The Tomahawk., 1903-10-08
SIMEON, THE BEAR
AND THE SHEEP q
case a q N1aa1 w3s0 Insisted CA
Running Against Nature.
.JASE sot minute said
LIZ. ~aon f,nnx,,, .ff1e Knob country

AI1NCLE JASE sot minute" said
1.-The man from the Knob country,
~and then he says to the Squire, sort OF
as q clincher:
Squire says he, happens thatssl-
neon was an ancestor o. mine, ne
SAYS, and not so long back, either, ne
saws. and tits a leetle queer, seems to
me- he says, that i never hserd ;oi
bear maxim him out to be sneep
thief he says.
4Ffrst place, says to the Squire then,
and I'd say ut to him now:
Squire" says, you hadn't ought TO
done it.! Spose you have got loees
about Uncle Jase?' says. 'S'pose one
o. them idees is that no matter what
folks thinks as to the leetle statement
Paul made in his haste about mankind
in gineral, they don't hesitate minute
to say that If it don't hit Uncle Jase
plumb as Shot in tho bullseye, then the
l1ghtnin' never hit a barn" says.
There's such thing as goin' lettle 100
fur, SQUIRE says, and you haon
ought to done it, says.
But the Squire he jest only grlnneo.
AIJncle Jase is from the Rocky Hill
6eestrict, and he's feller-clt1zen tnat
most folks has toler'ble strong ldees
aboa,t. particularly the Squire, ana
J1nc1e Jase had come in this time and
told about Evander havin' snuek mp
onto a bear that was asleep ana got
rope around it before 1t could wake up
and clutch him; and, more than tnats
had yanked the critter, in spite OF IT.
self. all the way into his clearln',
where he had it tied to pole, safe and
sound. that very minute. Then the
Squire had said to Uncle Jase. jest as
If he didn't have no mere doubt about
that bear than he did that he was set
tim there. that Evander had run MS
head slam ag'in natur', and he'd petter
keep his eye peeled.
eff there's one thing that bear won't
never forgive nor fergit, says the Squire
shakin' his head solemn at Uncle Jase,
and lookin' fer all the world as II THIS
doin's of Evander was worryin' him
like all-possessed, its bein' ketched
and done fer while it's asleep, cause
then you're runnin' slam ag'in natur',
he saws. Natur' is wonderful he says,
and YOU can't beat her. And there
amt nothin' she's SO wonderful in as she
is in BEARS he says.
eff you sneak on to a bear when it's
asleep and git the best"of it, says the
souire. look out! You're tryin' to beat
natur'. and natur' won't have IT, he
saws. If you ketch a bear in that way,
it,s honnd to have it in for you and git
even. and to make it a sorry day for
Won when you done it. There amt
nothin' natur' is so wonderful in as she
"a in bears. and Evander wants to keep
his eve peefed,' says the Squire.
"Then Uncle Jase sticks up his nose
and says: Poof.'
"Jest ezac'ly what poor onfortunit
Simeon up and says to my gran'father!
says~the Squire, holdin' up his hands.
AND I rather calc'la he lived to seeth
dav he was sorry, poor feller! says he.
simeon had snuck up onto sleepin'
hear lest like Evander has been dom,
and got a rope onto it and yanked 1t
home and tied it to pole.
".My gran'father says to Simeon
saws the squire, that he had run his
head slam ag'in natur', so he had, and
that il he didn't put ball into the bear
and end it's future right there, he'd find
sorrow and tribulation ahead of him
worse than rassalin' with sawmill;
hut Simeon only jest turned up his nose
and says: "Poof!"
".My gran father says the Squire.
-stnowed bears from A to lizard, and
how wonderful natur' was into 'em, and
be went away sorrowin', cause he
knowed there was day O. reckonin' for
Simeon If he didn't kill that bear lie
had snuck up and ketched when it was
sleepin'. And natur' is natur' now
and bears is bears jest the same as they
was then, says the Squire. feel sorry
for Evander, he says.
"Then Uncle Jase he says Poofn
ae,in as scornful as Sam Hill; and the
souire he shook his head and says
Too bad! Too bad!'
LAS fer Simeon says the Squire, he
want partic'lar poplar in the deestric',
that's so, but he hadn't never done
nothin' wrong as anybody knowed on
Wit he had ways, and folks didn't care
much fer him Then along about that
time some one took to stealin' sheep
around there most tremendous. Who
was doin' of it nobody couldn't git no
icee.
lone day. says the Squire, my
sran'father was talkin' to Simeon, and
he says to Simeon that it'd 60 hard with |,
tia sheep steaIers if they was ever