The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-01-12

OF q lectlc to one side, an seed thct
performance I'd laughed ter split
an, eff hadn't ben quite 30 clost, I'd a
dolc it as twas, but | reclsoncd rs
'twouldn't be discreet-lcast way I'd
better save 1t 4 few minnits. We navi-
gated DOWN that ar slope till struck
Q big Hat roe; that formed q shelf,
leavin' drop OF about eight feet to the
next rock bclow.
''Soon's we got onto the frst rock thc
grizzly clawel halt Luck war on
my side, fer when stopped rollin',
war on my stomach-side, ready to
jump.
''Thc sun came down bilin'-hot, in
the open space, an' it peard like the old
chap had just had his breakfast, an
war about to take his mornin' nap
when l disturbed hi.a, an, now that
the sunshine made him sleepy, he
warn't goin' ter be cheated out ov it.
So he loped down side o. me, an went
ter sleep, or ruther bout ez / had con-
cluded thet he war asleep, he'd roll up
one eye, much ez ter say: %, I'm
watchin' YET Ez these cat maps
seemed ter grow longer, made up my
mind that the time had come to try my
lcetle game
II waited till both the brute's eyes
war shut, an then began to crawl fur
the edge of the rock. 1t war mighty
slow work, an I hadn't got morn
three feet away when he pulled up the
lid ter one eye, reached out his old paw,
with the claws run out full length, an
hauled me back.
sit had ben bad move, an, besides,
didn't know how much more nv that
kind nv foolin' the old chap would
stand without gcttin' riled. So / Jest
laid ON my back till knowed I'd spile
my compleyshun an make the ground
tired. That wouldn't do, SO | rolled
over: one! two! threel-l can tell We
my heart thumpcd purity lively when
rolled over that third ti;nc-an' it could
afford t., fer the old brute snatcAci rae
up by the claws of one fore paw, eZ
handy e2 thet thar cat picked up that
mouse minnit ago! 1t didn't prick
none! Oh, no!
"Ef it didn't feel like cz though had
pot hook run under my back bone,
an was being jerlsed around by it,
then don't know how it did feel. But
the old rufiian war obleegin enough to
land me face down, an, from the time
| lay with my nose agin thet rock, it
must have looked like cz tho war
mighty interested in its geography
"Howsonever l concluded it war
mighty good place ter leqre, This time
| waited It'll the bar got well under
way with his nap, then jumped to my
feet, leaped TO the lower rock an made
fur the tree as fast as it war perlite
to run in thet lSentry. | could hear,
an nigh-a-most feel the old fury n
tarin' alter me like cyclone. When
got ter the tree ! made jump fer the
lowest limb, caught it, an swung up
Jest IN time ter let his claws zip under
me!
~ never saw man err beast half so
crazy c2 thct bar war when he could
rec me up thar in that tree, an couldn't
git mol You'd thot he'd e-eat his
self up--an' howl.-you could heerd
him fer two iAiles!
The other boys heerd the racket
an knowed what was up They crept
up on the old chap while he was
chawin' an clawin' away at my roost-
in tree, an sent five balls inside his
hide, an he went TO sleep so sound that
he wouldn't woke mp If the whole
mountain he'd turned over,
mo, thanll'e! don't care ter play
mouse ter grizzly agin!
FORREST CRlssEY