The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-13

my guess them l--arsU com. IN b'hiho
the money after all
The man covered hat quarter in a good
deal less than "a jog, and. sure enough;
tho h.saT~ were la the orchard vet. Ana
( any one had taken the odds IA" man
offered the man would've won. Tho apple
crop Wa the stake the b-arS were after
and thev had divided the stake, hs IN"
man could plainly -ee by the way they
stuck out about the ribs.
But what's the matter WIN theth
-Fir.t one hear and then the other would
ri.. IN and try o. do an Indian dane" or
something, a. II u was feeling the sayeet
kind. aud then 90 tumnllng and tniiis anu
kicking up its heels. Then they'd get up
and siar away az each other, and Yoop
like an old time Iackawack raftman when
he'd catch the other fellows jack In a game
Of odd sledg"
well what was the matter with the
h.arsp They were drunk II they had
hs.an To a Jersey quarter race they couldn't
la We brought away a mor- elegant jag
thar they were enjoying thai minut. IN
thai Back Of lacknwack orchard IN"
apple juics they had absorbed had gut "a
gait on II the minute u struck m" MOI IN
erior Of these heat-. and hadn't lost any
'iun In turning itself INTO something like
half a gallon 81 new sppleJack pr i+af'
New applejack j. rangey When II starts
out to get there IL never gets the nag And
that l. lust what It had done with these
two b.arS II had got there, and the bears
werr drunk When the full force OF W"
situation struck tho man that own'si ~"
| orchard. he sal down on the ienc" ana h'Id
his hcad IN his hands
-J.~t 10 think on II" said he NV hull
darn apple crop gone to make "a prilr-Nin-
min lag for two Back q lackawack bear
/ Conzarn - said he, looking wstiuIIN
at the hilarious h-ar~. n only han le-t
half a. either one q your loads ] "ouldh 7
even ask for second money
Then he grabbed his gun
.Blt | hin lag your drunken carcas-es
home Said he, and salt EN- down cuh-
sarn YOU
bears. when he had a thought
NO said he You're fcslin' too good f.,
and You'll die happy Il ! plug YOU nov
That won't do ! know how YOU Tel, ana
know how you're goin' to feel when yol
xii over u III jest wait and keep my ey"
on YOU fellers
so the man gave the bears that heat
and AT down on the fence again TO wait
for the next one nv and 10y the hcars
couldn't get up when they tumhled, ana
after awhile went sound asleep Tho
man sat on the fence and watched en-
Tor two hourr Then one Of the bss'rs
woke up He raised his head and looked
around. and l-' It fall hack again with a
groan Then the other bear woke up,
RAISED hi= head and lot II drop with a groan
Anrr awhile one h-ar Sat ny. Ito held
his head in both paws and g%rnanef and
howlrd, aud looked van and haggard and
hopeless and the other h-ar did the same
The man on the fence gluated
= 'Oh. I've hccn there said he "
vuu hadn't felt that way you'd h. maxim II
new record
Then the bears saw tho man and his
gun. aud they dropped on their knees and
held out their paws, actually begging hun
To- nut them out Of their misery lie said
that even Il he hadn't any grudg- against
,b.m not 10 Kill them, and ~ h" killed en-.
No, no. Don't m Of YOU follows buck
M against the pool box an h Pin" county
h1ar circuits having gone out of business
OF Nou'n drop yuur wsd. raid Col Elston,
and all thu Goshen good Satnaritans said
thew wouldn't