Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1895-06-06

gain with him. When the two weeks
were up Toby went over to Barnaby's
and was delighted to find that the bear
could lay out the blocks that spelled
Betsey's name, and could do it in short
order without a skip OF a break.
He danced fer Joy an felt so rip.
PIN good, says Barnaby, that feel like
kickin' myself all around my clearin' an
then rollin' round in a bullpen full O
porcupines cause didn't tell him I'D
hef ter hev five dollars more!'
Next day Toby drove to the Brick
ton place.
'Betsey,' said he, don't you want
to ride over and see Barnaby Beestuf.
fer's menagerie? It's worth seeing
"Betsey said she'd just as lief as not,
and she got in the wagon and went
along. She was tickled all to pieces at
the cute things the animals and the
snakes did, and Toby said:
""That was pretty hard lines you
held me to about marrying, wasn't it,
Betsey?'
Think SOP said Betsey, laughing.
oh, don't know! didn't want tc
hurt your feelings by saying No.
plump out!' said she.
81 suppose you'll stick to what you
said about marrying me?' said Toby,
If you see bear that will spell your
name you'll stick to what you said?'
Certainly said Betsey. why
not?'
Then Toby nodded to Barnaby and
Barnaby nodded to the bear. The bear
jumped for pile of blocks that lay on
the ground, and the next second put q
big letter b at Betseys feet.
81 guess Betsey must begun tc
smell rat, Barnaby says, fer when
she see the letter B she sort o. turned
pale.
1.-THE bear followed the B with an +
and then dropped T after the E, and
kept on putting down letters till he
had Betsey spelled out as proper as
Betsey could have done it herself
Betsey got cold and shivery, and had
to take hold of the fence to steady her.
self. Toby stood by, grinning and
gloating. Then the bear brought out
another b. The second name was be
gun right, and it kept on right
Betsey couldn't keep her eyes off the
proceedings, although she saw the
bear sealing her fate, letter by letter.
Bril-. C-K-T-O the bear laid down, and
Betsey was so near fainting that she
grabbed both hands on the fence, and
Barnaby jumped to catch her if she
fell.
Only one letter smorer Toby5said,
and the strain,H be over, BE tsey.E And
then you and I'll get married.
1.-THE bear put down the last letter.
It wasn't an N. 1T was P. And
there was spread out in a, line of big
black letters that anybody with hall
an eye could read, 'BETSEY BRICK
TOPp Betsey's face quit being white
in second, and flashed as red, almost,
as her hair was. She turned on Toby,
and Barnaby says that he actually
saw fire shoot out of her eyes. Nobody
knows what she would have done to
Toby, because he didn't wait to have il
done. He jumped the fence and into
his wagon, and away he went. And
that is why, as near as the facts can be
got at, the Toby Groo place is for sale,
terms easy.
They say, over on the Sinnemahone
that Barnaby Beestuffer, seeing q
chance to get even with Toby on the
steer dicker, had educated two bears
and rung the wrong one in on Toby
when the time came. Barnaby doesn't
deny it nor admit it, but when anyone
charges him with it he just sits and
grina But don't you wonder at those
bears, those Sinnemahoning bears7"
N. Y. Sun.