The Western news., 1903-10-21
The
Wedding Boots
Of Ellis Sam

] man from knOD country. Eli
Sam got his weddin' boots; but if they
don't give him corns. then Cyrus is the
forgivin'est feller-citizen that ever dis
app'inted his ownsef to 'commodate
neighbor.
"Now, | like to fish, myself. and I'd
go fishin' now and then if didn't know
so many feller-citiZens, most OF 'em
keepin' two or three yaller dogs, at that,
who spend seven Gays in the weeh settln'
on stump veXin the water in the
stream with a worm on hook. while
their wives is to home veXin the water
in the washtub so as to keep the house
a-goin'. That sort O. spiles tishin' for
me.
But this here case O. Cyrus was diff
ferent, and Ellis Sam ought to be
ashamed O his iaconsiderateness and
Seltishness il set.ln' that day for his
Weddin' when that was the day that
Cyrus had laid out to go to tie Lond for
two or three days fishin', and comm to
Cyrus the day before and sayin' that
them boots o kis'n that Cyrus had had
on the last for couple o weeks back
was to be his wiCdin' boots, and that
he must have 'em next day.
ELS Sam was so one-sded and ,n-
neighborly that lie wouldn't oblise cyrus
and put the weddin' off till he got BE-.
from fishin, and so Cyrus couldn't see
no way out of it but to finish the boots.
though he was outrageous put out and
disarp'inted. ...
Them boots O Ellis Sam was all done
but solein'. but Cyrus had to foot it in
to the tannery to get the sole leather for
tinishin Of en-. He too his ASH o,e
along, thinkin that he mowt leastways
Fetch 4 mess . trout for supper, and on
his walk back. when he Gene to the deep
hole i'll the creek, Jest below the aiders,
he stopped and put in his hook, baited
with a live minny
His bait run along till it got down
to the lower end O. the hole, and Cyrus
was g,ttin' ready to give the trout that
was on the pint of bitin' it chance to
try whether he was the best feller or
whether Cyrus was, when Cyrus heerd
a splash in the water up the creek. With
out lookin' round. Cyrus 81 s - hisself:
Now who can the unmannerly Teller
citizen be as'll jump in the water to rile
1t up on me. when I'm tishin', and spile
my gittin' bite?'
With that he turned and looked round
to see who the unmannerly neighbor
could be, and he seen that it was great
big nt-give-a-contlnental bear!
Now, Cyrus is law-abdins citizen
but when he see that unmanneriy bear
standln there and rilyin' up the water on
him and spilin' his gittin' that bite. he
pulled his pistol and pinted it straight
at the bear and fired. The bear Liud o.
give hump as if he felt somethin' eat
In him worse than woodtich; and he
squealed little. and snorted He seemed
sprlsed, but he give a few more kicks
in the water, rilyin' it up more than ever
and didn't move STEP
See here!' said Cyrus. This pisto,
Is six-shooter!' he says, and want to
ketch some trout. You better move onr
he says.
But that bear never moved a stem
He jest stamped and stamped his feet in
the water and kept riyin' OF it up Then
Cyrus pulled up and give him another
shot.
The bear bumped hisself as'in and
squealed and snorted. but didn't move on
Then Cyrus did get mad, And he plunbed
into him every one o them shots he
had left
The bear headed for him them and
seemed as II he was goin' to show CvruS
that he didn't approve O. bein' pepnerea
in the way that Cyrus had been pepperin,
of him. Then Cyrus was moved to sav
sort o. positive-like:
'if Providence or somethin' don't take
hand in this here. he says, Somebody
else will have to finish them weddin'
boots for Ellis Sam!' he says.
Whatever changed the bears mind
Cyrus says he won't swear to. Provi-
dence maybe, he says. Anyhow the bears
mind was changed. and he turned around
short, clum the bank, and trotted awav
into the woods.
while Cyrus stood staring after him
the water the bear had made rily cleared
up and Cyrus got his bit. He didn't only
get his bite. He ketched the trout that
done 1t, and slammer it was Three
pounds. Cyrus says they told him after
ward that 1t weighed.
But he couldn't get over being made
20 mad-so mad. and unlawful like.
l. That bear. says Cyrus, done some