River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-05-29

you for violatin' the game law!'
"An' they took the young chap for
the squire, an the squire couldn't do
nothin' but fine him somethin' like $50
for havin' them shared pheasants in
his possession.
'Now you'd nater'ly suppose that
the young chap wouldn't "a cared to
have any more dealin's with folks
where they dealt out the law so
prompt an strict as that, an he
actu7y was gittin' his things ready
to go over to the Eddy an take the
first cars that started, but before he
got all ready he had begun to listen
to inducements to stay over little.
"Simon's Sam he felt downright
sorry for the young chap, sayin' that
he didn't think they'd given him a
fair shake, an Simon's Sam had a
tame bear he wanted to sell. So he
edged around an got to talkin' with
the young chap.
Seems to me- says Simon's Sam,
that it's too bad for you to go way
without gittin' that bear you're
after says he.
'Bear!' says the young chap,
sneerin'. There amt a bear in your
hull blame grove;' says he.
There's cords of 'em,' says ST.
mons Sam. But it's a heap o.
trouble to rout 'em out an foller
'em till you git shot. Take you
days. But I kin git you shot at
one tomorrow, inside of an hour,
an KILN shot, at that
"'You kin?' says the young chap.
at kim says Simon's Sam. AN
all it'll cost you I'll be SIS.
''The young Teller seemin' to be
willin' to invest, Simon's Sam con-
fded to him the scheme. He told
at that very minute, an that next
day, for SIS he would take the bear
on the sly to certain place in the
woods an tie him to a tree with a
rope.
Them says Simon's Sam, you
kin happen along with your gun,
shoot the bear, an come back here
for help to lug it in, an turn the
tables on these folks that thinks you
don't know how to hunt
''The young chap made the bar
gain with Simon's Sam. Sam went
home, an the young chap surprised
folks by sayin' that he had made up
his mind to stay over another day.
81 came up here to git bear,
says he, struttin' again, AN if there's
one in this piece o. what you call
woods I'll knock him over to-mor-
row. says he.
Bully for your says we.
"Next day, dong in the forenoon,
the young chap went out with his
gun. He met Simon's Sam mile in,
an Sam steered him to where he had
tied the bear, a couple o miles fur
Their in. The young chap paid ST.
mons Sam the SIS, and Sam said he
had better wait half an hour or so,
till Sam could git out o. the woods,
cause somebody mowt happen to see
him there, an suspicion the deal.
"The young chap sot down an
waited, quite a good ways from the
bear, an the bear acted ugly am
yanked at the rope an snarled at
the young chap, an the young CHAP
got nervouser an nervouser. By an
by he couldn't wait no longer, an he
hauled up an blazed away at the
bear. He must "a been tremendous
nervous, for he missed the bear an
shot the rope plumb in two.
'The bear gave a jump, an away
he went with somethin' like six feet
of rope hangin' from his neck, an
was out O. sight in the thick laurels
before the young chap could think
to fire at him ag'in. He follered
along after the bear till he see there
warn't no use, an then he give it up
an come in.
"There's a bear in them woods,
says he, an l got a shot at it. But
it got away, an I'm willin' to let it
CO.
"'He had got all ready to start for
the Eddy to take the cars, when who
should come in but RUDE.
"'I was out to-day says he. care
less like, am got as nice a one as
I've seen in long time. You ought
to have it to take along with you,'
says he to the young chap.
"'Ought to have what?' says the
young chap, snappy like.
"'The big, fat bear 1 killed to-
day. says RUDE.
"The young chap didn't say any
thing for spell, an then he says:
GLOW much do you want for it?'
"'Bears like that un is fetchin'
$685. says Rube. It's worth $50, but
I'll take $685. says he. Here comes
my two boys, now, sneallin' it in on
the stone drag
AN so they was, an the bear was
nice, fat, glossy one, sure enough.
"'Well, says the young chap, L
come here to git a bear, an 1 s'pose
skunked,' says he.
"An' he paid Rube $25 for the bear.
"There was a funny thing about
that bear says Rube, by an by.
1T was goin' to commit suncide.'
"We all snickered.
'Then what did it have that rope
round it's neck for, I'd like to
know?' says Rube, GRIMM till his
mouth most fetched his ears. The
bear had a long rope round its neck
when I run agin him, an he acted
to me jest exactly as if he was look
in for a good place to string him.
self up as 1 socked him with both
bar'ls an gethered him in says
RUDE. He'd heerd / was in the wood,