The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-03

4 oui ~ NV reckonin' ~ 80 the sraIin ~
y that lear. Thought 10 vas time FOR ma
I ~ &c, scared myself Rrd TO fOolin RhOui
! ". end ! did ! felt that somethn' had
=" tlk" 90 iis heels and that " the hear
wnrlsln't ! would Ard 80 ! done that
too. skited 10 go back out o tho holler
rrd the hear follered me
Md he Kept on follerin' me and he
! f"Ver-d me- ~ far and 80 hu~in~sSlike
| thar when ! come along 10y nice chestnut
80 pin that was easy to- climb elm ~
! hadn't much more than got settled ~n'iG
M IN tho tree when the lear come waddhn
up ~ the foot ~ Il and went nosin and
scratrh.r around u and loOkin' M ~ me
just sNac'ly rs " he hid a notion to shg 10
mo Out
There 10 folks. said Bob. looking up
, AZ me with an expression OF doleftlness
that was all hut aide splitting. there il
folks that saws that hears won't chase
man further than 40 drive him away from
Eoolin' round where they are. A bsar
won't. eh2 Well. I Wisht one n them
folks that thinks that way had heen me
thia afternoon and had been him That
ALI
hob buried his head in his hands again
with q grosn. hut by and by resumed his
tale of woe.
The bear seemed 10 get tired a. nosin'
round there Ivy and by and begun to walk
away. awful slow though. and stoppin'
every few PAGES TO look back a. if he was
and Ivy he 60, three or four rods away and
went out o sight in the brush. He
hadn't any sooner got out a sight than
] shipped down ont o that tree and made
another break for the slashin' and the
cider. for the idee o. mebbe helm disap-
p'inted in that cider had most made me
sick
Well. sir. the contrarinees q hears is
anna zin'. seems TO me hadn't gone forty
foot when that Qua headed me of again
4 4 \ al n
tracks with the heels OF EN- toward the
slsah!- and tao oi6sF. didn't have time
to git up in the tree again, 50 I broke
straight for home and trusted TO luck.
When I got to the creek. q quarter OF
a mile furdsr on INV wav, the bear was
still follerin' the trail poSitiveliSe, hut not
seemin' 20 he overpowerinly ANXIOUS
] didn't waste time 20 90 up the creek and
cross IL by the log bridge, though u wRsn' =
more than twenty foot above me. but
splAshed right through. the water bein'
waist deep at that
But the bear didn Z seem 20 be in 80
much Of hurry that IL cOuldn Z tako time
60 make q dry croaain and IL took the
bridge. And 90 We kept u up. the hear
stickin' right TO me- and mo bucklin
in my hest licks to keep him from stickin'
any closer. There was a good quarter
OF a mile UT to 60 before I could strike
the road and ! begun TO have my doubts
that my wind would hold out till | got there
when all Of a sudden an idee struck me.
-'Crscky" &ays I. IN run this bear
around by the schoOlhouss and it'll soc
Phebas tam" hear and stop To visit him
and Ill git away as sure as guns.
That idee give me my second wind
and ] shed on to ths right to strike the
got OFT in ths road and the hear come
along into IL after me hs seemed Co git
IL in his head that ] was playin tricks
on him and wss liable to glt away. for hs
put on more steam and was gainin on me-
az every jump. Jusa thcn ! came IN sight
twenty rods down the road. and ] se"n
Pheba Just comm out. IL bein' after school
and the scholars had all gone
"'Phebe'' hollered as loud as tho breath
left IN me would le' mo. I'm chased by
bear' let your tame un loose to GOA
him on a. we 60 by Let your bear loose'-
-By the time I got through hawlin ,
that to Phebe | was most up to the school
house and wh@n ] got even with Ph@h"
seen her slump down on the zchoolhouse
step all in a heap and squeal end howl
with laughin'. glanced back all took by
sn'prise az such cuttin' up o Phsbe's a.
that and I SEN the bear ma kim straight
for her and when Il got To her IL laid right
down at her feet and begun 20 roll and
tumble and kick like e was most tickled
TO death too. And then hesrd Phebe
shout out a. well as she could for her
lauRhin' and say
oh. Bob she shouted It's NV net
bear Ephra m that's fetched you in abe
shouted and fell hack a lauRhin' again
I'D been fetched IN nv Phebe's net
hear Ephra M what wouldn't hurt Nv
And IL IL had been a wild haar thar had
PAVED and clawsd and chaw~d mo Id
feel powerful sight better than do
now. cause ] won't have the face tn ask
her now
Rob buried his face in his hands and
rloan~d. and after ] had shaken myself