The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-07

~oSoSoSoS SoSoSoSoS 'eoon said he must bo going or the mill would be closed.
 Now was Jumpers time to act and he said :-"Grandma, let's you and 1 go a piece with Mister Coon and then the dis tance won't seem so long to him." -r Certainly, Mistress Brown Bear, come then he walked up to Jumper and patted him on the head and called him a nice little bear.
 Half a mile from Grandma Bears den there was a sharp turn in the trail and near it a huge rock. Suppose We sit down here and rest a moment" suggested the old coon.
 | But there may be wild cats about. or a grizzly" whined Jumper.
 "Who Is afraid of wild cats or grizzlies3'' sneered the old coon, as he whisked his fuzzy tail through the air. Tn fact. never was afraid of anything" he con l unued "I remember once during the bat tie of the Bullrushes that I was cut of l from my command and found myself face ! to face with four hundred wild cats and grizzlies. When they saw who it was they were after they all turned tail and ran away as fast as they could"
 .'Wnat a glorious sight 1t must have lbeen!" whimpered Grandma Bear, who took great pride in all the old coon did or said.
 Just then there was a rustic in the leaves. Whats thatf" asked Jumper and he popped his head up over the rock and listened.
 'I heard nothing" said the old coon.
 But Jumper had both heard something
 and seen something, and he knew Bill lCoyote was about to do something.
 There 1t Is again." whined the little l,a lad hxy b 1 , mothers side Its a wildcat; know il Is. and 1t will eat me up" Eat up fiddlesticks!" laughed the coon Suddenly there came from the nearby
 bushes the terrifying cry of a wildcat
 Again and again the cry was repeated [, and out stalked one of the fiercest looking cats that ever made it's way up and dowr , tho Platte canon.
 !, There 1t comes!" yelled Jumper. hi.
 teeth ohattering. I'm dead bear l grandma; goodby. goodby!" Keep stiIl." growled Grandma Bear
 and then she turned to speak to old Mister ; Coon. but he was making for a tall tret as fast as his legs could carry him. Again the wildcat screeched and the olc coon yelled with fright. stubbed his too and tumbled over, got up and ran faster !, Where are you going?" called Grandmt Bear. but the old coon never looked back and a moment later was up a tree and fal out on limb.
 The old bear. seeing that the bravery O. the coon had wane1. If he ever had any told Jumper to be quiet and she would
 take care of the wildcat. .'What will you do to him?'' asked tn, a little bear, realizing that Bill Coyote wa: : getting in pretty close quarters.
 You just wait and see." growled thu = old bear. as she began to crawl dowr from the rock Bill Coyote saw her com lIinc, and knew he must act quickly. so ht lripped off a wild eat skin that covered hin s and began to laugh.
 f "Hurrah" yelled Jumper. 1t isn't { t C;randma Bear first looked closely at tn, ] oo,,ota then up the tree where the old r coon sat. and turning to Jumper said:-
 Come on, dear. l guess we had better be l That night, before Jumper went to bed
 he asked Grandma Bear if she thought ,, nId Miste- Coon had ever been in the bat - Te of the Bullrushes. The only reply was growl.