Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-09-27

Pete," as he seemed to possess q real
wholesome sense of humor Hunters
who had come upon him at close quar-
tiers declared that he actually grinned,
and others went so far as to say that
they had heard him laugh. All agreed
that he was almost human in intel
igenCe
Il don't mind tellin' We confidential
like that I had a sort O. queer ex-
perience with the cuss last week."
said Sim, after the pair had found the
hound and started, but wouldn't
jest favor havin' We spread it. It was
this way: Long Monday the varmint
fished eve lamb the OIL woman was
bottle-raisin' right out of the pen in
the shed and headed of toward the
sugar orchard, and was that madded
I fetched the carbine out Of the closet
and took after him. Twas middlin'
hot and when l come to the sugar.
house sot down to get my wind.
Jest then I heard bleatin' inside,
and Dustin the lock on the door /
seen the lamb on the floor with 4 laix
broke.
III hedn't been an idjit, I'd have
held onto the carbine, but bein,xone
l sot it down clus to the door and
went in Jest as I picked up the
pore leetle lamb l heard a piece of
wood roll up against the door, and
when I tried to git out I co'ldn't. I
Jumped for the winder and there was
the bar, leggin' it for the woods and
laughin' fit to kill. It seems he'd
Skinned the roof when he seen. me
hyperin' after him and dropped the
lamb down the chimbley. Then when
was inside he jest clumb down soft
like and rolled piece of four-foot
wood, end fust, against the door. The
tother end was solid in the dirt and,
O. course, co'ldn't git out except by
the winder. Did he know the carbine
was outside? O. course he did, durn
his hide!"
1t was planned to take the hound
to the meadow where the bear-shep-
herd had been tending sheep" but
events willed otherwise, and they got
a fresher scent. On approaching the
house Mrs. Burbank ran excitedly
toward them, and a moment later she
gasped out the startling and exciting
Information that the bear had driven
Of every one Of Sims eight young
pigs.
It seems that Sim had no sooner
turned the bend in the road than the
bear trotted across the lots and en-
tered the pigpen. A wild squealing
followed, and soon board was broken
off, and out came the pigs. Closely
behind them trotted bruin, now and
then letting out "woof, woof," and
np the mountain the whole outfit
started. Never had Mrs. Burbank
seen any person or anything drive
porkers with such precision, and even
In her fright and excitement she mar
veled. BY the time she thought to
raise an alarm Sim was out Of hear
ing, SO she waited for him to return.
3 1t didn't take the men long to put
the hound on the trail, and despite the
heat they followed at a looping run as
he started toward Smuggler's Caves
"We'll git him this time, sure. u
painted Sim, as he lurcned along
Consarn the cuss, we'll run him right
into his hole and blow his blamed
head off," <s II. .s.nS.$..~ -
Abe nodded, but saved his wind te
help his legs. s:t . x: =. y !: II Il.
Hes jest goin' to drive 'em into tho
caves and sot down by the maoutt
until he gifts rested, when he'll eat
'em as he wants EN-" Sim continued
There's a spring right there and ht
won't have to move paig tor week
dingblast his hidei s Il. Il
Sim proved good prophet, for wher
they arrived at the entrance to tn
u cave the hound stood there believing
and sQueals and roars from within
told that the bear and pigs were hay
tng troubles ot their own.