The sun., 1910-01-30

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a-doin' OF il, he come tearin' out ike
steam engine. with three other hears.
none on 'em as big as this un, pok'r
their heads ont to see what WIS up.
"-Jason," says I, doubtin' ike "I
hope you hain't bit of more n you lin
-'The wind had swep' the snow swsv
from around them rocks fer rod OF ~
an the footin' was good, so whom m..
bullet dropped the bear and he didrIl
stay dropped. an he riz up an COM
for me on his hind feet an with his
jaws yEwnin' fer me like an alliC -
I could keep my feet ell riSht
banged him with my axe, sn' by an hy
thumped him so he was the best Find at
bear. bein' dead.
But my rassle with the OIL dod woUo,er
had worked me over 10 the edge a. ihe
bare spot, SO when three more o. hat
bear family come rushin' ont - thLt
hole in the rocks an sot in to make good
the intentions o. the boss bear r0und
they was more'n likely fore | Sol
through with 'em TO run me ont onto
hill went pitchin' of sharp for more'n
three hundred yards to a ledge forty
foot high. that riz plumb outen the edge
o. thepond.
-Seems though, says Uncle JaSe,
that them bears was bound to do the
OF 'em sprung at me to take holt an
show me what it could do, tother two
stood on the bare spot watchin' the fun
The bear that tackled me was savagar
than sin. an the first thing ] knowed
we wss slippin' an slidin' as we rassletl
on that steep icy crust, an workn' to'rds
the edge o. the hill where the big pitch
began: q. 49,. ,,,,.d.. ~, -
in that direction / had the bear down
an was straddle OF IL. T'other two bears
seen then that somethin' had to be did,
an they sprung out on to that crust TO
lend a hand to the bear l was trouncn'
The bear had grabbed me with both
forelegs, Simon, right round the waist
Quick as a wink l showed the handle o
my axe crossways in the critters open
mouth an jabbed it in hard. An then
jest that second over the long steep
pitch we went.
Nobody never had setch a ride. Simon
says Uncle Jase, as me an that bear
There want nothin' to stop us. The
crust was like glass, an the bears fur
was like a creased hick'Ty sled runner
The bears head was p'inted down the
hill. an it was jest a whizz-z-S-whoo-
o-o-o-kerplunkl an we was down that
three hundred foot o. hill an into the
pond, fifty foot from the foot o the
ledge;
Jase, that we didn't drop OF o the forty
foot ledge. but KEEP straight on through
the air as n the crust was under us all
the time, an struck the pond all o. fifty
foot out. We didn't strike the pond
neither. We struck the ice on it.
The ice was eight inches thick but
we went through it like a hot knife through
a pot o. butter. an was still goin' so fast
that We rushed under the ice all Of ten
rod. an went swishin' back on to it ag'in
through an air hole that fortnitly laid
open in our course.
The bears neck was broke from hittin'
the ice so hard an suddent. an the poor
critter was consekently dead an never
knowed how close she mought "a come to
bein' drownded under the ice; an as !
sorty como to an shot glance up tho
hill I seen that t'other two bears had
managed TO dig their toe nails in the crust
an git back TO safe footin'. an they was
standin' there loolnin' down at where
] was settin ON their dead sister or brother,
an wringin' their paws most tetchiD'
fsS to see,' says Uncle Jase. gittin' up an
time an must go:
Simon done him up another gob o.
loose chawin', an says to him that no
good an law abidin' feller citizen d
fergit that the primary Tneetin' was
Tuesday night comm. an he hoped Uncle
sartinly was. an me an him went OH.
an as we was waikin' over lords Hirams
Jase looked at his bundle o. caIiker an
save:
-'Perkidrnen kin pay fer il when she
sells her turkey. so Simon says says
Jase, an here, come to think on it II
she didn't 20 an sell the turkey last week"
says he. Amt that jest like a woman,
DAMP says he. an fore 1 could gether
myself to say somethin' he looks ae his
Rob o. loose chawin' an says:
"The primary meetin's Tuesday night
COMM says he. Amt it too bad. Dsn'l.'
says he, GRIMM an GRIMM that
promised Ellis Sam last week that | was
goin' TO be fer him. says he, an I says
Uncle Jase knows folks1l begin to be
shook in their confidence in him il he
done look out