The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-09-27

anC when L Knocked EN- Oft they all
tumbled inside, of course, and | ha6 to
run in and drag 'em out, and burnt
my hands pretty bad. The other Teller
had been standin' Off laughin' kinder
sarcastic.
Much obleeged to you for wakin'
me- | says, as he started back to his
camp.
'Sich blamed carelessness l never
See he growls. You've got to repair
my cabin or pay for it,
Il cut few saplin's and set 'em up
agin the open end of the cabin. 1t was
moonlight and could see pretty well.
Then | crawled into the bunk again. l
didn't prop the door this time. but
wished had afterward. My hands hurt
me so bad that l couldn't sleep and l
turned and twisted for an hour.
"A!l at once heard something My
blood all turned to ice and my hair
bristled like a shoe brush. 1t was
soft but heavy tread and loud, hoarse
breathin' jest outside the cabin close to
my head. And then | smelt something
like pig-sty. l knew we'll enough what
it was. There was only the thickness
of split clapboard between me and
big grizzly bear!
~ began to think like chain lightning.
The shotgunr-'twa'n't loaded, and if it
had been charged to the muzzle 'twould
only sting him and make him as mad as
hornet. | 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 KEEP as
still as | ever KEEP in my life. Ifairly
shrunk up like withered potato.
''The bear walked slowly around the
cabin. brea thin as if he had the asth-
ma. Pretty soon / saw him through
the saplin's. and knew he could brush
EN- away like smoke. He lifted up his
big head and looked toward me. and I'll
| take my solemn oath that he was big
| ger than any bull that ever paved the
| earth. He stuck out his nose and
shifted with dreadful noise. tried to
think of the Lords Prayer.
''But pretty soon he moved on and
heard him chompin' the bacon rinds
outside. He walked around the cabin
four times and every time he stopped
and shifted closer to the saplin's. Twas
only the smell of the fire that KEEP him
| from comm in, that's sure. Then he
moved off, for | didn't smell him any
more.
'All of a sudden | made one jump to
the door, cussin' myself for darnet
coward. There I'd been thinkin' bout
myself all the time when the other fell
Ler was sleepin' in the open. and the
bear would be sure to visit him after
! finishin with me! And he'd been kind
enough to save me from burnin' up,
| too. | run out hollerin' to him:
Look out, pardner, there's grizzly
around!'
Ted me some news, will YOU? came
grouty voice, out of the air. it seemed
to me. l looked up and saw something
dark up the oak tree, about as high as
a man could well go.
"'You're roostin' high | says. Did
he take after you?'
81 seen i'm a-comin' and I DIDN'T
stop for lunch. says he. Me blankets is
ribbons, and he's eat everything but
the ak and fryin' pam
"'Well, slide down and make a break
for the cabin. He amt in sight now
"'Thank We, I'm comfortable says
he.
However, | talked him into comm
down, and he made pretty run for the
cabin. | couldn't have beat it myself,
and | was pretty spry in those days.
We slipped in and propped the door,
| arc 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.
''The other Teller seemed kinder blue.
felt sorry for him, so l says:
"'My friend, you can have this ranch.
don't like to interfere with anybody'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 SoOt-Dt.
"'No. you don't he hollered. jump
in up. This ere ranch is yourn. was
only jokin' last night. The climate ere
don't agree wi me. must be Off
I couldn't think of it, saysI. You
can make a nice home out of it. Good
luck to you
AZ means what l says he growls,
| real huffy. 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
well. the upshot of it was that we
had 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 Teller is Rose my part
ner. We got over our scare and we
both stayed. There's Rose comm now,
and guess dinners ready."-St. Louis
| Globe-Democrat.
An AmiabIe Examiner
Matthew Arnold's freedom from aus
| terity when it came to the ordinary