The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-11-21

'She turns on me with a glare in he1
eyes and SEE:
"'Yes, it's a powerful pleasanteayen.
In fur folks as is too lazy to draw thei,
breath and don't keer how much thei,
families suffer-
'Mebbe that's me?' SEE /, feelin' sor,
o. riled all to once.
"'Zeb White SEE she, as she riz up
'yo' amt no man tall! Ny shoes ar
all worn out, and I0in't got dress FL
fur a skunk to look at. I shall cook the
last CON meal in the house fur break
fast, and the Lawd knows whar' well
git any mo-. Yo' hev got to be the
onariest man in all Tennessee. Yo' ain'i
fitten fur buzzards to peck at. Yo' used
TO git around and be sumbody, but fur
the last var it's bin whisky and ter
hacker and loafin' around till won't
put up with it no MOI
'Nobody's AKIN yo' to stay II yo'
don't want to- SEE !, teelin' hurt in my
feelin's
'tsShe got her bonnet on and was
minded 10 go, but arter walkin' out to
the road and lookin' up an down she
cum back. She didn't say nuthin' mo-,
and 1 was too mad to speak, and we sot
around fur awhile and then went to
bed. It might hev bin along about
midnight when she wakes me up aud
SEE: d.
"'Zeb, I've bin.hevin' a curious dream.
I drempt that . mighty big bar had
fell into one O. them iron pits up by the
big rayine.'
"'What If he hasT sell
"'Then his pelt will buy me par o
shoes and a dress, and we'll hev meat
and grease 'nuh to last Us fur Q
month
"I'l sec about II in the mswnin's
"'But want yo' to see about it right
OF now. I'll go with yo' and pint out
the pit, and yo' kin shoot the bar befo'
he climbs out
az was mad yit," said tho old man,
"and 1 didn't think much of q dream,
and so wouldn't git up. The ole
woman did, however. She got out o.
bed, Lit the lantern and went off to see
if the bar was actually in the pit.
soon fell asleep, thinlin' she wouldn't
go fur, and it was mawnin' when ]
woke up agin. The ole woman wasn't
nowhere to be sawn, but I wasn't in
no hurry to 60 out and look fur her.
I got sum breakfast, smoked my pipe,
and along about eight o'clock shout
dered my gun and started of fur tho
pits. We was up that way, last Sun.
day, if yo' remembers?"
ayes
Thar ar six or seven places whar'
they dug down fur iron ore. Sum of
'em amt more'n ten feet deep, and
sum ar full 30. I didn't know which
one she had drempt about and
1 went along slow and looked fur
signs. had looked into TO or five
pits, and was thinkin' the ole woman
had got lost on the mounting in the
night when 1 cum to the deepest pit
of all. 1t was as big around as well,
and down ON the leaves and bresh at
the bottom was a sight to behold My
ole woman and a monstrous big bar
was down thar together and all mixed
up. She heard me movin' about at the
top, and she knowed my. face as
looked down, but she didn't say a
blessed word until arter spoke. I
was sorter glad to find her alive, and
sort O. mad about her calm me
names. and bimeby, seq:
"'Mebbe I'm mistook. but ar that
Mrs. Zeb White down thar at the bot.
tom?
'Mebbe it arr SEE she, cool as yo'
please.
"'And ar that q bar alongside o.
yo'T
"'Yes, it's b'ar-sAme bar
drempt about last night. Mebbe yo'r
name might be Zeb White?'
I'm considerin' that folks call me
by that name. It's pleasant mawnin',
Mrs. White
Pears like it.
''Then we didn't say no mo- fur long
time" said old Zeb as he smiled and
chuckled and filled his pipe anew. 81
seen she was powerful sassy yit, and
wasn't gwine to humble myself fust."
And she had tumbled into the pit
with the bear?" queried.
''She had. sab, but the bar was down
thar fust and she had lit on him and
didn't receive no hurt. Them two had
been wedgedl in thar together fur
seven or eight hours. and the bar
hadn't even growled at her. His
tumblin' down and her faliin' on top o.
him had Just skeert him most to death.
Bimeby ser to the ole woman:
"'Mrs- White, rneiobs vo' ar talin'
I-heap % comfort down thar'a II sol
3on't let me disturb yo!'
az amt complainin',' SEE she, but |
Jest fur q change yo' might pull me
mt.'
But am I an onery man ? sezI.
"'Yo' surely arr SEE she, but be |
'ween an onery man and an onery bar
III take the man. / shant take back |
30 mo- than that, Zeb White-not if yo' |
Keep me down yere a week
Il wasn't feelin' quite satisfied but |
Snowed she was a woman of her word, |
md so 1 cut grapevine and lowered
{ down and pulled her out Then I
shot the bar and went OF and got
-wo men 20 help pull the karkass out
lie was the biggest, latest bar any
'ody had seen around we're fur ten
-'ars. I sold the pelt alone for $50 in
ash, and we had bar meat till we got
ired OF IL. Reckon we've got sum o.
he grease in the house yit, and It.
BRINE stuff 70 lie up yo'r butes."
And you bought the dress and
hoes, of couree?' asked
"Ot co'se." he replied. "I never did !