Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-02

the bear Mt his back Setting the nest
| full of birds down nt the foot Ol the tfee'
gently even Ia bis terror; he began
| ecrambling upward. But Snow bore no
! possible resemblance 60 the monkey King
/ dom In the way OF agility ana hl8 NWh-
made I'M scraping the bark of rs ne TEL
] back in his repeated efforts, might nave
| frightened away almost any adversary.
] lie scratched his hands and face cruelty,
/ and every time hc slipped back be, Was
I the more frightened aud less able 10
| grappie with the situation flnaiiy,
| however. hr secured footing ~ the
/ branches and breathed easier lie teit
I az least a few minutes removed from
, the awful catastrophe Of being eaten up
and could await the OncOming foe WIN
u certain degree Of relief Besides ms
| bruised and burning hands for q tune
/ diverted bis mind from the subject OF
| his fright
AZ Inst he began listening and listen
| ing. strnining his ears for the least
sound for he knew ! twas time the bear
| should be there. The wind playing
among the 7euyas and bushes below
seemed steolthy footsteps. A bird stir
| ring In an adjoining tree was q bear
| climbing the wrong tree. All that Two
| limb. or leaned against the trunk, fear
/ ing 10 move lest ne should betray him-
/ self He could not sit down. as the
| high branches were too slender to bear
| his weight
Never In his entire life had Snow so
| fervcntly made good resolutions OF 0br-
/ dence and industry Poor SNOW. that
was n fearful moment when he heard
I n crack iu tree near by, as N Druuch
! were suddenly broken by a heavy weight;
| In his panic and trembling he nearly fell
/ To the around. Bruiu was evidently
/ around i the trees hunting for him.
| perhnpR some bear had eaten up poor
| Jimmy by now over iu the other guch.
] Jimmy certainly had not come for him
I as he said be would Poor JIM
/ Along In the gray Of the dawn as
night begun lifting, one by one, her
gossamer curtains. each time making
objects around more distinct TO the eye,
| Snow thought he saw something black
and bunchy In tree near by.
Couldn't bp hawks nest he said
to himself, its too big, an sich a kind
Of longish shape
He peerpd at it intently aud by aud
by with daWuiug intelligence.
"Nly goodness, gracious he said, as
| ntrhI threw up 0uoEler curtain and
| the "lougi3h shape stood revealed.
"Hoi no! I'M! hun he laughed out
! gaining confidence each moment "Oh,
iody, lordy! tlcl he! ha! huH roared
Snow, until you could have heard him
Jimmy. meantime In his tree. had
been glad enough 10 see the gray light
of dag spread up from the eastern no
i2on; and when Il reached the hOg-back
| ne had pecred out for hunting bears al
along the hillside and among the trees
aud bushes, but had not seen amy,
Finally leaning out FROM his higt
pcrch. the cramped. uncomfortable boy
| n "a
ing tree, a big, black, bunchy object
Presently he saw It move, and 1t Ger
tainly was as black NJ any bear coul'
| he But the next instant ne heard
loud "He hel Ia! h0!' the most dc
liphtfully familiar sound that JimW!
ever would hear probably In the who'll
course of his life. 9. 3,
utter nstOnishmcnt ITS no beor a
NH. but lust Snow, as sure ~ I'm Twin
nrd brrnthing," aud with mn umllln
whoop he climbed down 20 the grouh
| IN q hurry.
Halt way across the open spoce be
tween the two trees ,he TWO 'hlae
objects met, Snow carrying ms mes
Found dem hosscs, limp suo'
mo. but plenty of bars. Say, SNOW
they'll laugh MS out ot the country Whe
! they hear this joke.
"NNa are precious pnir' Jumm
, concluded after they had compared co
3 | EcreuCvs. .,
: Aud to this lay say "hug.beurs'
those boys, and Snow 0t once hnds
[ necessary To 20 down to the field
( hoo that las plautin' y con- an
/ Jimmy ~ suddenly reminded of an u
gent need OF hun at the barn To men
) harness, feed the stock, or shoe the chlcl
/ ems ont of the grain bin.
I. And az for Mrs. Pricedespit all 81
h had suffered that long, sleepless nigl
after Pmto's arrival, the utter ridic
/ lousuess OF the situation prevented h'
v from any very serious Gliding.