The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-17
PHILOSOPHY Of Colonel Whea4

Ofzscourse, ana Unable to- predict
upon whose sh oh4derS, the mantle OF
the Standard OIL magnate Iill.fall
when he passes opt. y But. if congenltal
fitness to Wear it .anf Justify sis any a p!
qualification for the succession, II VIII
forbear' capitalizing. hin agaiasty,salll
corners. ThessKfd. has reached MS
apetheosis, and lis now seated upensa
pedestal of glory, wrapped in the ma
jestic solitude Of his own originality.
as Thomas Francis Meagher remarked
Of Napoleon. .sre7,s.%-=-
That is, in the eyes of his youthful
compeers, and those of many 81 e, ne :
acquaintance of maturer growth, ne
is. He has slain a bear. Not cub.
but a. full grown Major Ursus, AN old
he'' to boot. He has exhibited fae
hide of the animal to prove 1t, and dls-
posed Of it to great advantage. Like
wise is he rejoicing in possession OF an
ample donation from a gentleman
whose life. he saved from the ravenlng
beast-and all he really did do was
to distribute. the contents Of shot
gun impartially between the rescued
person and his dog But The Kid fts
a far better raconteur than am I, and
I will let him tell the story asShe re-
lated it to me In the seclusionF Of the
mill yard. And thus The Kid. Z. ~:
e. &sssy T.
.'Say! Jew want to know the truth
about how r gotsthat bear and saved
that feller's life? Thoughts you did,
and if I don't tell somebody bout it
I'll bust sure. You know what fine
day it was last Saturday,. Well, men
Billy, we wents out sthe z old Buckeye
mine way, lookin' for partridge. Billy
he swiped his&old man single wagon,
and the old gray mare, and we had
A,,1l tive
thru the woods out there, and we got
a dozen easy fore Billy he got tired,
and stopped to fish for pike In the
creek that runs out ofGfhe little Jake
there, and then runs into, Prairie. river.
There were lots of big pike there,
and Billy. ketched saS bi g..string.s "a
rather fish than hunt anyhow, and
that's how he come to get leftson the
bear. We'd eat our Slunch :sanda; fed
the old mare fore Billy started ITO
fish, so / went off yfmy lonesome.
But T didn't see nothing for long
time, for hadn't no dog along and
there was lots of feHeFs shootin all
over the woods coali a 81 ear EN-
everyWhere, and waaspretty careful
not to get toeaelose ta4any Of them.
You know how them city .fellers does
when they get out huntin,Eand Just
go bughouse, and shoot at every
noise they hear?
by and by I got pretty tired, so !
made sup my mind to sit down and
take rest soon's I found a. good
place.: Then come to a old miners
shanty that was ssonly put UP with
popple poles anyhow, and was mo
good, and soon rotted down, The roof
was half fell in, and the sides had
cayed in, too, and there was bushes
growed UP all round 1t, and even on
top of what was left ofstfe roof, SOS
it made a place where Teller could
hide first rate. - ss.t
80 I c1umb up on the roof that
was standin', dGfound nice, soft
spot to lay down III, here Isscould
see all over, and nobodyscould see
me, so I just curled up thereto rest
awhile. The sun was good and warm,
and the wind couldn't git to me, SO
was comfortable as a bug In a rug
as I lay there, and first thing knew
I was fast asleep.
II dunno how long slep', but ]
was walked up by an awful hula
bullo and when got my eyes open
and jumped UP and looked down, ]
couldn't help laugfin' fit to break my
heart at what seen. There was a
little Cocker Spaniel dog afyin, round
the old shanty like the dickens was
after him; and a man right after the
dog with gun in his hands, and a
l7leggins. it foE all that was out. And
Iyou bet he had good reason to gil
there Eli. for the biggest bear ! ever
seen, same bear III got and sold his
hide, was right a4ter him: Both the
man and M dog was sosgcared they
was crazy and Kept rig he round the
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