The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-02
THE WEDDING BOOTS
Il OF ELLIS SAM.
Knob Country Story About Bride
groom and a Bear That Wouldn't
Oblige a Fisherman.

IItAIlpItn
or not, said the man from the Knob cou-
try. Ellis Sam got his wcddu' boo,s.
but if they don't give him coms. then
Cyrus is the forgivin'est fclcr-cti2cn Tim,
ever disappointed his own self TO comma
date neighbor.
Now. | like to fish, myself. and In
60 fishin now and then if | didn't lir,v.
so many feller-citizens, most Of 'cm icnnu,
two or three yaller dogs, at that, WHO spend
seven days in the week settin on s,unn
vexin' the water in the stream with a worm
on a hook. while their wives is 20 l,ma
vexin' the water in the washtuh 50 as +,
keep the house a-goin'. That sor, y spis
fishin' for me.
But this here case o Cyrus's was ,Ihr.
ent, and Ellis Sam ought to he ashamed
o. his inconsiderateness and selfshnc..
in settn' that day for his weddin' when ,ha,
was the day that Cyrus had laid ON To- 10
to the pond for two or three DAYS Hslm
and comm TO Cyrus the day before and
sayn' that them boots o. his'u that tyws
had had on the last for a couple o weeks
back was to be his weddin boots, and HAT
he must have EN- next day
Ellis Sam was so one-sded and ur-
neighborlv that he wouidnt ohligo Cyrus
and put the weddin "ff till he got back from
fishin'. and so Cyrus couldn't 500 no wav
out Of it hut to finish the boots, 'hougn
he was outrageous put out and djsap-
p'inted.
Them boots o Els Sans Ws~ all core
but solein' but Cyrus had TO foot II IN 10
the tannerv to git the sole l.sther for
IL, ..' IL, l,t. Cot,
along. thinkn' that he mout leas,vays
ketch mess o trou, for supper, and on a
way back, when he come 10 the deep hu,s
in the creek. Jest below the slders H.,
stopped and put in his hook, bated with
live minny.
His bait run along Till IL got down 10
the lower end o. the hole, and Cyrus wa
gittin' ready to give the trout that was ~
the pint Of bitin' il chance to try whehor
he was the best Teller or whether Cyrs
was. when Cyrus heerd n splash in Nh"
water up the creek. Without lookn'
round, Cyrus says 10 hissef:
Now who can the unmannerly fnlIor-
citizen he ash jump in the water To rlle't
up on mo, when I'm fshn', and spIlo wt
gittin bite?
to see who the unmannerly neighbor could
be and he seen that it was great big don't
give-a-continental bear'
"Now, Cyrus is n law-abiding citizen, but
when he see that unmannerly bear standin'
there and rilyin' up the water on him and
sp'ilin' his gittin that bite, he pulled his
pistol and p'inted it straight at the bear
and fired. The bear kind o give hump
-, Ill ill., ,t,i
than a woodtick; and he squealed little.
and snorted. He seemed sprised. but he
give few more kicks in the water, rilylu'
it up more than ever, and didn't move a
step. ,, ,.
some trout! You better move on h"
says.
But that bear never moved a step. liN
lest stamped and stamped his feet in 'I"
water and kept rilyin' of it up. Then Cyrus
pulled up and give him another shot.
THE bear bumped hsself ag'in, and
squealed and snorted. but didn't move on;
Then Cyrus did git mad! And he plunked
into him every one o them shots he had
left
THE bear headed for him then and
seemed as If he was goin' to show (yru-
in the way that Cyrus had been pepperin'
of him. Then Cyrus was moved TO say
sort o. postivelike
IF Providence or somethm' don't tab"
hand in this here, he says, SOMEBODY
else will have to finish them weddn' boots
for Ellis Sam! he says, ..,
Whatever changed the bears mind
Cyrus says he won't swear to. Providen"H
maybe, he SAYS. Anyhow the bears mind
was changed and he turned around shor.
cllm the bank, and trotted away into Nh"
woods.
while Cyrus stood staring after him Vi"
water the bear had made rily cleared lp
and Cyrus got his bite He didn't only
get his bite. He ketched the trout thai
done it. and n slammer II was Three
pound, Cyrus says they told him afterwald
that il weighed.
But he couldn't get over being MAI"
SO mad--so mad. and unlawful-like.
THAT bear, says Cyrus. done some'hln
that mowt a-sp'ied my gettin thar bi'r'
he says. And mebbe he mowt do il aglr;
That bear must he settled he says, and
over he goes to Joe's lumber camp, horrr'
Joe's rifle, and comes back to he creek
1T was his belief, not KNOWN m,lch ah"ul
had headed for the swamp up the rr''N
a mile or so. and so Cyrus took a short cut
through the down timber for the swami
When he got there he didn't see no -jG .
bear, but pretty soon he heerd a snor' am'
a grunt, and lookin' toward where '"I
come from, he see bears head silrkl
up out of a muck hole at the edg" ct all ''d
log road.
when the bear see that Cyrus see him 'oo
he stuck his head little further oft "t W."
hole. and snorted louder snort.
"'Rily up the creek on me when M
iishin' will you?' says Cyrus n he wha"s''
away.
THE bear sunk back in the muck ho'
and Cyrus had sweatin time gitln jo"
out on hard ground. He was lookIll 'l'