Cochise review., 1900-10-27

! run in and drag em ont. and l burnt my hands pretty bad. The other feller had been standin off, laughin' kinder sarcastic.
 "'Much obleeged to you for wakin' me- l says. as he started back to his camp.
 'Sich blamed carelessness 1 never see he growls. You've got to repair my cabin or pay for it.
 ''I cut a few saplin's and set 'em up agin the open end of the cabin. II was moonlight and l could see pretty weF. Then l crawleC into the bunk again. didn't prop the door this time, but l wished 1 had afterward My hands hurt me so bad that I couldn't sleep and turned and twisted for an hour.
 "All at once l heard something My blood all turned to ice and my hair bristled like shoe brush It was a soft but heavy tread and a iouG. hCaryc breathin' jest outside the cabin clcse to my head. And then l smelt some. lilg ikea pig-sty, knew well enough what it was. There was only the thickness of split ciapboard between ne and big grizzly bear!
 "l began to think like chain lightning. The shotgun-'twa'n't loaded. and if il had been charged To the muzzle 'twould only sting him and make him as mad as hornet. l might climb upon the cross beams. Pshaw They want seven feet from the ground and one scoop of his paw would bring me down like ripe plum.
 Not thinkin' of anything sensible to do. didn't do nothin'. but kep' as still as Fever kep' in my life fairly shrunk up like withered potato.
 The bear walked slowly around the cabin, breathin' as if he had the aSih- ma. Pretty soon l saw him through the saplin's. and knew he could 0ru d em away like smoke He lifted mp lis big head and looked toward me and m take my solemn oath that he was big ger than any bull that ever paved the earth. He stuck out his nose and snitfed with a dreadful noise I tried to think of the Lords Prayer
 But pretty soon he moved on and l heard him chompn' the bacon rinGs outside. He walked around the cabin four times and every time he stopped and sniffed closer to the saplin's. Twas only the smell of the fire that kep him from comin' in, that's sure Then he moved off, for I didn't smell him any more.
 ssAn of I ,1 ,., the door, cnssin' myself for darneI coward. There I'd been thinkiu' bout myself all the time when the other fc! Ter was sleepin in the open, a4G he bear would be sure to visit him after finishin' with me, And he'd been kind enough to save me from burnin up too, 1 run out hollerin' to him:
 Look out pardner, there's grizzly aroundp
 Tell me some news, will you?' came grouty voice out of the air, it seemed to me Hooked up and saw something dark up the oak tree, about as high as man could well go.
 You're roostin' high l says. Did he take after you?'
 T seen i'm a-comin' and I dicRt stop for lunch, says he Me blankets is ribbons, and he's eat everything but the ak and fryin' pan
 We'll, slide down and make break for the cabin. He ain't in sight now
 "'Thank ye, I'm comfortable, says he.
 However, l talked him into comin' down, and he made pretty run for the cabin. couldn't have beat it myself. and l was pretty spry in those days. We slipped in and propped the door, and he began to cuss fool who would come away and forgit his ammunition
 Daylight was an awful long time a-comin', but it showed up at last We built a fire and made some coffee. but we didn't fry no bacon.
 "fhe other feller seemed kinder blue l felt sorry for him, so l says:
 My friend, you can have this ranch don't like to interfere with any body's plans, and my business in town is press in anyway. You can have my blan- kets and what grub is left, and I'll bid you good-by.
 No, you don't, he hollered, jump in up. This ere ranch is yourn Twas only jokin' last night. The climate ere don't agree wi me. l must be off
 "I couldn't think, of it. says L. 'You can make nice home out of it. Good luck to you.
 T means what l says he growls real hutfy. This ere ranch is yourn and don't try to insult me by insinivat ing that I'm tryin to git it away from you
 We'll, the upshot of it was that we had a bigger quarrel than we had the night before"
 Ezra Tucker laughed and slapped his knee.
 But how did it come out?" asked the deputy assessor.
 "Oh, the other feller is Rose, my part ner We got over our scare and we both stayed There's Rose comin' now. and guess dinners ready."-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
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