Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-04-14

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up the mountain. She wanted to Ret
of by herself and think and shed
tears and-and probably commit sui.
eide. Yes, that would end all. The
aunt would have to weep, Jimmie
would go around wishing the moose
was around his neck again and the
papers would publish her latest photo
graph and speak of the affair as a
romance. Suicide by all means! One
plunge from the precipice, 500 feet
high, would do the trick
Miss Nina had left the hotel half
mile behind and was surveying the
country for suitable precipices when
sudden sight caused her to scream
out. KS:
Around bend in the path came
big black bear. He halted at 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
screamed. He stood on his head and
growled while she sank down in
heap and family called for help. She
forgot that she had broken with Jim.
mfe, 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 commit sui
eide she should not be particular as to
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 40 long as that old
fellow referred to in all well-regulated
family Bibles. ~
If a 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
decently could and was taking a stroll
In the forlorn hope that the niece.
might be met with outside. It was q
very fresh kid with a very fresh wink
to his eye that said to him: r.. 49,
'she went off up the 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 in
sight of the bear and the girl he took
in the peril. There was dead limb
almost under his feet, and he seized it
and sailed in. The bear came down
off his head and on to his four feet
with promptness and dispatch. He
had taken 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 appeared to call out: -a
"Whata you do a? Why you wanta
keel my Joseph? He circus bear. He
no hurta nobody"
my dear grill" shouted Jimmie as
he turned to Nina. ~<-4a& ~
us it you; is it Jimmie?" -
"Of course it is. Thank heaven 4
came in time" 80
eyes, he, was getting ready to eat
1u0 up. vi, uOW ! SC1Sdm0u LUZ I1y
aunt"
For your aunt?" w. +
II mean for you. Oh, Jimmie
'Well?" he asked as he helped her
10 ner Ice, aiu tiiiIeT quarter to the
italian to pay the damages. 80
"Mr: Tillinghast," with sudden dig
nifty, II have released you from the
moose. Pray excuse my emotion"
"And what in cats is all this talk
about nooses!" he demanded. -. 49,.
"Why aunty says that have noosed
you" .,..-. ~,
"The spiteful woman! You haven't
noosed me yet, but now is the time to
do it. I love you and have 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