The daily Alaskan., 1913-06-04
Bees and B 'ar8
 By M. QUAD Copyright l3la by Associated Lite
 cury Prgr1
By M QUAD


 and then be laughed In a shametaced | way and said;
 cts a story ogiu myself
 That's an right"
 "It happened a long dme ago.
 "It win be just 0s good.
 "Waal," be started Iu "0uc Sunday mawuln' arter breakfast Che old wo-
 man looks at me sorter queer and l says;
 "Zcb, you know th0rs a camp meet l. n' gwlne on over at Snicbers grove
 "Mebbe do, suys !.
 "Tbey arc bavIn' a powerful time hear
 [" Glad on It'
 "'Zeb. we'll take a walk over Co that camp mccllD' 0s soon 0s ] g.t the dishes washed up. and we won't come back ! home ul night
 "It would be time throwed away
 But wc's gwlUc right along jest Che same, she says
 "It was Jest tbc scason to watch wild bees and Ine 'cm Co a tree" explained Zcb "and | agcred on putin In the day at that told Che old woman SO and asked her to SO on alone, and she l turned on mc with:
 "'Zeb White, II yo' reckon to cheat l. Che Iawd and come out an right yoll ! sit left, Nobody ever did it In uIl this i world lf 70 steal bis day suntmn ! win sborcly happen Co yo'
 "'But We want honey in Che foll, 1 duu'twcE suys l.
 ".Whars Jhc good of honey ii yo' lose yor s5uIE
 ,N0b0dy's gwIue to lose bls soul on account or hwdn up bee tree
 "'Nrbbc not Nebhp hen jest break 1 his neck or leg or wildcats win claw him uu or Che bars roll hm about ! The Bible tells about thc fute of Che ! sHT uocEcI and obstinate, but yo won't heed It. Jest go right aloug 8rter yo'r wld honey. Zcb White, aud IN ! go Co the camp mectIn' by myself ] reckon yo'l dnd out Che power Of ! Providence befo' sund0wD
 "She went away without another word Go me. and fur half an hour ] | was a good mind Co foIlcr on. didn't ! feel right about lt ar, and my old ] dawg skunk uway from me as if he ! was ashamed of his master ] didn't i want to give ln. however and bimcby ! shct tbe doah and stroIej or to look fur bees. ] was mUkin fur a place about two miles away, but belo' ] reached lt l stopped Co look at a bis | chestnut tree with a hoIler in it That | hoIler was bIg nun fur fo' men Co stand In, and was was Iookin lu and wonderln why ] had never seen Che ! tree bcfo' when ] heard suDth.u nov ln behind me- ] wheeled about and | thar wus a wb0DDln blg bar snClEin' nD on me. could tclI by tbc looks of ! bis eye that he meant bIzness, and lt was no use to try to bluG him. One lump carried me Into the hoIler and | he rushed and jest missed me. had no gun, but ] did have my knife along, and when thc b'ur tried to follCr me | Into che tree 8lashcd him fo' or i've 1 times. He was no fool He seen ] had Che advantage. and be jest backed ! or and sot down to wait kept purty quiet fur an hour thlnk.n' he'd git dis. courured and go away, but be had oth- ar plans on hand When ] stuck my ! head out and waved my arms and yell. ed ot him be growlod few times, but ! he didn't come a foot higher,
 "It was p'aln th0t ! was Ir a bad way" continued Che old hunter. "but ! didn't see what ] could do about It ! was ln the boiler, and the bar was outside and thar was no show fur me go come out uutl be went away It cum sundown. and It cum night, and ! he was stu th0r saw ] was in fur an night and ! went to sleep. ] woke un once and saw his eyes shinIn', but | he Ief me uI0uc woke soon 8rter daylight and he was st.I thar Not to worry you with pcrticElcrs, J passed l two nights and two days and half in ! that tree. and 0t Inst I'd hgv given my ] left arm fur a drink of spring water ] fo say n0thIn' about my hunger ] was no longer match fur the bar ! was weak and Eighty, and he'd hev a big advantage over me. However, was tryIu' to work up my courage to crawl out and do thc best and hev it over with when Abe Holden. who was look In' fur bis lost mcwI, cum that way, and Che v0rmInt made a sneak My voice wasn't much stronger than a baby's. but ] managed Co make Abe hear and be pulled me out and helped me home The ola woman sot on the | doorstep slngIn' a hymn. and as we cum un she looks at Abe and says:
 "'Good cvcnlu', Mr. Holden. Kin J | take lt chat yo'r old woman Is peartT
 "FaIrly pcart fairly pcart Mm | White be replied,
 "'And yo' pear to ncv stranger with you. she goes on.
 "'No, ma'am, It's Zcb, yo'r old man
 "Tndcedl The last ] saw of my old man be was gwlne out to dnd a bee ! tree. Did he Gnd ItT
 "He found a borIer tree, m0'am'
 "'YesT
 "'And a barr
 'Yes? And what does he think