The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-07-27

The officer made a note Of it in his
book.
IT shall have to keep an eye on him,
doctor, he said kindly, but you may
depend shan't interfere for the sake
Of the young lady,
Ard so William Clinton passed thro'
the gate of life in peace.-Answers.
Bear Caught In Fish Net.
The residents along shore cut holes
in the i ceof Winneganee crerk in order
to pull out striped bass in nets, and
also to drown or wet fish wardens, who
come prying about to discover and
finer mesh than the law allows, says a
Dresden, Me-, letter in the New York
Sun. The honest fishermen leave the
holes exposed and marked with stakes,
so that any one may find their nets.
Those who attempt to violate the law
cover the openings with broad strips of
white cloth after the nets are put down
and shovel snow on top of them so no
one can detect their work. Then when
A fi.h warden comes prowling about ct
night and walks over the cloth-covered
opening he often goes to his hips or
his neck into the cold water and
speaking away home is glad enough to
resign his job in favor Of anybody who
wants 1t.
One night during the full moon of
January Abner Chick, a bass. fisher
man who lives in the village, came
home and found his wife suffering
from bad toothache.
'See here, Abby he said to his r.
yeer-old son and namesake, you jest
run across the crick to Hahn's woods
an get a hunk on that air pine stub
what was struck by lightnin' las sum-
her trouble. All right. There amt no
ache in the world kin stan the prod
ding of a toothpick made from tree
what lightning has hit"
Though it was a bright, moonlight
evening, and the blasted pine stub was
hardly a half mile away, Abner, jr.,
didn't take kindly to the job. He had
been to school all winter and was un-
familiar with the covered holes in the
ice, so he had to feel his way across
the creek with the aid of long pole.
On reaching the pine woods the dark
ness and stiffness Of everything fright
ened him, the squeaking of his rub
bers on the crusty snow sending shivers
up and down his spine. In this frame
of mind he found the dead tree and
had pocketed a chip of its wood and
was about to start for home when an
owl hooted above his head, causing him
to run deeper into the woods. At last,
when he was out of breath, he heard
voice in front of him saying:
"Oof! o-of! o-o-f"
Thinking the noise was made by one
of his schoolmates who had followed
behind to frighten him, the boy threw
q broken limb into the dark and yelled
deflantly:
"see here, John Scott. yer can't
scare me-not on yer life!'
AS he spoke something big and black,
and hairy emerged from the darkness
and came toward him. The boy. see
ing he was In danger of being eaten
UP by bear, gave yell and fled for
home, followed by the bear. He emery
leaped down the embankment to the
creek, and after running ten rods on
the ice went feet foremost into q COW
cred hole that his father had Just made.
Though the water was not more than
four feet deep at that place, he would
certainly have drowned had not the
frozen cloth cover kept his feet from
sinking into the mud. AS it was, he
crouched down until his head was be-
low the ice and kept quiet until he
heard the angry bear go scratching
and shuffling past his hiding place.
Meanwhile his father had heard his
cries, had grabbed an az and had run
to his rescue. Rushing on the oncom-
ing bear he struck q furious blow with
the ak. Bruin was crafty, and, rising
on his hauches, he Tended OF impending
death with his right paw and sent the
az flying twenty rods away. Having
no weapon but jackknife. Chick be-
gan to retreat. opening the long blade
Of the knife AZ he ran. He had not
gone ten rods when he came to q COW
such Roadway that he could not turn
to right or left, he made leap and
landed on the opposite side. The bear,
having no knowledge OF the hidden pit,
dashed forward and went under the
Ice In q mass OF snow and frozen
cloth. The animal became entangled
Ia the bass net. and there was killed by
Chick. It was the work Of q few min
utes to get the boy on the Ice again,
the dead bear they went home to sup
per. .4ss III. a8
The chips from the lightning-scorch-
ed pine. which he had gained at the
risk Of his life. had remained In the
boys pocket all through his adventures,
but when he offered to split 1t into
toothpicks for his mothers relief he
found that she had no need OF such
help, because fright had cured her
toothache completely.
x-RAY surgery after omdurman
washingto p. G.. Feb. d. ne colo.
NAL examiners of the var departments
we're In conferences with the seeretary 81
war over their trip Is Porto Rirc. where