The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-02-24
too sure o. things. Specially If

! 'Now, the reason why / said that
was somethin' like this. The day
afore I was settin' on that log waitin'
for the deer an had that talk with
Bob Skiles was over to Bly's clearin'.
1t was along in the AFTERNOON when
stopped there, an Bly, says to
me:
why amt you out helpin' 'em
ketch the barr says he.
"'B'ar?' / says. What b'arT
1.-The fnttest an blacklist young
bar you ever see,' says bly,. One o.
the Nelson boys saw it first, wab-
bin along not more'n mile from
here, up the creek says he. 1T was
headin' in from Tamarack swamp
$50? l says. If there was two
bars now, Std o. one, I'd think sure
they must belong to Bob Sliles' bar
family-the two that s waitin' for
him to have fun with / says.
'Mebbe,' says bly,, an that's all
that was said jist then, about bar
Long to'ards night, as i was on
the pint o leaving Bly's, in come
the Nelson boys an two or three
more. They was hootin' an howlin'
as if they'd jest come in from cleo
ton. An they had good reason for
hootin' They hadn't only fetched in
the bar that bly, was talkin' about,
but they had fetched in another un
with 1T, jest the same size an heft.
They was the latest an blacklist
youngsters o. bars / ever see.
They're the two orphans o. Bob
Skiles' bar family, sure as sap!' says
/. They be, certain An they're
gone back onto Bobl They've abused
his confidence!' I says But what
could you expect of b'ars?' 1 says.
"An' with that left for home, an
didn't think nothin' more about it till
next day, when / was settin' on that
log nigh Cranberry swamp waitin' for
a der that mout mebbe come along to
chaw the wild grass, an seen Bob
with his gun, headin' for Tamarace
swamp to git his two bars.
II didn't say nothin' to him bout
what I'd seen over to Bly's clearin'.
cause I thought there mowt setch
a thing be that the two bars the
Nelson boys got want the Bob Skiles
two orphans after all, but couldn't
help remarkin' to myself, as Bob
went on to'ard the swamp that some
times Teller is a leetle too sure o.
things specially if it's bar.
well, sir, the evenin' o. that day,
as was cuttin' some steaks often
the ham o. that buck I had knocked
over when it come along to eat wild
grass on the cranberry mash, who
should come in but Bob Skiles.
"'Hello. Robert' says l. Where's
the two orphans?'
Bob was lookin' glum an disap-
p'inted.
"'Sabin,' says he, you know how
treated that bar family. I could
a plunked the oil woman bar an
gobbled her young uns ten months
ago, most, if I'd been a mind to-
says he, but I treated 'em white, an
give 'em chance to be somebody an
to have some high OF fun with me
this fall says he. I've been
regular father TO that family, says
he. When 1 found out that one o
the young 'uns was turnin' out to be
a sheep thief put him out o. the
way o. temptation.
"'rhen / see that the OF woman
bar was gettin' old an sassy, an
fixed her so she couldn't git her
dander up an make herself look I'M
pleasant any more. But says Bob,
I KEEP my eye on t'other two young
nns ts0ts @hax, xuo,,I5rs4 IL a -. -,
wrong, an SOS they could still have
bully chance to be on hand when l
wanted 'em, SOS they could show
they 'preciated what had done for
'em.
but what have they done? says
Bob. Here was their chance to-
day, to show their gratitude, but
Std o. dom of it they go an hide
he says, an make me trapse an
trudge an tumble round in oil Tam
arack an every which way through
the woods he says, an there don't
neither one on 'em show up! 1
call that, Sabin, says Bob, "a treatin'
a Teller contemplate mean an incon-
sideratel' he says.
That's jest what it is. Robert I
says. But they hain't made nothin'
by it. says.
Mop he says. 'Why7'
They didn't hide from YOU /
says to Bob.
AN then l up an told him all
about the young bars the Nelson
boys l had gathered in, cause
knowed then, for certain. that they
was Bob Skiles' two orphans. Bob
he leaned onto his gun and sighed.
WE'LL he says. faint that 1
blame the Nelson boys. Their bound
en- duty was to gether in bars if
they see any to gether in. It's the
terrible ingratitude o. them two
bars that hurts me- he says. Il
never would 'thunk it.! Never!'
he says.
AN with that Bob went on home,
an though 1 want no ways glad he
was fooled SO bad-quite the CON
trary-yit 1 couldn't help thinkin'
that it sarved him right. Yes, sir.
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