Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-27

and charged. And just he expected the cub
red away
But there tree handy for him to run to and
IN race his short legs were match for By's long
ones. IN about FIVE seconds Billy him. catching
him square in the like batterng ram and with
squali OF establishment the cub lying head
heels into juniper bush whose prickles scratched his
nose 9s;ou, 49,. II 49,.
change his mind about running away. AS he picked
himself out OF the juniper bush he the mad
dest little bear you He whirled round like
tash crouched back on his launches, and waited with
paw pplfted ready for business;
pranced back a little way and charged again But this
time somehow, he didn't seem hit the cub in the
same place as he hit him before. The place he struck
seemed to be all claws, and fearfriy hard too. The
cub had lodged and caught Billy a good right
the face With startled Na-ahf Billy topped
over to one side and fell into the juniper bush.
But. Billy. too, game all right, you know. He
rolled right on through the Juniper bush, lit his
big feet as cievery as cat and pounded around the
charged again.
This time curiously enough, he didn't hit anything
But, as he went by, something hit him the neck
hard that it nearly knocked him He plunged on
and fell on his nose But he up again second
and whisked around to what had happened. He
very much upset in his mind. tell you, the
cub sill sitting there cool you please.
- don't like him. he thought to himself Maybe
I'd better not bother him any morer But he felt too
big to acknowledge himself beaten by that fat little
black chap, whose eyes were now twinkling most in
suitingly.
"a dim sort of memory came to him. from the cx-
perencc OF all his ancestors, and he thought he'd try
n2htrg win his feet instead OF his head. They
big enough; and the edges OF the boots were sharp
as knives. This time he at the cub reared UP on
his hind legs and struck out with his big hoofs.
Now, tell YOU what, if it hadn't been for that
cubs father and rlo:er, and grandfaters and grand
mothers, and greatgrandathers and great grand
mothers all ha2ng been boxers in their way and ter
ribly with their forepaws. the story might have
ended differently. and Billy Gitchcmoos might have
gone on being bunlptious all his life and maybe he'd
have got into trouble day trying to buck loco
motive off the TRACK. But Novel; what do YOU
think ?! went on Uncle Andy.
Gee, guess that would have been his fnishp ex-
claimed the Shanty Kid.
THAT cub parted Billy's stroke as clever as YOU
please and hard that Billy swung right off his
feet and landed his back in the juniper bush Be-
fore ne could pull down his long legs and turn over
the cub was right top of him, biting and clawnp
mad clean through But Billy strong and felt that
that jumper bush was no place to lie down in He
managed to shake the cub off and scramble to his feet
and before he had time to think what to do next he
found himself scurrying down the hill, bawling Ma
ali! Ma-ahs-as hard as he could"
And did Ma-ah come ?" asked the Shanty KID
anxious for the cubs fate
"Of course replied Uncle Andy "But that cub had
sense, tor when she came, he WASN'T there And Billy
would have had trouble explaining CAY his mother saw
at once it must have been big bear that could get her
wonderful Billy so mussed up And so for the next
few day: she went round looking fes bear as big as
. barn door,"