The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-04-28
Bill b IKE AND TIE AR.

bar standin' under an apple tree AM
R-lookin' right at me. Wall, / bet these
beautiful locks Of mine stood on end like
porc'pine quilts. They want no use
feelin' for a gun, cause I knowed didn't
(. have any, not even a jackknife or weapon
II no kind. 1t was leetle hotter PROPOSE
! ion than wanted to tackle jest then, so
bade Mr.. Bruin a hasty farewell an,
made for the fence.
But now. boys, come the trouble in
earnest. 1t was an easy enough marlels
to get over that fence, but when it come
to gettin' back why that was difficult
thing. seen 1. couldn't do 1t nohow an
SO u jest stood an turned my back to the
fence an waited. Bruin was within three
feet of me then an he riz up onto his
hind feet an stood thar rnovin' his head
about in a threatenin' manner an mo-
tionin at me with his big, ugly paws. The
moon was shinin' out bright an clear
above US an as he stood thar between
me an it he was one Of the most skeecy-
=loollin sights ever seen. He didn't APP
pear to be narvous or disconnected in the
least an / made up my mind wouldn't
be narvous either. So, lookin' straight into
his face an reckonin' the distance I
picked out a spot on the big feller's under
)
cowhide boot at he yelled with pain Z
"You can bet didn't wait to see the
result, but I jest took it across that or
chard as if the devil was at my heels.
Lordy, how my feet did welt the ground |!
At last 1 seen a hole in the fence wllar
a board was gone, and at it I went: I
| reached it all right an. was jest about
half way through when heard shut
fling an pantin' behind me at made my
blood freeze up in knotty leetle Jumps
Boys, did you ever know a bar could
bunt? Wall, have had the fact drilled
into me in purity forcible way; for what
knocked me through the fence at such
a lively gait that night was nothin' more
nor less than that bars head. T. was
knocked into a heap on the outside Of the
fence an thar laid, huggtn' the ground
an shiverin' and expectin' every second
to find Bruin on top of me.
Il don't know how long it was fore
| dared raise my head an look round,
bat when did they wan no b ar in
sight. l made up my mind afterward at
Bruin was Jest as anxious to get OUT
side O. that very hole in the fence an
was probably. putin in his best licks 10
get out again fore could give him an
other kick. When / got to the hole ahead
Of him of course he couldn't very we'll
do anything else than knock me out O.
the way. 81 5.3.s s
ID wall, was purity sore when I got
back to the. camp, but I didn't say moth
| II about that, an the gals put up a nice
leetle story,ate llin' me how when they
seen the. % ar they was so skeert they
couldn't say nothin' an lest ran back
TO the house. / took in everything they
SAID, an the next night when they asst
me II l. wanted to go long down with
en- an explore the old mine, I was jest
tlckled to death to get the chance We
took an old mimi lamp with us an when
we got thar I started in ahead carryin'
the light. The old drift hadn't been
worked for years an dirty water was
| dr1ppln' from the roof an coverin' my
pest coat as / CROPPED my way in, never
doubtin at the gals would foller. had
| only got q dozen feet or So an was les,
| turnin' round to see if the damsels was
| gett1n on all right when / stumbled over
somethin' an went sprawlin' The light
| went out in the furry an the fust thing
knowed they was deep growl al
| echoed through the mine an somethin'
| had hold Of me by II bootleg.
| 1T was pitch dark in thu hole, but a
| floor of moonlight to he side told me
| whar the openin' was. With an awful
effort jerked my leg free an scrambled
| to my feet with the intention Of maxim
| a dash toward that flood of moonlight
wall, had only Jest nicely got onto
| my feet an turned around when fell
| sonethin shoot between my legs an tir
| me back. I clutched wildly in front Of
| me an got my both hands imbedded in
| the shaggy hair of Bruin-for I. knoWe6
| right well by this time what it was. The
! bar shot out of that drift at an al
mighty rapid gait, an I didn't dare dro,
OIL for fear of buttin my brains out
against the sides, so I Jest laid fiat an
| rugged tight, ,watchin' for good chance
! to make a leap.
| wall, kin sit here now an laugh
with the rest of you, when i look back
at it; but you kin bet there want no fur
in it for me jest then
Right outside the mouth of the drift
| was a little decline, an at the bottom 8.
| 1t was a pool of water that was made b,
the leet1e stream fowiR out of the mine
| was all ready, an as soon as L see,
at was out in the open air again jes
Slid off. easy as you please, from the
bars back an. struck right in that poo
OF water Wow. But I did get nice
| duckin' and no mistake Isl
The first thing I done was to Gus.
| myself for bein' such a blamed fool as t.
drop into that water, an then I pulled
myself up onto my feet an proceeded tf
look myself over. Never lettins I'D OF
ny cussin for minute I meandered
back to the camp an jest sneaked in an
went to bed without saying nothin' te
nobody It was a little late when / got
around next rnornin', an ledge nv
| 81 prise, fellers, when went behind the
renee an seen one of them blamed gals
ieedln' an old FAR outen tin pan!
seen now the whole thing was 81 a
second: Them gals had been maxim
game OF me all the time an the b ar al
had been maxim me so much trouble Was
5a aoettnin but a tame one at wouldn't hurt
nobody. Fust had notion to go II, al,
get my shooter an put an end to the
tarnaI thing for spite, but / concluded
It was best to curb my temper an, 10.
It go. The fellers had all gone ia WORT
an knowed if 4 waited until they pot
back they'd be onto the thing an, have
an awful leg on me- so Il lest cot nav
toys together an scratched out as Quiet
" as I could
es, this is lonesome, pesky hole
an no riitae, but they amt no dudes
here nor no gals to play hide-an- go-seek
with q feller's heart an, I'h durn glad
of it.'=-Wi Transport Pa.3 Correspond
ence New York Sun
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