The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-16

Ind lost two or three good ewes. was TALKING
about &c to the very man that had caught the
II viii certainly go hard with that cheer
thief when we catch him. said he. We'll
sock him in States prison II it's for twenty
THAT bear was lying near, as ~ he was
asleep, hut when my remarkable father said
popped vide open. and he looked up sudden
and queer, as II nm iden had atrnck. him.
b Thsn he t5 5ose bs sP too SRd TO my yh fSaafka sna f syeSy
that had captured him heuben Petitions
MUD, but II all zane TO him atterward, Never;
theless. he called the man off to one side aud
"BewSrss II That bear. Now's a good time
to nli him with lead
But the man shifted at my remarkable,
The day after that Reuben. PettibCne started
with a raft down tho, river, all tho y'9Y. and that
light. Cyrenc Bass went out to his pasture and
found three of his sheen gone. Tho trail OF
the thief was etill nlqin on the ground. and Cy-
"!'Great Jonathan he exclaimed. What
mortal mar would ever have thought itT
But he went right back. Just the same, and
woke, up. Squire Parker.
,,S SS r5 sq i'd he ,,ha 4 want a warrant
The sheep thief" said Cyrene. I've found
hin! 2gt! nu ..,, ,o s.n,uo
-"Cyrene told him, and the Squire almost fell
of his chair. But he gave Cyrene, "A warrant,
and oEEr en- d routed rhH out me fGnstah nS Sha tn SS
YOU think they went? Straight to the clearing
Of the man who had caught the hear asleep.
at his milk hyusr. There hug the carcqsses
OF Cyrene's three sheep! II, there had been
They got the unfortTnatc citizen up. served the
warrant, and marched him OF. in spite OF all
he could say. Cyrene said nfteiSynrd that as
look back, and he saw the bear dancing round
the role and hnsEinE himself as II he was
6 9HiaFs!EinG ihi M'sh a I0y ETGiSr S OF that, hears eHr beine
queer. anyhow. he said, -,
We'll. what could lie done? There. couldn't
he any going back on the fact TINT the stolen
sheep were found in the mans milk house.
and. although his character WASN'T ANYTHING
later, when court met, they gave him four
Yeas. That same. day Reuben Pc:tihone got
back from down, the river. He hadn't heard
BILE. aud he went over to his clearing to see how
the bear was acting TIL bear was lying at
a look at il and ponder. when Cyrene Base
came along. He had the news from the county
seat, and, under the ctrcumstances the widow.
the sheep, and all, he was feeling JOYFUL.
"'IIoorayl' he shouted. He gifts four yearsl
H!o%SraEI .,o ,o,r nm,0, ~ md ,oc0r -
dance and hug himself, and seemed as il he was
trying to holler 'Hooray' tool Then my re-
maarkia !, fa q !, saw a It all; e w,rr.d him
against this bear. hut he shifted at me-. This
bear stole those sheep and put 1t on to the
poor. unsuspectinG fellow. As sure as there
are guns that shoot and traps that snap this
bear stole the sheep and put 1t onto him.
THE bear quit dancing and hugRing him
self. and. slipping his rope. skunk away with
his head down. and looking the guilty thing
he was. Ny remarkable father tried his best
to get the bears victim pardoned. but every
body laughed at the idea OF a bears stealing
sheep and putting 1t on TO some one. else. and
there was no use. OF course. the widow
Gully threw the poor old man over. and mar
ried Cyrene. after all. whi,h was more sorrow
for him to sit down with. and the unfortunate
man who shifted contemptuously at my remark
able'father, who knew bears from A to lizard.
and knew that a hear that was caught asleep
was bound to get even with its catcher. even II
II had to make him out n sheep thief. had to
serve his time. Mackinaw. the best thing
you can do Is to send word to Jim Greeley and
tell him to plug that bear Of his with lead right
now"
They was silence for a spell. and then the
manIn the lamboyant jacket said:
What mowt a been the name o this onfort-
Nt s~coferf"
''Mackinaw.' said the man from over SHINE
mahoning way. i told, you this was n painful
subject to me. and ! did not mention his name.
! sorrow to say that he was an ancestor Of
Reuben Pettibone. and hence Of mine"
"Ahai" snid the man In the red. blue, pink.
green. yellow and purple .ln1ckinaw jacket.
An ancestor O. your'n, hey2 Then there's a
chance. amt there. that the bear didn't steal
them sheep. after all?'