The St. Johns herald., 1901-04-06
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it was. There was only the thic1Eszs : of a split c'aPboard between me ane 2 t:c arizz.y te2ri i ''I began < c thic!. Ike chain IightT;ng i Tne sbot twa'hst loaded. an5 if is
 had been charged b tEe muzzle 'tN-cUld
 or.y sing hiEl and make him as HsS ss
 2 hornet. m ght climb upon the
 cross beams. Pstaw! They w2'a'- seven feet from the ground and ere scoop e lis r&w would bring ne down Ike 2 r;pe o:ro. "No; fAtr!-in' of anything senSib-e to e, C.Ga'; do nothin'. but kep' as stit! as I ever kep' in my fife I fairly sA"u2k up ike 8 7riffered potato
 "Ths bc2r walked slowly arorn3 the cabin. h-ea;L:1' as if he bs6 ttc sStb- ma. I'st. : soon I saw a.rr :hr'-gsse . the sa .ia'S. and kEew 5e cou.6 S-as1s 'em cway Ike smoke. I;e litts6 u2 siz 0.g head and t5ckeG c1,a--; -i;s. ls,s' .'iA take icv so,-Ia1 cath that he ySS' Ei g ger than any bull that ever paved JSs earth. Ee s-yck cut his nCss s-d. sriiTe3 " tl Grea6ul noise. ] tried 10
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 'But pretty scon te moved cr anS I heard k!1a chon:p.u' tLe bacon ri1ds ou-s'c>. l:s walked arCUrd the cabin four t:,,es and every time he stopped an6 sui:Je3 closer to the Sa bins. ~Twzs on'y the smell cf the fire tfat l.sT' riTl from com;n' in. that's sure. Then he moved off, fer dlenst smell him any mere.
 All Of sudden made one jump 70 the door. cussin' myself for a Ca7ned coward. There I'd been thiakiR' 'bcU5 myself all the tine when the other fs.- Ter was sieePin' in the open ard ;he. bear would be sure TO visit him after fnislin' with me! And he'd been kind enouGh~to save me from burEin' U2, too. I run out hollerin' to him:
 " Look out, Pardner, there's grizzly around!'
 Tell me some news. will you 9 came grouty voice. out of the air, it seemed to me. Hooked up and saw something dark up the oak tree, about as high as a man could wei, go.
 "'Ycu're roCstin' high says. Did he take after you?'
 "I seen 'irn a-cOmin' and I didn't stop for lr4cn.' says he Me blanketsis ribbcEs. and he's eat everything but the ax and fryin' pan
 "r'Well. slide down and make a break for the cabin. He ain't in sight now
 "'Thank ye, I'm comfortable says he.
 However, I talked him into comin'. down. and he made pretty run for the cabin. I couldn't have beat it myself. and l was pretty spry in those days. We slipped in and ProPPed the door. and he began to cuss fool who would come away and forgit his ammunition.
 Daylight was an awful lorg tine a-comin', bat it showed up atlast. We built fire and made some coffee. but we didn't fry no bacon.
 ''The other feller seemed kinder blue. felt sorry for him, so says:
 My friend, you can have this ranch. don't like 10 interfere with anyEo6y's plans. and ny business ir. town is press in anyway. You can have ny blan- kets and what grub is left, and I'll bid you good-by.'
 "'No, you don't he houered. jump in up. This ere ranch is yourn. WIS only jokin' last night. The climate ere don't agree wi me. 1 must be off
 I couldn't think of it, saysL 'Ycu can make a nice home out of it. Good luck to you
 1T means what I says he g-Cwls, real hufy. This ere ranch is yourn. and don't try to insult ne 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 lnee.
 ''But how did it come out?'' asked the leputy assessor.
 ''Oh, the other felIer is Rose, ny part Ter. We got over our scare and we both stayed. There's Rose comin' now. md guess dinners ready St. Louis