The Prescott daily news., 1914-06-26
FROM THE BEARS PAW By ANNIE HINRIcHsEN

 Gibraltar and I are partners c;h raltar Is dancing bear. Some neonl. might say I am Gibraltar's owner h,. between him and me there's nevo, | been a question of master and beast l We're partners. share and share aiLa We walk from town to town Wa | have enough to eat, and there is no sweeter sleep than the sleep one eats tnder the stars.
 One day as Gibraltar and I wero slrolling along country lane wa saw a girl coming toward us. sha stopped a little way and called Will your bear hurt me?"
 No, indeed. miss" says L "Hea | as gentle as a kitten
 l She came up to us and my sha was pretty. Her eyes were like the ! sky and her cheeks were like ths wild roses in the hedges. o1 ssa l Twill he mind if I pat him?" she 1 asked 7 eiet 4'a if .7nf ss 1 She patted old Gibraltar's he.a and pulled his ears. q do love bears." she said. Whats his name?" I told her and she said that Was | beautiful name for bear l made him dance and she sat down I by the road and laughed and clapped | her hands. t" ~
 After awhile she said she must xo | She. dropped 8 dollar in my money basket andrwent her way, .- : 1t was about sundown and we 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 crying. 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 na. turs and she must accept conditions
 She said something about the lovs 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 i 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 i broken the chain and stolen It." i That woke Gibraltar and he groals i ed. The man came around the hay. stack. What are you doing here?" he asked.
 "SleepiE'," says.
 ] Get out" says he. This isn't l boboes' roost"
 1 Next morning when l woke up ] saw we we're near house and we i ambled toward it looking for break fast It was a big house with long porch in front of 1t and on the porch ] were lot of people. It wasn't farm ] house. as l had supposed. but some 1 swell's summer cottage, and Gibraltar ! and I had butted into house party.
 When they saw us they called to us ! to come to the porch, they wanted CID 1 r2ltar to dance.
 | On the lowest step sat my little sul' shine lady and beside her was the l fellow I had seen the night before. 1 Near them was a tall woman with 1 yellow hair.
 After Gibraltar had done his stunts i passed the money basket. The last l person 1t came to was the fellow oe l side the sunshine lady and he was go | busy talking to her that he never 1 looked at what he pulled out or ms pocket and threw into the basket. ] hung the basket on Gibraltars l paw and told him to make DOW. 1 He bowed so low that the basket sna of and fell at the sunshine iadyS ] feet. There was something in 1t whlcn | didn't look like money and she picked i 1t up
 It was a gold locket about the siAo of half dollar. She opened It, anu there was the fellows picture anu' ITO Beatrice, from George
 She snapped the locket shut anu handed it to the tall woman "'S ] IS yours, think" she said.
 The man looked as if he wanteu 'o smash things, Gibraltar and me par ticularly.
 The little sunshine lady put hei hands in Gibraltar's fur and shook ha big head. "Gibraltar," she saiu' sos have done great deal for me loua, and I thank you, old fellow. H's. out of the paws of bears ,, She kind O choked then ana | 'o up Gibraltar's chain and we "e"'
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