The sun., 1898-01-23
HIS BEAR-FIGHTING MULES.
MIGHTY GOOD TEAM TO HAVE
ALONG UP THE LITTLE KETTLE.

dLoNo cI- l"L lAAASE II III A1A
Their Owner Tells story or How They DEM
onntrnted Their Value for Protective Pur-
poses In n Bcnr-Inrested Region OF the Hem
lock Beit-Rut, All the Same. 1t Was No sale.
KETTLE CREEK Jan. 22.-"There amt moth
in like mules to have along with yourself II
| you're attacked by bar" said man with red
| whiskers and hickory overalls in his felt and
rubber boots. as he sat down by the tavern
stove. "Anyhow. that's my everlastin' mind
on the subject, KNOWN what know about that
team O. mules o mine out yonder. An KNOWN
| what know about mules in general, know
| there amt no doubt of it. for l found out
long ago that mules hates bar. Leastways, tan
merry mules does. As rule, there amt no Twin
thing tannery mule likes. Not durn thing.
But, thea ag'in, hain't never discovered that
u tanncry mule pertic'lcrly hates any livin'
thing. neither, except bar. Then. on t'other
hand. bar hates anything with four legs that
it can't eat Consequently. bar pertic'lcrly
hates II tannery mule. Why docs the tannery
mule hate the bar. and the bar hate the tan
merry mule, to the fur away end of distraction
dunno. Nobody dunno what the grudge is be.
twixt 'em, nor what ever started 1t agoin', but
it's there all the same. Tannery mules and bar
seems to have took an oath some time or other
to jist hate each other the worst way they
knowed how. nnd neither one on em han't
never broke his oath yit.
See them mules O. mine out yondcr in the
road 4! Them fcllers that's pretcndin to be
asleep. with their ears loppin and their noses
pooty nigh the ground They don't look as II
they was bar fighters, do they They don't,
for fact. own up to that But, say! Has
anybody got q bar around here that he wants
to match ag'in them mules for a pair o dollars
MOI It's durn good thing for the bar, then.
that nobody han't got him! That's what!
They're bar fighters. want to tell you! They're
bar fighters, them mules is!
"Goin' up along Little Kittle, be you.
strangerl Big woods up there yit. Tree-e.e-e-
MENUS big woods. And BARI Thumpin' jees.
wax. Full O. bar! Chuck full and runnin' over!
Uglicst cusses you ever see. too. It's too bad
you bain't got q couple o mules like them
snorters O. mine out yonder to take along with
you for protection ag'i in them Little Kittlc bar.
You needn't never be afcard o bar If you had
them mules along with you. l hain't never
grudged myself the good $75 l give out TO git
them mules, and II it wasn't that I'm dead sot
on goin' clear out into Injyanner to settle you
wouldn't never hear o mo ever thnkin,, o even
looKin at $50 for em. They'd be worth good
up along Little Kittle, where bar is so thick
fortnit fer you. Captain. Bar is terrible thick
up along Little Kittlc. And ugly Jeewhoppityl
It two years ago now, that the tannery boss had
hSs of for sraVs sSns sSms t's d me k hs o
IS Jibson.' says he he always calls me Jibson.
though my name is Theophiius. Jibson; and
everybody else calls me Thoph-' Jibson.' says
he. i want you 10 go up along Little Kittle and
measure some bark for me. says he.
You do. hayf says !.
With Wi, IaSt my mules null Z saysI.
mules TO measure bark with. says he.
",Noi' says l. Then l don't go up along
| Little Kittle! saysI.
"Barsi says j. That's why! And l don't
go unless I'm protected by the mplesi saysI
some bark he wanted hauled in from along
Little Klttle and he told me TO take the mules
W With ieS one stone. @ as It |ere So took the Mules
and L dnrn good thing hing 4 Vas W, By i hen r,o,
course you don't know Panther Yell Holer.
That's little !he widest place IN TIE hui hem
fS Ss s sr SePPSSf
the like .nowheres,,nevcr! And they say it's
worse. this year than'eyer; Me and the mules and
in the Afternoon @ I the day day we Vent up along ftts
| Kittle and as We was passin' through, all OF u
front o the mules. He riz and Spread for light.
He sRepped and sn"rled and and showed his faRgs
ghost without waltin' to have It chawed and
clawed out o me II hadn't knowed that them
mTlS VA Sg Rbter aH haSS SS no
| knowed didn't need no gun as long as had
| them mules. l got down on o the load, un-
| hooked the mules so the bark wouldn't git split
durn their pranein with the bar. IL my pipe.
| made q widder o. that bars wife, so as we
could proceed on ag'in. Tho mules buckled right
IN. hut the bar was tough and game-the reg lar
| around 'em like Toarin' cyclone. given EN-
| dip here and rip there, while they kicked and
bii and slashed around like tannery mules had
never done before.
"Them mules-sayi wish TO the great Hockey
pokoy WIuky Wum IL wasn't so Rol durn fur
| out TO Injyanner! But got 10 git there, and It
| takes money. don't see how TIN ever goin' to
hold up my head after sayin' Ill let them mules
90 fer $50; but money Is skeerce. and I've got to