The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-11-25
FROM TIE BEARS PAW
BY ANNIE hlNRlcHSEN.

Gibraltar and | are partners. Glib.
Taltar IS danci.s bear. Some people
might say am Gibraltar's owner but
between him and me there's never
been question OF master and beast.
We're partners, share and share alike,
We walk from town to town. We
have enough to eat, and there Is no
sWeeter sleep than the sleep one gets
under the stars.
One day as Gibraltar and were
strolling along country lane We
saw girl coming toward US. She
stopped little way and called:
will your bear hurt me?'
NO. indeed. miss" says l. "IIe's
as gentle as kitten"
She came up to us and nv, she
was pretty. Her eyes were like the
sky and her checks were like the
Wild roses in the hodges.
win he mind if | pat him. She
asked
She T2tted old Gibraltars head
and pulled his cars. Il do love bears,
she said "Wh,tt's his name?"
| told her aid she said that was a
| beautiful name for a bear.
made him dance and she sat down
by the road and laughed and clipped
her hands.
After awhile she said she must go
She dropped a dollar In my money
basket and went her way.
1t was about shutdown and we
| stopped at the first haystack and ate
our supper and went to sleep.
In the night ! woke up. There
were people on the other side of the
haystack. A woman was crying
| Then man said lie was sorry; that
he couldn't help it; he didn't love her
any more; change was the law Of ma.
ture and she must accept conditions
She said something about the love
Of the old days and the claim 1t gave
her. That seemed to make the fellow
tired and he said he didn't care for
hash love. lie asked her TO give him
something's couldn't hear what-and
she said she wouldn't, it was hers and
gave little scream.
"Oh, you BRUTE" she said. you've
broken the chain and stolen it,
That woke Gibraltar and he groan-
ed. The man came around the hay.
Jack. What are you doing here?
he asked.
"Sleepin'," | says.
Get out" says he. This isn't q
hoboes' roost."
Next morning when I woke up I
saw we we're near a house and we
ambled toward it looking for break.
fast. It was big house with long
porch in front Of it and on the porch
were lot of people 1t wasn't farm
house, as ! had supposed, but some
swells summer cottage. and Gibraltar
and had butted into house party.
When they saw US they called to US
to come to the porch. they wanted Glib
raltar to dance.
On the lowest step sat my little sun
shine lady and beside her was the
fellow | had seen the night before.
Near them was q tall woman with
yellow hair.
After Gibraltar had done his stunts
! I passed the money basket. The last
person 1t came to was the fellow be-
side the sunshine lady and he was so
busy talking to her that he never
looked at what he pulled out OF his
pocket and threw into the basket.
hung the basket on Gibraitars
nav and told him to make a bow.
He bowed so low that the basket SIG
off and fell at the sunshine lady 9
feet There was something in 1t which
didn't look like money and she plckea
1t up.
It was a gold locket about the size
Of a half dollar. She opened II, ana
there was the fellows picture ana
ITO Beatrice, from George
She snapped the locket shut ana
handed It TO the tall woman. This
ia yours. | think" she said.
The man looked as II he wanted u
smash things, Gibraltar and me par
ticularly. -
The little sunshine lady put her
hands in Gibraltar's fur and SHOOK MS
big head Gibraltar" she SAID. you
have done a great deal for me touay
and I thank you, old fellow. Even
out of the paws Of bears
She kind O. choked then ana l 'oos
,n Cibrsltar's chain and we went OIL