The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-07-05
The
Wedding Boots
Of Els Sam
IDRovIDENcE pr not" said the

sDROvIDENCE pr not" said the
man from Knob country. "Eli's
Sam got his weddin' boots; but If they
don't give him corns. then Cyrus is tho
forgivin'est feller-citizen that ever dis
appointed his owns3lf to 'commodate
nsjghbor.
v Nov, like to fish, myself. and Id
70 fishin' now and then II didn't know
s2A many teller-citizens most OF 'em
keepin' two or three yaller dogs. at that
who spend seven days in the week settin'
on stump vexin the water in the
stream with worm on a hook. while
their wives Is to home vexin' the water
In the washtub SO as to keep the house
a-goin'. That sort O. spiles fshin for
me.
But this here case o. Cyrus was diff
ferent. and ELS Sam ought to be
ashamed O. his inconsiderateness and
aclfshness in settin that day for his
weddin' when that was the day that
Cyrus had laid out to go to the pond for
two or three days fishin'. and comm to
Cyrus the day before and sayin' that
them boots O. his'n that Cyrus had had
on the last for a couple O. weeks back
was to be his wddir' boots. and that
he must have 'em next day.
''El's Sam was SO one-sided and I'M
neighborly that he woul dn' tpblige Cyrus
and put the weddin IN iii he got back
from fishin', and - Cyrus couldn't see
no way out of 1t put to finish the boots.
slough he was O trageous put out and
disar1Inted:
= Them bootso' Ellis Sam was all done
but solein'. but Cyrus had to foot 1t in
to the tannery to get the sole leather for
fnishfn' OF EN-. He took his fishpOle
.-~,nqg. thinkin' that he mowt leastways
a mess O trout for supper and on
Xix back, when he come to the deep
IN the creek. jest below the alders.
bpped and put in his hook. baited
ia live minny
is bait run along TIL 1t got down
e lower end O. the hole. and Cyrus
Etttin' ready to give the trout that
on the pint Of bitin' it a chance to
whether he was the best Teller or
ther Cyrus was. when Cyrus heerd
lash In the water up the creek. With
Tlookin' round. Cyrus says to hisself:
Now VINO can the unmannerly Teller
CITIZEN be ASH jump in the water to rifle
1t tp on me. when I'm fshin', and spite
mygittin bitter
i. with that he turned and looked round
to see who the unmannerly neighbor
could be. and he seen that 1t was great
big don t-give-a-continental bear.
Now, Cyrus is law-abiding citizen.
but when he see that unmannerly bear
standin' there and rilyin' up the water on
him and sp'ilin' his gittn' that bite he
pulled his pistol and p'inted 1t straight
at the bear and fred The bear kind o.
give hump as IL he felt somethin' eat
in him worse than woodtick; and he
sQuealed little. and snorted. He seemed
s'prissd but he give few more kicks
In the water, rilyin II up more than ever.
and didn't move step.
See here!' said Cyrus. This pistol
Is six-shooter' he says and want to
ketch some trout! You better move on!
he says.
But that bear never moved a step.
lie jest stamped and stamped his feet in
the water and kept rilyin' of 1t up. Then
Cyrus pulled up and give him another
shot.
The bear bumped hisself ag'in and
sQuealed and snorted but didn't m owe on
Then Cyrus did get mad! And he plunked
into him every one q them shots he
had left.
1.-The bear headed for him them and
seemed as II he was goin' to show Cyrus
that he didn't approve o. bein' peppered
in the way that Cyrus had been peppcrin'
OF him. Then Cyrus was moved to saw
sort o positive-iike.
IF Providence or somethin' don't take
hand In this hsrei he says. somebody
else will have to finish them weddin'
boots for Ellis SAM. he says.
Whatever changed the bears mind
Cyrus says he won't swear to. Provi-
dence maybe. he says. Anyhow the bears
mind was changed. and he turned around
short. clum the bank, and trotted awav
into the woods.
While Cyrus stood staring after him
the water the bear had made rily cleared
up and Cyrus got his bit. He didn't only
get his bite. He ketched the trout that
done 1t. and slammer it was. Three
pounds, Cyrus says they told him after
ward that 1t weighed
But he couldn't get over being made
20 mad-so mad. and unlawful like.
THAT bear, says Cyrus. done soms-