Gunnison news-champion., 1909-12-24

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lrHf WnFz al.naaal csorF H1tr
save him lIalu. aH8 lhc dG.ilF Ilers5--.l
siau cumming aeEn ais faae vas aa
thnt furnlallud thr pcoassnry naslssiisc
&c BIS WhhstIe
Iic siailr0d uhisilnz ard hcsaa O.
hum ~rhorc Werc Nfnciy aHd Niuo
a. he saueezel l.n.olf fh-oueh rhe
fenoc keopng Bis csc oa thr hen.
-Fg,ar ulaEr sile sahl aitiestcI'pialz q
yard 60 fssp ana snHinz at hlm
'Cgss youf q litprrUa Pap tiatrofh
~Icst ypu wah
uhe hen. wai.h had been saratchiug
o. tilae o. LiS Whisilc. said suusothina
softly o. herself aud lsolod ~ piaassd
that al tho dormant evil ia Pap y
drcth's uafuro that had siumloFod ou
awgEa wifh a start Eicncefprth his
oue ohiect IN lifo vas 90 destroy her
aGhouiic. chaalsie. clioosieTr be cab
"a sofuy rauf chookie' Come aHd
get some cora
Ile threw a handful af dart about bis
feet. and The hou stovd ou eae foos
aud craued hef uock 'l'oor man :"
she chHcklca ana recommended epeFa-
ti8us on che Tomatoes.
Her back was tuuard him. and Fap
IIHdrefh got down on bis hands aHd
knees aud crept toward hcr. Nearer
aud ucnrcr he drew until thc prize was
within bis erusB On glory of glories.
ne reached out ANA with che words
~Daug yuu now I've got you" made
q grab at her Alas thaf 3D. should be-
the part of man 90 Simply propose
The hen sidostcpred again aud sought
the other side q the row - vines
Pap HnGrcth bay stiI and said
things 90 himsclf lie made up his
mind now that when he caught the
hen be would pluck her feathers out
one by one and tie her down % a bed
Of ants And be would catch her. This
be vowed
"Choolsie chaokie~ he cried. softly
extending one bare arm toward her.
A yellow moth settled down aHd
aiighied on his arm. Glory. The hen
saw the moth and was creeping toward
a. Now he would have her sure. just
let her within his reach. and
NHt fNNtf NlHN ~ Ath~AiNi= w. Nlif Ati
how moth her loadstone 10 destruction
At last she was there lie would wait
for her 90 make reach for the moth
Then he would grab her by the neck
he would iab one Of her eyes out with
his finger Yes. he would take that
much revenge at once She came,
and Pap uildreth felt a sharp pain.
as though his arm was polSed by a
redhat iron. and. 10, she was away
again. The yellow moth auttering in
her beak.
Human flesh can endure bat so much.
aud Pap Hndreth's stock Of patience
was exhausted
The drnh hen had pecked Pap IIil-
dreth on the muscles Of the forearm.
leaving puuctuFe from which oozed
little O., Elp 81 blood Noting this
Pap HHdrcth east strategy 10 the
winds aud spraug 20 his feet with a
srowl
a might shoot her" he mutiered.
I slipping bis ealHses down and Tying
them about his waist. "ouly u 'ud he
tpo easy n death for her ! wanter
+ torture her so IN run her down, |
/ will by gosh
Accordingly be made a dash for the
hen aud the hen made a dash for the
/ fence. She went through with flying
7 eoiors. Through the fence she went.
I and through the fence Zap IIildreth
followed. putting iiEe a steam engine
/ Across the potato patch they raced
/ and down the path to the barnyard
] The hen dasled around the straw
I stack, and Pap lIildreth. with the sH
Z perior wisdom of mankind. circled Ia.
1 stack in an opposite direction so as 10
meet the drab hen GA the other side
/ She came sailing around. her head
/ ever her shoulder and her wings spread
/ wide. Pap IIildreth made grab for
her and tumbled pelmeIl over a fam
I lily Of little pigs half hidden in the
I straw
lie was too much out of breath To do
/ any damage 10 the small pigs: other
I wise il might have fared badly with
I them just AT this time When hr got
his wind back they had wisely taken
themselves away, and the dra5 hen
] he saw quietly