The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-06-08

with. SjIas looked upon her oddly.
1T YOU was my wife, or would prom
sa FOO splice mp along Of me. ia wear
ser ribbon. er button, er anything %
Evur.n. but fist now I'm weariu' a rib
hau fer somebody else.
oh, SO yo are: an whose. may I
ask"
My little gels" said he.
on
They We're silent some time
Then you don't think you no-ways
could this moruin'?" Stlas moved on
slowly. And never a turn turned he
ia hook upon her. but The book WAS
neglected, while she watched him. and
her lips qniyered a time or two.
VITA the baby mounted high, and
chuchjtug merrily. Jud went forth to
his work that morning, grinning and
Joking the little one. signing and drop
ping a long jaw for himself. Soon she
was babbllug in the woods with her
toys hradless doll, a badly-warped
napkin ring, aud a long row OF fresh
chips. clean from the ulitteriug steel.
and No., r.l,r.r, ., ~, ntao -
r,. ID, Ian. ,..,, .l.. n,,.f,, 3D., No.
vI,-,r,..ry a., r., ,.IF,n,nr anI ,l,nI
jng at the baby between the scuddiuS
bits that flew from fine p,If.had ndgc
Presently, hts measure along tina
Iop whprpop no v,rl.rJ hr,,pht him
roposj,o , troa rb,, MIA III, mn, am,
from .,rhi we'll No would rrsh II
the faster h, Thought and bo did
Spddonly obovc tho r,fec ,r his ecbn-
Ipps hl,ws ,,,,o , gbriI .,lI.
.p,r,, mamma, ,,o,,r
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h''""'' ''"'' WI" D''"''S' nun
','
''"i. J"' u"i'o'H' III a leaiIui
VOICE. r"SoIlH manly forward Il M
'''' ms n'AIl creep al a-'hII' at tho
SIZE "I inc monster
1t Stopped i''I'H at MN malicious
~ '"" |"""N "7''' erect win a
'''',"''n' at once "''''' u ""h"aru'
cunning '"I""'" 10 meet MN as II wen
""''' mat nc 'h"S' nia' De uealt WIN
N''honi a sign OF fear, Jud leaped
straight IN front OF the beast. II
swung ms AK AT itS mead. me huge
brute lodged, saving It's skull, but sac
''n,''F u''' ol llS loil paw. hhrageu
WI" pam " SI"ou again. ana came
'' NM 5''S anu roaring Again tha
"Nul"n 7,I"cN' put not SO ShlliIhy,
III" '"e D'"r "aroeH with ms other
paw W''h S"Cn accuracy ana lorce as
II" S'''No '"' oahule q heaVy dow mar
sent me weapon huT'l'hB away EN-
over eln
WIN Il heho'Sh snort the pear
cioseu IN, me scream OF some ona
VINO had hurried there startled by the
oaDy & can, attracted only a hecohdJ
notice from the ANIMAL out IN that mo-
n'el'l Ju" out Il lohs' Keen
'"Eeu oo"Ie N"he' ana crouchea 10
"'I'N''
Fierce, then, n furious the scene.
HraSpllE the man about the shonl-
der8, daublng MN, chest and neck and
hacR' with the bleeding paw, tearing
away the clothes ana flesh from his
breast ana arms, fakinE MIN again and
again win us cIaW-arined inc fee
the grizzly seemed Il very demon in
deed.
into the reeking, hairy body the maj
drove the steel time after time, but
his stabs were far too short, the hide
was FAR to thick, and the bears vitality
most wonderful. Forward they tram,
pea backward they staggered, In a
ehnIess struggle. Yet il
c"u'o i"St Dut niue longer, for the man
'o" D'e rom BaSheS deep and long,
on MS arms, legs and body; his
N"Ht" ""H'"t dliu MS tnfuStS with
N"'l' noeine" almost useless
] 1''aS went lie Knew that
Shou'd Iaii IN a moment, and tho
~I"ubnI u what would happen was
'''uueHihB' lie Ilnged again, des.
''a'eiy S'aDDihg the blade In to
~ INV ne ioit tle huge brute culver
'n'H 9'inepo"y came and raped Il
III ,o"n 'atVoo on the back OF the ant
mus heaa WIN a rafting umbrella,
'."G"e" ana bruised IN a manner
" "'lo'Iy a~RsFaVatlnB mat the crea-