The Coconino sun., 1921-10-14

Al Beasley by that time was feel the board walk in front of the cabin. l sat upright in bed, facing the open door. l saw an immense shadow, re- sembling that of fat man. Having no shooting iron in the house, reach- ed for a club that George See left to me with the sale of his Ford. It's a good one, evidently made from a shovel handle and about three feet long; sure shot at close range. l donned my felt slippers and started for the door.
 "The mysterious visitor started for the front gate. He went over the gate and l followed in close pursuit, head ing in a northeasterly direction. Co., ing by tourists camp, Boston ter rier, awakened by the commotion, jumped out of tent and followed in my wake. This quickened my steps somewhat, and I was now about to overtake the bear, when the dog caught the loose end of my night shirt and held on. When he had got the biggest half of the loose end, he appeared satisfied and gave up the chase, and I did too. I made a de- tour around the camp to the cabin, not caring again to expose myself to the over-energetic bull-pup or inquis- itive campers.
 q think the bear caught the east bound passenger train at Cosnino. "When returning to the bedside that had'so calmly left half-hour before, my wife asked, Where have you been? You are all wet and trembl- ing! l told her l had only been out taking a cold drink of water.
 "She had given me a big glass of home-brew the evening before, and un- derstood a possible thirst.
 "Will someone please lend me gun of some kind? ?"
 Dear Chirps-We hope all the men folks don't get the same idea from the Palestine Pageant that little Billie Wright, aged 4, did.
 He attended each evening with his mother and daddy during the presen- tation of the Palestine scenes at the Federated church; then would come home and rehearse his playmates, tell ing them all about what they did in Palestine.
 In their play, the youngsters scat tered many mill-blocks about the yard. Billy's mother insisted that he and his playmates, all girls, put the blocks back again.
 When his mother came out doors again, she found Billy unconcernedly sitting on box while the girls re- placed the blocks. She asked him why he rested and let the girls do the | Hunrl and ba ov,.laipaJ.
 70, mother, you know we are in Palestine now, and over there the women always does the work and the men rests" And Billy rested.
 "Rimmy" Jim Giddings says Davy Joys name among the Navajos is "Hostis Nochies Chammer," which means wind -jammer," though we can't see how they ever happened to fasten that title on to Silent Dave. | Horace Nay, Walter Stevenson, Dr. Mackey and E. Van Doorn got to- gether the other night and wrote up the following auction sale bill: "25 good cows, broke to work; fl head of cultivators, coming in soon; 10 head of shoveling boards, with scoop by side; 8 Plano mares and 120 rods of canvas belting, better than new; De- Laval COW, with ice cream attachment; Shorthorn corn planter with 10 feet of wire; 1 Mccormick binder with foal; l Poland China bobsled with runners on it; IA head of chickens in perfect running order; Flying Dutch:- man riding heifer, good as new, and many other articles belonging to other people too numerous to mention"