The Prescott daily news., 1914-06-25
FROM THE BEARS PAW By ANNIE HINRlcHsEN

Gibraltar and l are partners c,, raltar Is dancing bear. Some noon,' might say l am Gibraltars owner hus i between him and me there's noras ] been question of master and hoos. We're partners, share and share aIip, We walk from town to town w. have enough to eat, and there is .s sweeter sleep than the sleep one pats tnGer the stars.
 One day as Gibraltar and I wers strolling along country lane wa saw girl coming toward us sho 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 my, sha was pretty, Her eyes were like the sky and her cheeks were like tba wild roses in the hedges. N
 Will he mind if pat him?" sba asked.
 She patted old Gibra,tar's held and pulled his ears. q do love beafs" she said, Whats his name?" | told her and she said that Was | beautiful name for a 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. M It was about sundown and ws stopped at the first haystack and ate 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 cryinr. Then a man said he was sorry; that he couldn't help 1t; he didn't love her any more: change was the law of ns 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 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 i she said she wouldn't, 1t was hers and ! gave a little scream.
 "Oh. you brute." she said, You've 1 broken the chain and stolen it.
 That woke Gibraltar and he groaif 1 ed The man came around the hav 1 stack. What are you doing here?" i he asked
 "Sleepir'," l says.
 Get out" says he. This isn't | boboes' roost"
 Next morning when l woke up saw we were near a house and we ambled toward it looking for break | fast It was q big house with long l porch in front of 1t and on the porch were a lot of people. It wasn't farm | house. as I had supposed but some swells summer cottage, and Gibraltar and had butted into a house party
 When they saw us they called to us to come to the porch, they wanted CID r9ltar 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 tall woman with yellow hair
 After Gibraltar had done his stunts passed the money basket. The last person 1t came to was the fellow Oe Iside the sunshine lady and he was so busy talking to her that he never looked at what he pulled out ol niS pocket and threw into the basket nn l,iDralfaTS paw and told him to make pow He bowed so low that the basket siiu off and fell at the sunshine lauys feet. There was something in IL whicn didn't look like money and she pickea 1t up
 It was gold locket about the siIe of a half dollar. She opened IL, anu there was the fellows picture anu ITO Beatrice, from George, x
 She snapped the locket shut anu handed it to the tall woman. ia'' is yours, I think" she said
 The man looked as if he wanteu " smash things, Gibraltar and me par ticularly
 The little sunshine lady put ne' hands in Gibraltar's fur and shook his big head. Gibraltar she said' ". have done great deal for me ,oua. and I thank you, old fellow. h'sA out of the paws of bears
 She kind O choked then ana 'o. up Gihraltar's chain and we went o'S