The Jennings daily record., 1902-10-21
Ia TOLERABLY
SMART BEAR s
s. fC1L said he was mighty glad he

ssC1L said he was mighty gIad ne
II didn't have any gun. or he'd
felt All his life as if the mark OF Cain
WAS branded onto his brow, so fss told
me-" said the man from the s.ncb
cnt;utry to New York sun man. "The
way 1t came about, Gil had been talkin'
considerable FOX quite spell. and up
ana says. after whi!a:
",Gi;.' gays. 'afsi't there quite pas
sii q lyt5;' lona abett bears tp your !
~ayT sasse
''Cause Gil lives nigh the headwa-
ter., and us folks don't cit TO go that
part O. the Knob couatrt very often.
Gems sauence is that the things we Rear
from there every now and then. per-
iica'Iy when G!l comes sicwn and dsoPs
in en- us ever Ia the Eddy, pears to me
run. pretty nigh 10 bsin' amaz'h'. So
sarS ia Gil:
"'Aiht tters qfits i'assi! O. ittn'
dote ghaUt hsaTs lip ro.ir way" shys..
"r rness tNehbe yntsd thi'k 30
says(;il. ~ ttsi'd ever lear Jehief nj old
Jo~siffi. ~ sven tSI!fs Satl git 80 tciit'
ahctss 'em soit7s fids faF, sats fi's.
Lvin'. I shotld say so: And rs
shame. +no! There ANT no sort g
need o iyih' abo''t tea~1. . says he.
"'Beata ia telsr'b!, smart some
times. though. up your way, Amt
they?' seya1,
":A triHe.' ssy. Gil. ser, o careless
like. Jest tr:Ae. take 1t. says he.
"Then didn't say no more. but
| turned o Reuben and says that things
was a ieetIe backward this spring,
| ~ssn't they? Just as I; I didn't care
| sH+thsns more about G3i OF. his head
| water. bears. and was Eoin 70 argue
| things wore substantial, KNOWN that
| Gil wasn't never roir' 90 lei nc of that
way, though. lest as well as knowed
he wns sstf;r' there on the shoe bcS
cha wia' borried tobacco.
| "Eeui,~n was gittin' all ready 10 say
s11rethin' showt things hein', back
WI rdet thi. .e-inc that Re had khnHed
| 's,n III De IN 4d year. and then inei'' io!i
y few springs that core toler'hie nigh
hsi:,' as backssafd as this iih. wfeh Gil
he shoves his i:st TO the back OF his
head and says:
"smar..' he says. 'Headwaters
bears smart? Why" he says, don't
you tn;Hd that uh that played 1t 30
smart OH me last spring? Don't you
mind that un. Danl.' says he.
"parler wigeled so over hrin' sot
back II his backward springin that
thought AT first that he was amin TO
take Gil hy the neck and she' him ard
his hear of right on the start. bot he
aidn't. lie only jest st1arled little,
and settled hack onto his cheer ard tilt
ed II agin the counter.
"'Dnn't you mind that ug, Dan'l"'
says Gil. ,
II thunk minute. and then | asked
Git If II was the one that had stole the
wine cords o. bark from him and run
il over and piled 1t up onto Gideon's
!. siideway
"'Was that IN the one, Gil" | says.
and. ny cats. tiil never wihked or
, bijnked or looked surprised.
I nNc. he says. as unmitigated as
e could be. no, Dan'l. that I'm amt the
one he says. 4 sarcumvented tfat m
DON'T Won mind. and made him run the
;,ull niIa cord % bark sack and put it
rhere he fndnd IT. sass Gil. AID Nen'
= ben then did ever!asin'iy snort. and
4houyi1i sure he was boun' to choke
al and his bear right Oft haitd, bit ne
didn't.
"'tsast spring says CT, not waitin
to ask or to be asked any more ques
tions. I rolled bar'l o pork into N.
= cabin. I'D along the headwaters. git
Tin ready for bark-peetin'. The bar
.xa, chuck frtf q nice hi'nks n rork
rt.a+ Ia the chimes. and when I opened