The Prescott daily news., 1914-06-24
FROM THE BEARS PAW
By ANNIE HINRlcHsEN

raltar is dancing bear. Soma ro o'~ might say I am Gibraltar's ownar p'' l | between him and me tbere's ou' been a question of master and hoosa 's l We're partners, share and share alss' We walk from town to town ws have enough to eat, and there ,s " sweeter sleep than the sleep ono aa. ao trnGer the stars e'" One day as Gibraltar and I wo.. strolling along a country lana ms saw a girl coming toward us shs stopped a little way and called Will your bear hurt me?o No, indeed, miss" says L "ug. as gentle as kitten" She came up to us and my, sh. was pretty. Her eyes were like tho sky and her cheeks were like tbs wild roses in the hedges.
 Will he mind if I pat himY" sb. | asked.
 She patted old Gibraltar's he,n and pulled his ears. q do love bearAr she said. Whats his name?" | tOiu Sut SdlU mat WnS | 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 eo She dropped a dollar in my money basket and went her way. It was about sundown and wa stopped at the first haystack and ats our supper and went to sleep.
 In the night I woke up. There were 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 na. ture and she must accept conditions
 She said something about the lov. of the old days and the claim it gave her. That seemed to make the fellcw 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 groan ed. The man came around the hay stack What are you doing here?' he asked
 "SleepiE',' I says.
 Get out" says he. This isn't boboes' roost."
 Next morning when l woke ap saw we were 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. 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 70 come to the porch, they wanted CID raltar to dance.
 On the lowest step sat my little sun shine lady and beside her was the fellow I had seen the night before. Near them was a tall woman witn yellow hair.
 After Gibraltar had done his stunts 1 passed the money basket. The last person 1t came to was the fellow oe side the sunshine lady and he was 50 busy talking to her that he never looked at what he pulled out of nis pocket and threw into the basket. <.
 hung the basket on Gibraltars paw and told him to make 8 DOW, He bowed so low that the basket sha on and fell at the sunshine ladys feet. There was something in 1t WHICH didn't look like money and she pickeo 1t up
 It was a gold locket about the siAo of half dollar. She opened IL, anu there was the fellows picture anu ITO Beatrice, from George. :,
 She snapped the locket shut anu handed it to the tall woman. 'h' is yours, think" she said. 'The man looked as if he wah'eu " smash things, Gibraltar and me par ticularly. .
 The little sunshine lady put hei hands in Gibraltars fur and shooh nl. big head. "Gibraltar," she said, soa have done a great deal for me .oua. and I thank you, old fellow E'eA out of the paws of bears
 She kind O choked then ana 'O up Gibraltar's chain and we went o'i'
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