The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-06-08


from 'em they'll make a bulge on you
sure, but if you run at 'em and wave
your coat you stand a show of scarin'
'em off. There was only one thing to
do, and that was to ride him, for
swearin' at him didn't have no more
effect on him than it does On you.when
YOU make rank miss on first-rate
shot at deer.
"There was no time to 4ay out any
fine plans, for the ants hit asworses and
worse and came thicker and thicker.
So ran out on a big limb and the
bear followed me out there and looked
up and showed his big white teeth
and seemed to say-ain't you got
some more lead to feed me? I'm tired
of waitin' so long. gave him m. hat
for change, and us it !" fell to- the
ground he dropped his head and be-
gan to chaw on it. Before he had a
chance to- show any disappointment,
because a. bears favo-ite teethin's
ring-a mans. skull-wasn't inside Of
it, 1 just dropped square a-straddle Of
his back. @l'i 49, : :
"What are you lookin' so queer
| about? You don't believe it, eh?
Well, now,>I amt a-tryin' to make out
that I was particularly brave. 1t was
only stroke Of genius. There wasn't
any courage about it. 1t took more
bravery to stay with the ants. There
was millions of 'em, and just had to
ride out of there. 1t was the ouly way
to beat the grave. Of course 10. man
must be somethin'of 4 bareback rider
and know how to keep his bearin's-no
joke intended-but when you get in
such scrapefas that there's nothin'
else to do, especially@for the bear. for
he had ridden SO many hunters that I
thought a change would be beneficial
to his constitution. You might not
have been as good rider as 1 was
and probably would have got off at
the first pile of rocks we sailed
through. But you'd have mounted
him just the same as 1 did, because
you'd "a had to.
''Did he snort? Not much. He had
no time for that. Did you ever watch
a fly sittin' on an arrow when you let
go the string? That was about my
fix, only I didn't drop off. Fact is,
1 didn't dare to, for he wasn't scared
enough yet. He started fast enough,
but when got good grip with each
hand into his wool, dug my heels into
his TANKS and hollered Cit out o.
here, you son of gum he shot out
like one of these rifle balls you hear
tell of that gather speed so fast that
when we went under the first tree
I didn't have time to unload him
and catch onto limb and swing up
again. as had meant to. That would
have been dandy trick to play him,
for if he'd ever taken notion to come
back he'd never "a found the tree. A
shootin' star might as well try to find
the cloud, it went through before it
busted. -
I'm about half second somethin'
green whisked past. 1t want in my
eye, for you never saw nothin' green
in that when it come to a question
Of bear. I'm green on theosophy and
a few other fine pints of religion, but
not on bear, thank you. 1t must a
been another tree. but I want very
particular about stopping to find out,
SO on I journeyed.. Just as we cleared
that, somethin' gray went a-swimmin'
around ON all sides with thousand
quails a-whizzin', squealin' and dartin'
around my head, and the durndest
rattle you ever heard. It sounded as
if the lightnin' had struck the pantry