The Prescott daily news., 1914-04-01
FROM THE BEARS PAW |
BY ANNIE HiNRlCHSEN.

dttHT Us H3uCiHS DedT. SOHle peOpIe
night say / am Gibraltar's owner, but
between aim and me there's never
r~Cn question Of master and beast
Wore partners share and share alike
We walk from town to town. We
nave e!,. Ugh to eat, and there is nc
3wecter Steep than the sleep one gets
lnGer tho stars.
one day as Gibraltar and | were
strollng along country lane we
saw a girl coming toward us. She
stopped a little way and called:
"Will your bear hurt me?'
mo. indeed, miss says I. Hes
as gentle as kitten"
She came up to us and my! she
vas pretty. Her eyes were like the
sky and her cheeks were like the
wild roses in the hedges.
will he mind if l pat him." she
asked.
She patted old Gibraltars held
and pulled his ears. 81 do love bears"
she said. What's his name?"
told her and she said that Was
beautiful name for bear.
made him dance and she sat down
by the road and laughed and clapped
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
stop. ed at the first haystack and ate
our supper and went to sleep.
In the night woke up. There
we're people on the other side of the
haystack. A woman was crying
Then man said he 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 loys
Of the old days and the claim it 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 an6
gave little scream.
"Oh, you brute" she said. You've
broken the cnain and stolen it."
That woke Gibraltar and he groan-
ed. The man came around the hay
stack What are you doing here?"
he asked.
"Sleepin'.' l says.
hoboes roost"
Next morning when l woke up
saw we We're near a house and we
ambled toward it looking for break
fast. 1t was a big house with a long
porch in front of it and on the porch
were lot of people. 1t wasn't farm
house, as | had supposed, but some
swell's summer cottage, and Gibraltar
and had butted into house party.
When they saw us they called to us
20 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 a tall woman with
yellow hair
After Gibraltar had done his stunts
| passed the money basket The last
person it 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 GibraltarS
paw and told him to make bow
lie bowed so low that the basket sin
off and fell at the sunshine lady's
feet There was something in it which
jidnt look like money and she picked
i up.
1t was a gold locket about the size
If half dollar. She opened it, ana
there was the fellows picture and
To Beatrice, from George"
She snapped the locket shut and
handed it to the tall woman. THIS
is yours, think" she said
The man looked as if he wanted to
smash things, Gibraltar and me par
ticularly
The little sunshine lady put her
hands in Gibraltar's fur and shook his
big head Gibraltar" she said. you
have done a great deal for me today
and | thank you, old fellow. Even
out of the paws of bears"
She kind O. choked then and | TOOK
up Gibraltar's chain and we went off