The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-02-12

and when ] knocked 'em of they all
tuEnbled inside, of course, and hac TO
run. in and drag 'em out. and burnt
my hands pretty bad. The other Teller
had been standin' of, laughin' kinder
sarcastic.
"Much obleeged to you for wakin'
me- says, as he started back to his
camp.
'Sich blamed carelessness / never
see.' he growis. You've got to repair
my cabin or pay for it,
Il cut a few sapiin's and set 'em w
agin the open end of the cabin. 1t was
moonlight and could see pretty wei.
Then l crawleg into the bunk again. /
didn't prop the door this time. but
wished had afterward. Ny hands hurt
me SO bad that l couldn't sleep and
tnrred and twisted for an hour.
"Aii at once beard something. Nv
blood all turned to ice and my hair
bristied like a shoe brush. 1t was a
soft but heavy tread and loud. hoaree
breathin' jest ouside The cabin close TO
my head. And then ] smeIt something
like pig-sty. KNEW well enough what
ii was. There was only the thickness
of a split c.apboard between me and
big grizzly bearl
II began TO think ike chain lightning.
The shotguu-'twa'n' loaded. and if it
had been charged 10 the muzzle 'twould
only sting him and make him as mad as
a hornet. ! might climb upon the
cross beams. Psbaw, They want
seven feet from the ground and one
scoop of his paw would bring me down
like ripe plum.
Not thiDkin' of anything sensible
to Go. didn't do notbin', but KEEP as
still as ! ever KEEP in my life. / fairly
shrunk up like withered potato.
The bear walked slowly around the
cabin. breathin' as If he had the asth-
ma. Pretty soon l saw him through
the sapin's. and knew he could brush
'em away Ike smoke. He lifted up his
big head and looked toward me. ard III
take my solemn oath that be was big
ger than any bull that ever paved the
earth. He stuck out his nose and
shifted with dreadful noise. / tried 10
think of the LORDS Prayer.
But pretty soon he moved on and
heard him cbompin' the bacon rinds
outside. He walked around the ca bin
four times and every time he stopped
ano shifted closer TO the sap,in's. Twas
/ only the smell of the FIRE that KEEP him
from comm in that's sure. Then he
moved off, for l didn't smell him any
more
b "All of sudden l made one jump TO
the door. cussin' myself for carmel
coward. There I'd been thinkin' bout
myself all the time when the other fell
Ter 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 hoilerin' to him:
Look out. parcner. there's a grizzly
around.
Ten me some news. will you?' came
a grouty voice. cut of the air. it seemed
10 me. 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?
Il seen i'm a-comin' and / didn't
stop for lunch says he. Ne blankets is
ribbons, and he's eat everything but
the AK and fryin' PAN
." We'll. slide down and make 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 il myself.
and WIS pretty spry in those days.
We slipped in and propped the door,
and he began to cuss a fool who would
come away and forgit his ammunition.
Daylight was an awful long time
a-comin'. but it showed up atlast. We
built 4 fire and made some coffee, but
we didn't fry no bacon.
THE other Teller seemed kinder blue.
] felt sorry for him, 50 says:
MY friend. you can have this ranch
don't like 10 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 III bid
you good7by.'
~ eOA NOA nv nu--CAC0>
in up. This ERE ranch is yourn. was
only jokin' last night. The climate ere
don't agree wi me. must be off,
- couldn't think of it saysI 'Yor
can make a nice home out of it. Coco
luck TO you
- means what says he g-owls
real huffy. This ere ranch is yourn
and don't try 10 insult me by insinivat
ing that I'm tryin to git it away from
you
We'll, the upshot of it was that VT
had bigger quarrel than we had th'
night before"
Ezra Tucker laughed and slapped hi
knee.
"But how did ii come out?, asked tn
deputy assessor.
"0h. the other Teller is Rose. my part
ner. We got over our scare and w
both stayed. There's Rose comm now
} and guess dinners ready."-St. Loui
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