The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-02-17
STEYE,a STORY

Quick. Bill" he gasped, .Ptzen met
The proprietor glanced at his happan
features and with a motion that baff,e
the eye placed a glass Old Tear-the-Roo
before the victim.
What ails ye? Got rabbits?'' inouire
Bill as Steve put down the glass AN
licked the suds of his moustache.
Steve paused and loosened his belt. af
ter which he carefully tucked in his shir,
! recinched his belt. bit off chew am
| heaved a deep sigh of relief
Eth? How2r asked Bill
Il ben basely deceived. Bill, that
| what"
| HUH
IN splain tn hull etarnal thing. Twu
this way. Ye see. tn preacher-hol on
| did l say preacher? Quick, Bill, anuthe
! doser
Bill saved Steve's life the second time
Let's see. / give myself away, didn'
| !? Well, Bill. ben out alone fur hui
week with parson. Seven days in sol
itude, Bill, with a preacher an a achin
thirst that wuZ like cotton dipped i,
sawdust.'
| Get OUT" remarked Bill. incredulously
| Straight, / wuz fiimfammed. / tel
We. But arter 1 cum to L wudden't hedg,
not Steve Sanders-no, sir. 1 just stoos
| an TUX it like sojer. Bill.
This individyool cum over L my plac,
! last week an he opens by askin' what
| WIZ my name. l tells him an he say:
Yooreky
What kin 1 do fur ye,' 1 seq, artel
loohin' TIL proposition over clusly.
Yer duties he says, will consist ir
convoyin' (thets a good one, Bill, amt
it?)-convoyin' me into the heart of It'll
game precincts in tn shortes possible
space o. time
. I'm no guide. says, but he hauls
out a letter from oil Bloom tn postmas-
ter as says Steve Sanders kin fin game
whar they amt any, er words t tibet ef-
fec an he he'd me foul We see.
I'VE lit out. AFTER we'd ben goin a
few hour. pard. he releases t me tn
fac tibet his people Have granted him
gratuitous Ghet's anuther we can't
wrastle, BilD-gratuitous vacation, an
he hoped as how he cud Ian a few pelts
fer a vestry rug.
"'Vestry? What's thet1 1 says
" Part uf a chuch, he says. My church
7 tn pastor
well, Bill, / looked hard at it. but It
wuz sober an i jist had L take my med
icine like a two-year-ol.
What wud we like to go up against
fust?' says l. fnly, by way O. feelin'
him.
Anything he says. Grizzlies pre-
ferred. however-their hides is more SER
viceable' he says.
ANY purticler way ye want em
Slaughtered says /. arter I'd skinned
my eye around to locate his weapons an
seed none.
"T'n attend to my own KILN, thank
ye-Pve method uf my own. he says.
Il stood it a spell and then l says:
How
With m hans he says.
81 thunk it over bit an fin'ly 1 says:
'Wud We min 'Iucidatin' teat air bear
KILN scheme O. yourn leetle more lurid?
l fail t ketch We so far
Not in tn least he says. Dye ever
hear o. tn sci'nce O. hypnotism-th' power
o tn human eye-th' force O. will?'
Fl" Il hev, | says, but to no extent
Well, l am perficient in tn art-folks
call me an adep back whar l cum from.
we've tried it on bear, / reckon?
says /.
Not yet-thet's why I'm here. But
thar can't be any failure
I'm glad t hear thet.' says.
Why. says he.
oh, jist becuzz.' says I. An besides,
I'm engaged t be harnessed up with
Jake Plank's darter before long an Jake
wudden't stan fur no dis pintments.'
- Never worry, my friend says he.
I'm ekal to all occasions. Have no trem-
ors, he says.
I'VE logged along about two hundred
yards er so when scat. oil Maize he'd
thumpin' big viii cat up tree quickern
chain-lightning'. 1 pulled Bones up an
reached fur my gun, but tn parson stops
me- --~-sss ~ $780,
Hist he says. an I histed.
'Thet's an opportunity l must en-
brace, he says.
Don't embrace it too fermilliar,' says
as he clum out o tn wagon; tibet
opportunity may have feelins.'
Sit perfectly quiet till l call ye-then
cum an help me skin tn creature he
says
Well Bill. you mought be able t i'm
agine my feelin's settin' thar a-knowin'
tn prob BILE Consequences.
is tibet dog vallyble?' he says
"'Vallybly? He's with any two bosses
in tn state. l says.
Well. he bit me. he says. an began
goin higher.
Putty quick pard he got out on tn
same limb tn cat wuzz stickin TO an /
tell we my hair fairly riz.
" Ruined he says. Calculations upset
sci nee hampered-success npped in tn
bud, You're too impulsive' ne says.
L saved you're mincemeat.' says L.
- Foolish man. you jest Why I had
tn creatures eye-I saw it shrink-'twas
quelled. controlled. conquered by my will
" Tame, Ell? / says.
mo doubt Of it. A moment more an
he would have follered like a puppy he
says.
MAZE wuz pup onct.' says /.
We'll. tibet time l did get tn frosty
shoulder. Bill. but / never let's on-jest
KEEP hackin' away at tn critters petit
Bimeby / sings il aboard an we agitated
- boss ahead. We staked out an mex
mornin bright an early We WIZ up an
at EN-.
I'VE KEEP on an tn tracks KEEP gittin'
bigger an fresher an fiercer. Il cud hard
ly keep in sight Of tn preacher an tn
way he wuz cuttin' through tn bresh
an scrub wuz a caution. Bimeby I runs
bang-slap into him an'-he grabs me an
says -list,' again.
WIZ perfectly willin'. Bill, an any
how l felt as how / hadn't los no consid-
cradle bear thet mornin.
ne jes' rounded thet big boulder
thar he says, pintin up tn ridge
Good. III elm up an shoot i'm from
a owe says /.
He looked at me kinder sorrerful an
shook his head.
Then he tip-toed toward the boulder
an / dug in my toes an elum op tn hill
on top O tn rock. Sure enough. thar wuz
N snortenist. bigges oil reprobate o a
grizzly We ever saw-he looked as big as
a cattle car I ran my neck out tin she
on-jinted an see III parson cum round
IN rock. He'd tucked tn knife into his
belt an he'd pulled UP his coat sleeves.
exposin his white shirt He looked like
he wuz goin' I try tn bear best two out
O. three in ketch-as-kstch-kin.
Il laid low an saw til hull affair.
larson he crep' along until he wuzzent
rnore'n ten feet from tn crittsr when be
says in q voice like ye'd hole. In a tunnel.
. Turn roun' { onct-
Well. twas amazin' Z see how quick
N OF cuss done what he vuz asked q.