The Prescott daily news., 1914-06-29
FROM THE BEARS PAW By ANNIE HiNRIcHsEN


 Gibraltar and l are partners. Gih raltar is dancing bear. Some naon,. ! might say am Gibraltar's owner h.. between him and me there's nevo. been a question of master and beao, We're partners. share and share aHLn We walk from town to town NJ. have enough to eat. and there is no sweeter sleep than the sleep one pet. tnGer the stars.
 One day as Gibraltar and I wero sfrolling along country lane wa saw 8 girl coming toward us. sbo stopped a little way and called:
 will your bear hurt me?"
 No. indeed, miss" says I. "Ha,o as gentle as kitten"
 She came up to us and mvl aha was pretty. Her eyes were like tba sky and her checks were like ina wild roses in the hedges
 Will he mind ii I pat him?" sha asked
 She patted old Gibraltars beid and pulled his ears. q do love beafs" she said. What's his name?"
 l told her and she said that yns beautiful name for bear
 I made him dance and she sat down by the road and laughed and clapped her hands.
 After awhile she said she must 20, She dropped dollar in my money basket and went her way.
 It was about sundown and we stopped at the first haystack and ats our supper and went to sleep.
 In the night l woke up There were people on the other side of the haystack. A woman was crying. Then a man said he was sorry; that he couldn't help it; he didn't love her any more; change was the law of na, tura and she must accept conditions
 She said something about the loys 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. He asked her to give him something-I 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 groais ed The man came around the hay. etack. What arc you doing here?" he asked.
 "Sleepir'." I says.
 Get out" says he. This isn't a hoboes' roost"
 Next morning when l woke up ] saw we were near a house and we ambled toward 1t looking for a break. fast. It was big house with long porch in front of it and on the porch were a lot of people. It wasn't farm house, as I had supposed but some swell's 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 Gio- raltar to dance.
 On the lowest step sat my little san' shine lady and beside her was the fellow I had seen the night before. Near them was tall woman with yellow hair.
 After Gibraltar had done his stunts 1 passed the money basket. The last person it came to was the fellow De- side the sunshine lady and he was so busy talking to her that he never looked at what he pulled out or ms pocket and threw into the basket.
 hung the basket on Gibraltars paw and told him to make DOW. He bowed so low that the basket silu off and fell at the sunshine lady 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 half dollar. She opened Il, anu there was the fellows picture anu "To Beatrice, from George She snapped the locket shut ana handed it to the tall woman. EHs Is yours, I think" she said.
 The man looked as If he wanted 'o smash things, Gibraltar and me par ticularly
 The little sunshine lady put hef hands in Gibraltar's fur and shook HIS big head. "Gibraltar." she said, you have done a great deal for me 'oua! and I thank you. old fellow. Hse" out of the paws of bears She kind O choked then and 'oon up Gibraltar's chain and we went o''
 
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