The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-31
DAVIS'S WEDDING BOOTS.
THEY WERE FINISHED, ALTHOUGH
hears WE'RE IN the war.
The S~hoemnhe- Went 90 Town for sole
Lenther-Hc Paused at the Greek TO
Get T~rout-Then the Bears Came and
the Fate OF the Hoots Wa In Doubt.

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II was goin' over to town to buy some sol
leather, aud | took my fishin' pole along
thinkin' that maybe when I com back
might have time 10 ketch n few trout for sup
per. | was comm back. and when | com,
to the deep holes, jest below the aldcrs. WHERE
| never nut n hook in fer thirty year, with
out gittin' u trout, / chuckcd in, baitcd will
n minner. which Is the only thing YOU xii
kctch n trout thoro with. The bait wen.
along and got list 10 the bottom o. the hole
and ] knOwcd n trout WINS on the mint o
takin' Il. How do / know! WHY, n fcllei
Who's ever fshed fer trout knows when not
Roin' to have n bite list M well MS he know,
that hos gpin' to havr his breakfast, whei
he smells the pork and pancakes cookin',
There's somethin' in his bones that tells him
he's goin' to git n bite. 1t don't tell him
that he's goin' 10 kctch the fish that bites,
but IL tolls him he's gpin' to sit the bite.
Sure. So | let the minncr run down, and
was ready to give the trout that was goin' To
take it IA chance to try whether he was the
better teller or whether | was. when l heard
q splash in the water list above me. With
out lookin' MP stream l says tn myself:
who's tho unmanncrly fisherman that
jumps In the water TO riley 1t M when I'm
fshin' with q white minner, that wants clear
runnin' water2 II | was hshin' with q sucker
MINER | Gays. that the trout looks fer on
the bottom I say 5, I wouldn't care. He's
q mean cuss,' I says.
And with that l turned and looked up to
soc who he was. / amt n sayin' a thing
that'll lose me a vote II / was goin' to run for
Constable when l say that I was all took lack
and almost knocked off my feet to zee that
the Teller who was dom this unmannerly
thing was a b'ar-a great big don't-give-a-
damn bar.
Anything / eaid ag'in' a Teller citizen
that I had the mean fcnlin' to think would riley
up the water on me- l says. L take hack.
But even bari Even bar. l wouldn't a thunk
It Of I says.
but there was the bar, list the same. I'm
q law abidin' citizen. Anybody rs knows
me knows that. I've been in little skrim-
midses at the tavern. when we've had our
knock downs and drag outs, and I've been
knocked down and drug out proberly AZ much
as I've knocked down and drug out, but I've
never gone against the law and pulled a pis-
tol. even when l was bein' drug the worst
way. But l want to say that when l seen
that conserved bar standin' there. rilyin' up
my water, and sp'ilin' my gittin' that bite. l
jist up and says:
Law be darnedl I says.
And l pulled out my pistol. which I had
took with me when l Went to town to git my
sole leather. thinkin', maybe. that somebody
might want TO borrow 1t, and I pinted straight
at the bar and fired. The bar kind O. give
a hump up as II he felt somethin' eatin' of
him worse than a wood tick. and he squealed
a little. and snorted. He seemed surprised.
but give a few more kicks In the water. rilyln'
II up more than ever. And he didn't move on
a step.
See here I says to the bar. This pis-
Al l. II
in out o. the way I says, but move on; l
want to ketch some trout I says.
THE bar never moved a step, but stomped
his feet in the water. and kept rilyin' of it
up. So I pulls up and gives him another
shot from the pistol. He humps himself
again. and squeals and snorts. but don't
move on. Then l did git mad. I piunked
into him every one of the four shots l had
left. The bar headed for me after the last
shot, and 1t seemed as II he was goin' to
come for me and show me that he didn't ap
prove of bein' peppered in the way l had
been pepperin' of him.
"If Providence don't take a hand in this
says, somebody else will have to finish
Joe Davis's boots
II had n pair o. boots on tho lasts for Joe
Davis, and he had to have 'em next day.
cause he was goin' to be married. That's
tAS Stho I iiAuaAo tithb " iIih IL
never tell you what changed the bars mind.
Providence, maybe. Anyhow he changed 1t,
and turned short around, clumb up the bank,
and trotted away to the woods. While
stood there starin' after him, the water that
he had made riley cleared up, and l got my
bite. l didn't only git my bite. / ketched
trout, and he WAS q slammer. Weighed
three pound. they told me afterwards.
But l couldn't git over beIn' made so mad
and unlawful.
THAT bar I says, done me someth in
that might a spoiled my gittin' u bite! He's
\ big stealer, any how | says. I'm goin'
10 see II mo and him can't come together
ater!' l says.
Jim Soders's lumber camp was only half
! mile from where the bar had interrupted
ne in my fshin'.
" 'Jim's got a riae,'. l says. I'll go over
md borry it,
Think o. mo! A law-abidin' man! got
% Jim's camp.
"'Jim,' says /, will you lend mo your rihe?'
" 'SuicidcI' says Jim.
No. says. Bar
y" o. course says Jim. I'd a let you had
n IN either. case says he.
Il took Jim's rifle and went along. 1t was
belief, not knowing much about bar, that
niled or SO up the creek.
" Nearest way to git there, I says, will DO
laturly to take a short cut
so took the, short cut through a piece o.
Town timber, and got to the east edge OF the
'wamp: didh't see no sign o. the bar, so l
concluded that | had been too student, and
lad got there ahead of him.
III wal. for him. | says. Maturity
ays, If he~'s.comin' this way, he'll be- here when
le comes | says.
ITO show Eoa how good my Judgment was,
ieard IA snort and n grunt way on ahead of me,
the side OF an old log road.
Thunder! ! says. I amt waitin' for the
I'ar! The bars waitin' for met | says.
You ought 70 seen him. That lie, you ought
o seen all there was OF him To be seen. That
vas nothin' but his head. II was sticking up
1pt Of r mud hole. When he seen that I see
him, he raised his head about "a foot higher,
md snortcd a little louder snort.
You thickened the creek by rilin' 1t, did
our says !. Well, III thicken your blood
" putin lead In it' says l, and | whanged
And | did. The bar list sunk right back
n the mud, md IL took. me half an hour 10
rag him out. got him out on hard ground
M was lOOkin' him over and sRyin';
-, posin' ] hadn't Il come out here with a
lhe, goli ding yomv ] says. 'S'posin'
says; why, then yOu wouldn't be
and sayl That's a fact, too!
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