The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1903-02-19

home durin' the night before. But Gil
he said no. he didn't lay it to his pap.
"Pap wasn't in them parts Jest
then, Dam says Gil, so didn't lay
ID to pap says he. NO. It was old 81
that thunk ~.
"'Old ST was campin' not more'n two
mile from me. and had my idecs about
him. So ! jest says that my pork had
stuck to him some way and got out o.
my bailiwick.
"'But II was mebbe n good thing fer
me that ! thunk leetle furder before
goin' to old Sis and detnandin' my pork
back, | thunk a lettlc furGer, and
then I says what was | thinkin' about
"Old 81 would quick enough fas-
ten on 10 the pork all right. but he
never would have gumptioii enough to
head up a bar'l like that bar'l was head
ed. after dom of IL. 'Taintold ST.
says.
$50 I Jest sot down and thunk that
the best way To- find out who the smart
thief was would be fer me to hide and
watch for him, and SO did.
"'Thc second day o. watchin'. Dan'l.
! see big bear come slouchn' out
Of the brush nigh To the cabin. and
there ! hadn't no gun! Me- Twin along
the headwatcrs. KNOWN the head
waters ms To bear, and bein' there in
the woods without guni ] was mad
and was sorry, for | thought ] mout
as well as not gather in n nice lot o.
bear while was watchin' to see who
stole my pork. and there | didn't have
no gun
i was jest on the pint o. gittin'
up and pitchin' into the bear anyhow.
when | happened to think that IL the
pork thief came along he'd more than
likely have gun, and that Of course
he'd knock over the bear so that when
I jumped out and took the consarned
thief by the neck while he was loadin'
himself with my pork ag'in, I'd have n
nice fat bear and a good pelt,, besides
gttin' the pork thief. So laid low
and said nothin'.
1.-THE bear. he nosed around n spell,
and then elm one o' the corner poles
o. the cabin to the roof. edged along
TO the chimly. and then let himself
down the chimly right into the cabin.
| didn't suspicion the bear. even then,
Dan'l' spys Gil. but | sneaked up to the
windcr and pccked thro n.
"'Sny. you could tumhled me over
with chippy birds feather, ! was go
habbcrgasted over what I scent The
hear WIS workin at the pork bar1,
aud n good deal quicker than | could
done II myself he dnheaded that
bar'l! Yes. sir. Dan'l Took of the
top hoop and lifted out the head ~
the harIl
"'1hcn the bear took ont two nee
hunks Of pork He sot there and eat
them while was lookin' at him. Then
he licked his paws and his chops. tnolS
ont annthcr hunk q pork hid il on
the floor. headed up the BARI az lick
as n boss cooper could done IL, tnok
the hunk % pork under his arm. skun
up the chimly HE monkey. dropped
60 tho ProuEd rs easy AS npthin', nnd
trottcd on into the brush. GRIMM
'nough 10 nuke fellcr crazy. before
g I'D say bool
"'nan'l says GIL. then pas giad
lp't have no gun. Ifldak'llel ttat
'oar' says he ia felt all ny tic as
" the mark % Cain was branded onto
my hrow.' says he.
"Nnd Jest as mild as could he Reuben
without ever tcetcrin' his chair level,
says TO Gil:
"'Dont knaw but what you mawt as
wen have the mark % Cain ON your
brow says he, as 90 have Ananias and
Sapphiry stamped all over you palmer
than the brands on an army mule!' says
Reuben.
81 didn't say nothing hut Jest thunl;
what Kind o. things II must be that
Jekiel, or old Jorum, Or even Eli's Sam
mnwt he ullcto ten about hcndwatcrs
bears when they got to goin'."