The San Francisco call., 1907-03-03

10 hep him around curve by grabbin'
HE steerwheel. but Mistah Grizzly
gives q -weof and shows fine set OF
suhst-class teeth. an some way or
Dtneh pahtneh calms down. Afteh we
all had been goin' foh little while All
begins to appreciate il. All on the quiet.
though. All reaches round and tries to
AK the mixture Misteh Beah kstches
ne at it. an one paw comes oveh. just
miszin' nah haid with slap on the
cushions that made me duck an be
good. Well. sub. that beah was putty
nigh human. But afteh we-all had
been goin' foh about half an houah.
someway or otheh we hits a hole.
2Eisteh Beah gets excited. and fuhst
thing ws-all knows we is hitting down
the bank full speed.
well. All says all the prayehs All
Knows. an q whole lot that All don't
know an hain't been able TO remember
sincs. Pahtneh amt doin' nothin' but
ssttin' white as death all this time and
hcIdin' on foh deah life. Bout half
way down we hits a tree square. ths
machine tuhns oveh. Misteh Beah lands
against the tree with an awful bump.
an pahtneh and me was th'own way
out on the grass. All don't remember
much afteh that fob awhile but con-
stellations.
when All comes to theah was
pahtneh settin' up an rubbin' his haid
an talkin' to himself. Vanderbilt cup
race-train him an no Dago could take
away nothin' from u.s. and sawin' the
ain like mad. Well. we was both
moved by a common impulse TO ses
what was left OF the machine. an We
goes up to the tree together. Theah IL
lay. tuhned on it's side, and by It Mstsh
Beah, stiff and out
"Ah don't know Just how long We
watches him. but all OF q sudden he
begins to move. He opens his eyes and
comes to all OF q heap. Now. All don'1
want to say anything against the
cha acteh OF as game q chauffeur az
eveh druv q machine through the
Sierras, but Misteh Beah shore muss
have had = easily innoonosd mind
Seein' us theah and feelin' the pain IN
his haid must have been connected. foh
he reahs up with 'wa-argh' and ooznss
right at Us. Well. pahtnsh was u7 that
tree quicken than All was. an thafs
sayin 3 lot, but All gets q sw1ps aosess
the bootleg as All went up that took on
nah heel II eveh q beah thought that
fohlune had played I'm Q mean tY1cks
IL was that one He reahed Up and
called u all manneh OF vie names.
reached up on the tree as high a. he
could and raised pahtioul&h hsu In
general.
Well, sub. he saw we was sittiR up
in the tree laughin' at him, an he sets
back on his launches foh a few min
utes. with his little pig eyes a-ahinin'.
All knew he was a-fxin' fob somethin'.
an begun to get nehvous.
'F,uhst thing we knows Mistah Beah
climbs up on the overturned machine,
gets hold OF the tree an begins to
shake. Lawd. All thawt we was gons
coons. The tree want none too big
anyway. an he shook us round hangin'
on foh deah life. till we couldn't see
straight
'.well. All reckon he'd had US shuk
out befoh long, as All was gettin'
mighty tiahed. and pahtneh want no
betteh or, when All. notices a little
hole in the gasoline tank. with. a trielxle
runnin' out. A ideah came into maht
haid. an when. Misteh Reah let's up
fob a moment All reaches in nah
pocket. strikes a match and drops it
down. Well. say. You shore ought ha'-
seen it. One big flash and roahs an
as soon as we-all could see out OF o1ah
singed lashes Misteh Beah was
a-streakin' of. hell bent foh election,
with a blazin' fab all oveh him. We .
all watched him go. clum down.. an
afteh week or so we managed to walk
back to civilization again. Aften that
All drifted around and came up heah.
Ma pahtneh swore of on recohc runs
afteh that. All heahd."
The rising moon was now up In fulN
glory as the liquid murmur OF my COM
panion's gentle accents ceased. COM
muned with myself ruminatfvely for a
moment Wen. All must be goin'."
said my friend. as he extended his
hand. ~Ah have an engagement down
town that All CANT break" I shook
hands and then hesitared a moment.
Colonel, I said. would you mind tell
ing me what you lived on during thar
week before you got back to civiliza-
tion?'
~Cehtainly not. sub. All neglected 60
mention that afteh we had gone about
mile we comes across ouah friend
cooked to a crisp. We cut on some
sides an hams. an do you know. sub.
that they were the best beah steaks