The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-06-08
THE QUEER BEARS up
Ar ThE HEADWATERS
They Are TolesasIy Smart. Accord
ing to the Man From
Knob County.

hrnnd.i into hs brow ~ b" tuhl me.
aid tho man from To Knob country IT."
way u can" at-pui. cal had bon tabin
rpnsib.r'blr fur quite a .Isll, AMI ! up AMI
say~. after ~hth~
ga | -ays. amt th-r' quite a pail
a. win done about b<'ars up N"ur wUN' !
saNs.
'Cau.e Gil lives nigh thc ~h,ndNatrr~,
ami u fulkz don't cit To- 81 that Is'ri - ~"
Knob country very often Consequence H.
that th. things W. hear from thrr' every
now and then. pcrtick'ly when Gil coin"s
down and drops In on III over 10 III" Eddy,
'p-ars ,o me rins pretty nigh To hrin'
anasin'. ~ ! says To Gil
. Ain Their, quite a paSsil q lyin' done
about lrars up YOUR wayP ] savs
giess rn.bbr you'd thick -. says
Gil, II you'd ever hear jrhi-l.. or odd Jooum,
or even Els sam git To gotta about EN-
some fin. day, SAYS Gil. 'Lyinl should say
49, And It's a condemn shame. too There
ain't no sort % nes.d % lyin' about t-'an-,
says he.
n ars l. tolcr'ble smart sometimes,
though, up your way. ain't th,y?' SAYS |.
"A ,rif..' savs Gil. sort o careless like
jest a tnn-. ! take it, says he.
Then I didn't say no more. but turned
I w 'Nlt tAAfA NfNT NA'7 -
backward this spring. wasn't thcyr just
a. II | didn't carr anything mo~ about
Gil or his hcadwaters h-ar-. ami was guiu'
Ia argu. things more substantial. known
tina, Gil wasn't never 2, In 70 let me on that
way, though. j.s, A. we'll a. know"d h"
was -.ttin' there on the shoe box chawin'
borried tobacco.
Reuben was gittin' all ready to sav Some
thin about things ,rin' ~haCkwarder this
spring than IL. lad knowrd EN- to IT, Ia
forty wear. aud then mention a few springs
that come tul-r'hl" nigh l-'in' ~ hack
ward A. this nm. when Gil h. rhovcs his hat
tn th. bach ~ his heat and SAYS
smart ~. -ays. Iva bears
SMART Why" he Sav~. don't you mind
that, un that PLAYED II 49, smart an mo lasi
spring. Don't you mind that un, Danl"
say- he.
-Reutrn wiggled 80 over trin' sot hack
in his backward springin' that ! thought
AZ first that ~. was Amin Ia take Gil by
The neck and shct him and his trar on right
on the starr. hut be- didn't. lie only jest
snarled n little. and -'rtl-d hack onto his
cheer and tilted II agin the counter.
Don't you mind ,nat un. DAMP says
Gil
L thunk a minute. and then I asked
Oh II i, was the one that had siul" the nine
cords - bark from him and run IL over and
y lei II up onto Gid-on'- slideway.
Was thai un the one, ,ilS' I say-. and.
hv cate. til never wiik.d or hlnked or
lnoked surprised
No he -ayS, as unmitigatcd as could
H.. No. Dsnl. that un amt tho one
he saws. I -SarCumven'ed that un. don't
YOU mind, and made hiin run tho hull nine
| ,spr,l a. lArk lgtek md ftf n VSlRTts lao found
II Say~ Gil. and Reutsn then hid cvrrln-t-
inlv snort. and | thought SURF lie was lnun
to choke oil and his hears night IN hand,
bu, he didn't
Last spring sav- Gil. not waiiin' To
ask or Ia L. asked any more qFr~'iuns. l
ruled n hsrl a. pork into INV cabin. up
along "a. h~-sdvat"r- Rittin r"adN for
bark -pelin'. Tie tarl war chuck full -
nic~ hunks o. pork. clear to the chimes,
and when | oJs'ned II To git out some q
The pork. a w,-'k or So afterward. dingbus'ed
II ~ much ~ a quarter 81 u wasn't gone.
Some consam-d thief or other had
.neaked into the cabin oJ-ned IA" harl,
took out the pork and luggrd II away,
after hcadin' the bari up ag'in AZ tight
and snug ~ II was when | rolled II N Danl,
wa. ~ 'tarnal mad that the way | ripped
and tore | bet you could "A cui chunks q
washin' blue out o the air around that
cabin
After while I cot down To try 10 think
up who II could IT, that was stealth my
l'hN = - -
r'pn-. | thunk ~ a. more'n likely l-in' the
one. Dan1Y' Says Gl.
So, your par Gil., say- was ,,l'
body knowcd that folks said thai when
things turned up mlssin' along tie head
waters the first thing folks done wac 10 90
49,. Il them things hadn'' sort - fullrrrd
Gil's old man home durin' the night before.
But Gil he said no, he didn't lay ~ to hH-
Pap wasn't In them parts '.s' 'hcu.
Danl. saws Gil. - didn't lay u :" pan.
saws he. No. IL was old ~ that ] tA'!uk
Old 81 was campin' no, mop'n Two
mile from me-. and had my id,-'s about
him. So ] jest says that INV PORK had
stuck 10 him some way and got out 20 my
balliwick.
Bu, il was mebh. a good thing for IN"
that | thunk "A ls-tle urder hefup' guiu'
10 old Sic and dcmsndin' INV pork back
| hunk a L-tlc ~fur,i.r. and tlcu ! saws
what was ! thinkin' airutP
-"Old - would V'Iick enough fa~t"n on
10 the pork all right. hut he never would
have gun,p,ion enough 20 heed up "a iarl
like that iarl was headed. after dom 90 IL
'Tain't Old ST." avs
80 I Jest sot down and thunk that M"
lost way 20 find cut vh" the smart thi"f
was would H. fer inc Co Md" ana watch for
him, and ~ did.
.'Th. serond dav a. wa,chin' panl. I
80. a big l+ar come slpuChiu' out - ~"
brush nigh To- the cabin. ami 'h're | hadn't
no gun W" Twin along 'N" 'raiwnt"rS,
KNOWN the h~csiwaters ~ 20 l-'ar. and
ipin' there IN III" woods Without a gun
wa mad and ] was sorry. for | thought
] mout as well ~ not gather lu a nice lu' d"
hear while was wntChin' =. -. who had
st"l" my pork. and thcr' ! didn't hnv" no
gun.
II was jest on tho pint o. git,in' mp and
pitchin' Int" M" h"ar ANYHOW, Wlon hap
Iru'sl 10 think that II tho p"rk 'hct cam"
along he'd morn than likely ha," a gun.
/ apI Tint nf tItIT-ss he'd IrHlffk tNeT Tho
lcar. ~ that whom ! jumped uu' Hld took
the coushrned thief by the u"ck vuil" ~"
was lnadin' himself With my pork az zoo.
I'd have n nicr fat l-ar and a good I-t'
ls-side- gittin' the pork thief. ;" ] iaid
low aud said no,hin'
The i-ar No nnscd around n spoil,
and thor CHM ono ~ ID" cpruor pol"- -
III" cabin 10 the roof, 'sigrd along 80 ~"
rhimlv. and then lot himself down ia"
chimly right into tho cabin. didn't su--
picion the lrar. even then. Danl. >ay-
iil. hut ] sneaked up to the winirr ana
pa~kcd through.
Sat- ~, ,,,,lI m ,u,,Il..l 81, .,n,r