The sun., 1899-02-19

preston that she was considerably het MP
From yST P1SSHsthS3 .Ss G .sss ias sRs sPpfSsTd SSd
concluded not to walt until spring 70 ohaw me.
begun US to h howl Wtb:a Rsir.rasing flsrceness,
right at the opening of'the cave. The bear
sRe cave enI sbe spTs wen such yoopnS and Yell
and cTunchlng as followed her exit | never never
and peeKed out. fhe.old bear stood. with her
back against the ledge; and the whole PACK s.i 81
upon her trying to force her down. she had s.
scattered wolves TO the right and to the left.
strewn with their carcasses. | grabbed my
gun ani went out TO the aid o. the bear. BE-
hs two o Ss we soon sa 4bS b
self Of her grndge against me-. and turned on
me with her iierceness at the boiling l6I,oh point l
her head. and she tumbled dead among the
wolves ,,ooroa
around on the battlefield. lie counted twen-
ty-nine dead wolves. Like a flash he figured
csD Il GA Rs hES Tth nS the as SoqR Rs sst
sHans SsSTns Gs and Ns ss3 HS5H 10 hat
worth $40 moreI Little Reuben Just jumped
and yelled with joy. because new he could lliS
save his chlidhood's home, And while he was
jumping and yelling with Joy ne heard noise
be RsnSs seS ns e opennS S the
but two bear cubs that he hadn't known any
'Twenty.nine wolvcsp Reuben. Pettlbono
was fond of telling me he shouted. Thirty
two dollars more than enough. besides two
seen No more all. pervadng dumps for papv
And there want either: h ana ant hn supp9Ise TIfS
all those skins there was the
."Sinnemahone," said the man in tho red.
blue. pprnle yellow, green and pink MaGknSw 1SDt
tremendous snowbank that had shet this
amazin'. youngster from Gittin, homer Did
mountain or did the dyin' kicks o them
wolves dig It up and scatter it like chan before
fae atReT 0 yo1 @ WsS S s0S With
thirst arter the battle that he Jest fell to and
gobbled all that snow before he could cool that
The expression on the face of the man with
the variegatad Jacket was aGGrssyatlng, and for
way looked as IL he had left something at home
and was inclined to go right away after It but
member that he could get along Just as we'll
without it and said. blandy but with re-
II had hoped. MIackinaw. to be spared tho
recital. because the way that the child Reuben
got home witt his skins. and the scene when
tel YOU how it was, While EeubeIH and ths
something. II he hadn't made that discovery
there would have been no roint In his jumping
S mnae tRs h 2S Ne
bank that stretched away between him and
the home OF his childhood had taken on crust
the bear had given her dying kick. Reuben had
laid his plan. and as soon as he rot through
carry It out. He ties the two dead bears to-
gether with strips he cuE from his moreasins
he cut fro N his powderhorn straps and his buck
skin breeches. Then lie dragged the lot to the
edge OF the glarinG. slippery slope .; snow.
Taking a bear cub under each arm. he lay down
among the wolves and the bears and pushed
then. on to the sloping glare
say. that there was y whiz and Whoo and
ske:wush. and never knew another thing un-
the back yard. mixed up with the benrs and
h TyGs TSp low hf eSsg m Of h
was-for the imTort of it all hadI I struck him
yet-was bragEt1G on me and how ! stood up,
in twenty-nne wol Ives and four bears. and two
of the bears alive.
Part that touches me in tender spot. and
which | hope will shame you i it doesn melt
@ that q % e "nn saa
Pap said he land he has told me SO
many a time, = never " thought ANYTHING about
Bears P"N was vas dehfinE' Your 0'' all:rerSading Ing
whooped it. It's wholoped. and S32 10 spare.
BESIDES I,GL the four r. bears tw7 OF EN- aliysn
without par paraie It t touches I me. Ma.finaw.
and 1t disposes of that snowbank. And it
ough to send you out behind the barn to com
mune with yoursel Il in bitterness and kicks"
Saving which. the man from over Sinnema-
honing way went home The man with the
red, blue, purple. yellow. green and mink Mack
inaw JACKIE: did nor go out behind the barn
and kick himself. He watched the man from
Sinnemahone until he was out Of sight. Then
he said:
''Sinnemahone is wastn' Of himself. He
orto git himself and his father together and
write histories of Napoleon Bonaparte and
Alexander the Great"