Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-18

time on.
1t was whfIe the lover and the aunt
were occupying chairs on the veranda
and trying 10 explain matters that
Miss Nina slipped ont of the hotel and
took the Faith past the VOLTS den and
ED the mountain. She wanted to get
off by herself aud think and shed tears
and-and probably commit suicide.
Yes. chat would end ALL The aunt
would have 10 weep. Jimmie would go
around wishing the moose was around
bis neck again. and the papers would
publish her latest photograph and
speak of the affair ms & romance. Sui
eide by all means one plunge from
the precipice. 500 feet high. would do
he trick.
Miss Nina had left the hotel half a
mile behind and was surveying the
country for suitable precipices when
sudden sight caused her to scream
out
Around a bend in the path came a
big black bear he halted Mt sight
of the girl. She screamed. He was
used to It. He belonged to an italian
stroller who danced him from one re-
sort to another. He stood on his hind
legs and waltzed while the girl scream
cd. He stood on his head and growl-
ed while she sank down in heap and
family called for help. She forgot
that she had broken with Jimmie. and
she called on him.
The bears master was resting and
eating lunch a hundred yards behind
the bend. He heard no commotion.
and he did not worry. When young
lady has made up her mind TO COM
NIT suicide she should not be particu-
lar as 10 whether she leaps over a
precipice or is devoured by bear. But
Miss Nina was inconsistent. She felt
herself on the point of being devoured.
and she kept calling for help. Indeed.
she wanted to live just as long as that
old fellow referred to in all well regu-
lated family Bibles.
If good looking girl In peril calls
for her sweetheart long enough he IS
bound TO come. In this case Jimmie
had dropped the aunt as soon as he
decert1y could and was taking n stroll
i'm the forlorn hope that the niece
might he met with outside. 1t was n
very fresh kid with n very fresh wink
to his eye that said 10 him:
''She went off up that path, and
she's probably expecting you"
Jimmie didn't exactly hustle until he
heard faint calls for help. Then he
was all lightning. AS he came i'm sight
of the bear and the girl he took in the
peril. There was a dead limb almost
under his feet. and he seized it and
1t
head and on to his four feet with
promptness and dispatch. He had TAX
en- hundreds of kicks from his master
and the public. and he took some more
now as being all in the days work.
Jimmie was still on the job when the
Italian heard the rumpus and appear
ed to call out:
'Whata you doa? Why you wanta
keel my Joseph? He circus bear. He
no hurta nobody"
"My dear girl"' shouted Jimmie as
he turned TO Nina.
as it you-is it Jimmie?''
"Of course it is. Thank heaven
came in timer
Yes; he was getting ready to eat
me up. oh. how 1 screamed for my
aunt
For your aunt?"
'I mean for you. Oh. Jimmie
"WeH:" he asked as he helped her
to her feet and threw quarter to the
italian to pay the damages.
"Mr. Tillinghast," with sudden dig
nifty. 81 have released you from the
moose. Pray excuse my emotion"
And what in cats is all this talk
about nooSpS?" he demanded.
"Why. aunty says shat have noosed
YOU
'The SpitefuI woman! You haven't
nooSed me yet. but now is the time TO
do it. I love you. and ! saved you from
the bear. Don't leave room for me TO
jerk my head out. There-that's the
proper moose. and We'll go back and
hear the band play Where Is My Aunt