The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-12-13
CAPTURING A BTAR AND A
BRIDE

Say Ibsi there rsrer vas PHtiiet gsi y
Pits oouEiy thsn Matilda Mlssins sn D
vons cid crank ,hso her isihu Well
| s'poss | hin overlook bis isiliEs nos
that In . utm Der Of :he family, hni !
locked ons spell ss tboash ! usrer sonlt
be. spd then 10 vben ! discovered bh
crapsinsss hall sifests o. u, siIl
mighty little hlliE In betsesa,
When | ssked bin II might walt OF
his d.ashief Mslllds silb The pfcspeet o
marrying her 10 time be grnpied ooce o.
tsice 10 bimself 90 then said sarcastic
4 like
Ye kia pstvided don't ksch ye al
liu
This uss . back bande 30 sor'er stag
sered me fer 9 minute. bat when | come
10 asin spoke up 90 stE.
What objections bsve ye ssinst ne as a
suitor fer yer daughters hsod, Mt Mis-
siDsi HsiSt ] ss likely syouus man as
ye'll End sbou, these psrlsf
Mebbe ye sir, stE be, sheilin one eye
an sqaiutin with The other, Mebbe ye
air, bul ye don'i vote the sane ticket
DO. sn besides yer father shot d g
uuhsl that belonged to ne.
Well. sex !. II the dog didn'l deserve
shootin l spol eza. First | ever heard
OF 1t sbyboW. 90 | don't know that ye kin
blame me fer Sbst my fsther done with
ou, sstiu my advice or consent
Mebbe not, stz be, bat all the same I've
alters ooticed ths. tricks oil that hind run
10 families, on as | said before, yer politics
an miue don't bitch.
Hang politics sez |, I'll let Matilda do
the voi1 after We git married ii thstll
suit ye. Anything Ter the sake Of peace
10 the family.
thought this would fetch lin; but it
didn't. He hemned and hswed around
SPELL aud hnally be thought Of suthin
else in the objection line an he spoke up
sn sfz;
There's mortgage on yer place, hsin't
they2
reckon there 10, ! scknow edged, but
l dunno that it's my fault, l found it
there when the place come to me after my
fathers death. but I've been hschin awGy
at i, and cutting good slice cf from it
ever year. 40 | expect TO have 1t oil paid
up Inside OF the neIt three years
Do, eh? be granted. Well. ye're snsrt
er'n thought ye was. il that's the case.
So it is oil right about Matilda then,
| s'posef said, eagerly.
II ye did ye s'posed wrong, be growled'
Jest like we've heard dog when be thinks
another one Is goin to git bone away
from bin. Yes, stree, Young ieller, ye
8 posed wrcng, | hain't gointer give no
man quit claim deed, nr even first
mortgage on Matilda, till be proves him
self to be = man. Did ye ever kill bear?
He rosred out this concludin question Of
me 10 tones that fairly made me Jump.
felt Ter q moment almost as il had been
shot or blown up With bomb or suthin
Of that sort; bat when found it was only
= conundrnm be had fred at me and said
Well. no, can't say that | have ever
killed bear. bat il that is one OF the re
luirements before l kin git hooked up in
double harness WITH Matilda. oil ye've
got to do is to bring on yer bear an I'll
massacre him fer ye in hurry,
don't doubt in the least that ye would,
'tz old Migsins, sneeringly, pervided
some one would keicb the bear an tie its
egs together sod bring it to ye SO all
red have to do Is 10 knock ii on the head
With q elnb and kill it without any exer
ion to spesk OF or danger to yersei, Any
body conld DO that. Bat when ye so out
nd meet yer bear. face to fac, in the
woods, same as used to do when was
'oupg man. 40 down him 10 isir fight an
,nght lin into camp we'll, yell find
hats different. Now, | don't s'pose yed
lnucke under Tor q woodchuck OF rae
,oou, mebbe, bat 1t takes man TO face a
)ear.
An when I've bsgsed one get Matilda,
10 II sez |,
Yes, stree. young man, think I'm pur
Y tolerably safe 10 promisin' ye that
,nt yeye got to kill the bear 10 fair
oush 80 tumble fight no shootin at 1t
rom behind tree or stump. Wten ye
10 that 40 deliver the cercass at my
onse, 10 good order an condition. as the
,iIls Of lsdin ssy, I'll own up that yer q
nan. an be ready 10 talk business With ye.
All right; it's q bargain, etz !, ss edip
yer IS you please. Bn. didn't feel hall
s clipper ne | talked. la fact, | felt
Iarn5d bIue over the prospect shesd Of
ne. cause in the fire. place knew bears
Sere sighted around them dispins only
bout once lyery five years, sn five years
= long time TO wait fer gal II ye love
Ter right smart; sn 10 the second place,
ven II met With bear, it wasn't dead
sr,siuty exactly which would ge, chaxed
p.
Bears were 9 little ont OF my line any
ray. Bn, | knew il ives 100 bear, no Ma !
iIds'- Hank Misgins would never com
romise OF suything less than besr-su I
made up my mind The fret time | t
e.rd OF bear beiu seen snywnere 10 the
Ia start ont on The var I
aih 90 capture the ctiitet 30 bride J
long With IL CT perish bobby in The !
tempt q
Well, time is 10 respee,et Of persons
l.t .