Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-05-04

afore was settin' on that log waitin'
for the deer an had that talk with
Bob Skiles / was over to Bly's clearin'
II was along in the AFTERNOON when
/ stopped there, an BLY, says to
me:
why amt you out helpin' 'em
ketch the BAR? says he.
Barr | says. What barr
1.-The fattest an 'blackest young
bar you ever see,' says bly,. One o.
the Nelson boys saw it first, wab-
blin' along not more'n mile from
here, up the creek says he. 1T was
headin' in from Tamarack swamp
"'SoT / says. If there was two
bars now, Std o. one, I'd think sure
they must belong to Bob skiles' bar
family-the two that 8 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 was on
the pint o. leaving Bly's, in come
the Nelson boys an two or three
more. They was hootin' an howlin'
as II 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 it, jest the same size an heft.
They was the fattest an blackest
youngsters o. bars / ever see.
axytr ha ~ Rob
Skiles' bar family, sure as sap!' says
I. They be, certain An they're
gone back onto Bob! They've abused
his confidence!' says But what
could you expect of b'ars?' I 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 Tamarack
swamp to git his two bars.
~ 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 arter all, but | couldn't
help remarkin' to myself, as Bob
vent on to'ard the swamp that some
times feller is leetle too sure o.
things specially if it's bar.
"Well, sir, the evenin' o. that day,
as | was cuttin' some steaks often
Ea b., - hp,L haI lnA,LaI
over when it come along to eat wild
grass on the cranberry mash, who
should come in but Bob Skiles.
"'Hello. Robert!' says I. 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 ol' woman bar an
gobbled her young uns ten months
ago, most, il I'd been mind to-
says he, but / treated 'em white, an
give em chance to be somebody an
to have some high oil fun with me
this fall says he. I've been
regular father to that family says
he. When | found out that one o.
a sheep thief I put him out o. the
way o. temptation.
Then / see that the OIL woman
bar was gettin' old an sassy, an
I fixed her so she couldn't git her
dander up an make herself look un-
pleasant any more. But says Bob,
Il KEEP my eye on t'other two young
uns,' SOS they wouldn't git to goin'
wrong, an SOS they could still have
bully chance to be on hand when
wanted 'em. SOS they could show
they 'Preciated what I had done for
'am.
But what have they donep' says
BOD, Here was their chance to;
day. to show their gratitude, but
'stid o doin' 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 upl /
call that. Sabin,' says Bob, "A treatin'
a feller contemplate mean an incon-
sideratel' he says.
That's Jest what it 10, Robert, l
says. But they hain't made nothin'
by it, ] says.
"'No| he says. 'why'
"'They didn't hide from you,'
says to Bob.
AN then I 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.
"'Well,' he says. faint that l
blame the Nelson boys. Their bound
en- duty was to gether in bars IL
they see any to gether in. It's the
terrible ingratitude o them two
bars that hurts me- he says. Il
never would 'thunk III Never"
he says.
AN with that Rob went on home,
an though | want no ways glad he
was fooled SO had-quite the CON
trary-yit | couldn't help thinkin'