The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-05-17

was afire. but the idiot that built the
cabin had nailed 'em from the inside.
and when ] knocked 'em off they all
tumbled inside, Of course, and had to
rum in and drag EN- out, and l burnt
my hands pretty bad. The other Teller
had been standin' off, laughin kinder
sarcastic.
Much obleeged to you for wakin'
me- l says, as he started back to his
camp.
"'Sich blamed cnrelessnees never
see he growls You've got to repair
my cabin or pay for it,
II cut a few saplin's and set 'em up
agin the open end of the cabin. 1t was
moonlight and could see pretty wei.
Then crawled into the bunk again. I
didn't prop the door this time, but I
wished had afterward. My hands hurt
me SO bad that l couldn't sleep and 1
turned and twisted for an hour.
'All at once heard something. My
blood all turned to ice and my hair
bristled like shoe brush. 1t was
soft but heavy tread and loud, hoarse
breathin' jest outside the cabin close to
my head. And then smelt some thing
like a pig-sty. KNEW we'll enough what
it was. There was only the thickness
of split clapboard between me and
big grizzly bear!
II began to think like chain lightning.
The shotgun-'twa'n't loaded. and if it
had been charged 10 the muzzle 'twoud
only sting him and make him as mad as
a I o1n ho
cross beams. Pshaw! They want
seven feet from the ground and one
scoop of his paw would bring me down
like ripe plum.
Not thinkin' of anything sensible
to do. didn't do nothin, but KEEP as
still as | ever KEEP in my life. l fairly
shrunk up like a withered potato.
"The bear walked slowly around the
cabin, breathin' as if he had the as'th-
the saplin's. and knew he could brush
'em away ike smoke. He lifted up his
big head and Looked toward me- and I'll
take my solemn oath that he was big
ger than any bull that ever paved the
earth. He stuck out his nose and
shifted with dreadful noise. l tried TO
think of the LORDS Prayer.
But pretty soon he moved on and I
heard him chompin' the bacon rinds
! outside He walked around the cabi
four times and every time he stopped
and SMILED closer to the saplin's. Twas
only the smell of the fire that KEEP him
from comm in. that's sure. Then he
moved Off for l didn't smell him any
more.
"Al of sudden made one Jump to
the door. cussin' myself for Garne,l
coward. There I'd been thnkin' bout
myself all the time when the other fell
Ter was seepn' in the open. and the
bear would be sure to visit him after
finishin' with me. And he'd been kind
enough to save me from burnin' up,
too. | run out holerin' to him:
Look out, pardner, there'sa grizzly
around'
Tell me some news. will you?' came
grouty voice. out of the air. it seemed
TO me. looked up and saw something
dark up the oak tree. about as high as
man could we'll 60
! "'You're roostin' high says. Did
ne take AFTER you?
: AZ seen i'm a-comin' and l Didn't
stop for lunch says he. Me blanketsis
ribbons. and he's eat everything but
the Ak and fryin' pam
We'll. slide down and make break
for he cabin. He amt in sight now
THANK We, I'm comfortable saws
he
However, I talked him into comm
down. and he made pretty run for the
cabin. l couldn't have beat it myself.
and | WINS pretty spry in those days
We slipped in and propped the door,
and he began to cuss fool who would
come away and forgit his ammunition
daylight was an awful long time
a-comin', but it showed up atlast. We
built fire and made some coffee, but
we didn't fry no bacon.
THE other Teller seemed kinder blue.
] felt sorry for him. SO ! says:
MY friend. you can have this ranch
don't like to interfere with anvbody's
plans. and my business in. town is press
dn' anyway. You can have my blan-
kets and what grub is left, and I'll bid
you good-by.'
"'No, you DON'T he hollered. Jump
IN up. This ere ranch is yourn. was
only jokn' last night. The climate ere
don't agree wi me. must be off,
I couldn't think of it, saysI. You
can make a nice home out of it. Good
luck to YOU
~ means what l says he g-owlS
real huffy. This ere ranch is yourn.
and don't try to insult me by insinivat-
ing that I'm tryin to git it away from
you.
well, the upshot of it was that we
had a bigger quarrel than we had the
night before"
Ezra Tucker laughed and slapped his
knee.
But how did it come out?' asked the
deputy assessor.
"Oh. the other Teller is Rose, my part
ner. We got over our scare and we
both stayed. There's Rose comm now.
and guess dinners ready."-St. Louis
Globe Democrat
An Amiablc Examiner.
! Matthew Arnold's freedom from aus
terity when it came to the ordinary
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