prancin' ter
town every Sunday. It's well enough
fer yon boys, but somehow when get
Ter town an go in an see so much loose
change layin round | k nder banker
after some of il. an soTter thinkin' per-
haps | could fetch Il little of it away:
bnt I've kinder made up nv mind that
Old Sam Flemming boy ain t as smart
a. he thought he was (J,ck
had been trying to beat at monte for
long time. bat had found
out TO his sorrow that where he had
won one dollar he had lost one hun
dredD, and if l ever get back to old
Boone again Pil have ter lei up on this
ere kervartin' round Sundays. so
thought I'd try an start in this ere
mornin' an stop right here. Arter YOU
boys left | cleaned up everything in Size
cabin, washed them 'cr shirts an things
what You seed on them bushes out thar.
an put on pot o beans to boil. an
begun to sortcr feel that | wished I'd
not bin 4 fool an had gone long with
you boys; but it was Cettin nigh onter
dinner time. an | though that if | start
ell the fun would be all over aforc | got
thar, so | kinder made up my mind I'd
better stick it out, an | reckon | won t
want ter do it agin all by myself.
Well, | kinder dihent want ter Git dim
ncr, so | took 4 cold bite an thought I'd
lay down an take 4 good rest. I'd jist
laid down, an was a thinkin' of you
boys. when in popped TIE biggest crea-
f,Ir | hoy |
thought there were n circus show round
somewhere an the elephant had got
loose fer cCrtin. Wei, sir. in he walked,
right up to thebref hangin' thar (point-
ingt to the rih~cpolc), an with one grab
he fetched it down an chawcd il an
had got it down afnrc | could wink.
I hen he began to help himsc!fto all the
things. and thar a;d, an Il thinkin' OF
what ter do. Thar stood the guns in
the corner knowcd il was no list of
tacklin' him with Il revolver, for 1t
would only cause u row right here, so L
calkcrlatcd he Il not see me an I'd Jlst
kivcr up an let him have his own way
fer awhile. laid still rs a mouse. an
once in a while I'd look out an take n
sec. Well, V and-by, he took a notion
that thar were sonlcthin' better in this
ere house. an so could hear him sor-
ter prospcclin' round like. Pretty soon
| heard him Il licking his chops. an L
looked ont an, thar he were pullin' the
plug out of that ere molaSSCS keg an
then he licked il up a it cum ont. He
kinder thought it cum out too slow, an
50 he hit the top with Il lick of h'S paw,
an smashed it all to thunder. Thar he
sat, Eckin in dead earnest, but it soon
got to runnin al over the ground, an
/ kinder reckon bars don't like much
1 ...l,
see if thar was anybody in those 'er
hunks. were all kivcrcd MP, head an
ears. He stuck his nose in my bunk
snortcd. | .awd, boys. thar,S tn" time
/ bcrun ter kinder think of Dad and
Mann. an how I'd like ter he i'll old
Boone ag'in. Well, pretty 'on heard
him lickin' his chops ~ in | looked
out Thar he was with the sugar har-
rel, one arm round it. an scootin out
the sugar with The t'othcf- He'd sat
down an was list 4 shov lin il into him.
] began to git orful tired of a YIN in
bed. an wished were out on the hill
where / co!ild take II better lock @
things. | hcarcl him tramnin' round
an pretty soon | hcarcd him 20 ont t.:
door. ! >oricr unkivcr,d Il my head an
saw him a w:slkin' off with some bacon
| got up an shct the door to make cc..
l
sugar. | watched him til he got up on
the side of the mountin' an thar he
set down in the sun an begun
to scratch himself an sorter rub has
belly up an down, like Il boy whatshad
bin eatin green apples. NcH, while
he set thar. | kinder rcckoned that if |
were ON that ere ledge of rocks above
him l might make it kinder hot for him.
and when thought OF that ] .:rthcred
I hem three guns an all the pouches. an
out the door | slipped. HIS time was SO
taken up with his rubb!n an scratchin
that he didn't see me. l doigcd round
the hill. an up the gulch | clum, an |
tell YOU | wasn't long bout gcttin up
thar. | crawled ont on that ere ledge.
Thar he sat with his back to me, bout
thirty steps down the hill. Lnokin' ter
see that them guns was all right, took
Old Betty. and layin' t'otherS by my
side, so they would he handy l took =
rest aud aimed AZ his head. AT the
crack of the gun he jumped about three
feet an rolled over. | give him the
t'otherS as he lay thar. Inadin' all the
runs ao' in | Sot down to see how he
act Soon | seed him move one foot,
an sortcr rcckoucd he We're playin
,possum: so | give him three more shots.
I were up thar loadin them guns
when | -ccd you ioys Il comm; an l
sorter reckoned | wouhl let YOU see how
he'd left things after hclpin' himself
Bu; [ say. boys. what's ""in' on in
town." After satisfying Jack of all the
news we found that it was eleven
o'clock and time to 60 asleep The
bear weighed eight hundred pounds.
and we supplied several camps, a. we:
RS our own. with bear meat for srvera;
slavs. Jack never tired OF telling hi
bear story on all occasions that offered
.!SaQ Francisco Examiner.