The Prescott daily news., 1914-06-27
1: FROM THE BEARS PAW By ANNIE HlNRIcHsEN


 Gibraltar and I are partners cih raltar is dancing bear. Some naonlo might say l am Gibraltars owner Inn. between him and me there's no,,ou been a question of master and haas, We're partners, share and share aIik.
 We walk from town to town. wa have enough to eat, and there is no sweeter sleep than the sleep one qats tnGer the stars.
 Oue day as Gibraltar and I vera sarolling along country lane wa saw girl coming toward us. Sba stopped i little way and called:
 Will your bear hurt me?"
 "No, indeed, mss" says I. He's as gentle as a kit.an.'
 She came ID 10 IS and my, sbe was pretty Her eyes were like tae sky and her checks were like the wild roses in the hedges.
 Will he mind ii pat him?o she asked.
 She ratted oil Gibraltars hei and pulled his eara. ..I do love bea's,n she said Whats his name?"
 told her and she said Chat vra beautiful name for bear.
 l made him dance and she sat down. by tho road ana laughed and clapped her hands.
 After awhile she said She must go She dropped dollar in my money basket and went her way.
 It was about sundown and we stopred at the fir5t haystack and ate our supper and went to sleep.
 In the night I woke up. There were people on the other side of tho 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 it gave her That seemed to make the fellcw tired and he said he didn't care for hash love. lie asked her to give him somethlng-I couldn't hear what-ana she said she wouldn't, it was hers ana gave little scream.
 "Oh. you brute" she said "YoH'ye broken the chain and stolen it"
 That woke Gibraltar and he groal, ed The man came around the hav- stack What arc you doing here?|. he asked.
 "Sleepir'." I aeys.
 Get out" says he. This isn't loboes' rocst'
 Next mu,ning when I woke up saw we were near q house and we ambled toward it looking for a breah fast It was a big house with a long porch il front of it and on the porch were a lot of people. It wasn't a farm house. as I had supposed, but some Fwell's summer cottage, and Gibraltar ond had butted into 8 house party.
 When they saw us they called to us to come to the perch, they wanted Gib- rqltar to dance.
 On the lowest step sat my little sdn' shine lady and beside her was the fellow I 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 1t came to was the fellow oe- side the sunshine lady and be was SO busy talking to her that he never looked at what he pulled out or Ills pocket and threw into the basket
 l hung the basket on Glbraltars paw and told him to make pow, lie bowed so low that the basket siia off and fell at the sunshine ladys feet. There was something in 1t whlcn 1idnt look like money and she plcKeu lt up
 It was a gold locket about the size of half dollar. She opened It, anu here was the fellows picture anu' ITO Beatrice, from George. :.
 She snapped the loctet shut anu handed it to the tall woman. AAS Is yours, I think" she said.
 Tic nan looked as if he wanted 'o smash things, Gibraltar and me par ticuarly.
 Tbe little sunshine lady put nef hands in Gibraltar's fur and shooA n's big head "Gibraltar,' she sald' yoa have done a great deal for me ,oua. and I thank you, old fellow N'e' out of the paws of bears
 She kind O choked then ana 'o up Gihraltar's chain and we went ''' oil