The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-07-23

venture" amounted TO- Won
Croix de gucrrc In France. but that
Ia not half 30 interesting a story.
Sincerely yours.
H. Il. NEWTON.
=. SD. n. Newton 10 not my
name exactly would not want this
story published under my own name.
which is. however. sufficiently sim
liar for recognition by myself and
close friends 10 whom I have con
flded the story.
A woman where boarded, when
taught school In the country. told
me this adventure Of hers. I've every
reason to believe II happcnd an she
told IL.
when Jennie was 10 she and her
father lived In a shanty In eastern
Oregon. lie was n coarse creature
who delighted 10 tramp mud over her
clean floor md spit tobacco juice on
the, stove II she dared object he
would curse and rave. Jennie thinks
he wasn't her own father. but she
never really knew.
Worst OF all were the drunken
cronies her father often had In the
house. especially the evil-eyed Span
lard who tried 10 make love 60 her,
one day her father came homo and
announced that cy. an ''old bach"
who lived about three miles away
wanted Jennie 20 marry him. lie
aaid she had better do II. because
Jose. the spaninrd. was coming 10 the
house 60 live.
Jennie says she consented partly
because she was afraid OF the Span
lard and partly because NJ old Cy's
she could have clean house. linz
agino the poor child marrying 10 get
place where she could scrub all
she wanted to-
Cy came with his wagon. drawn
BY two notwithstanding ponies. and
Jennie went with him 10 get married.
When they had gone about half OF
the 90 miles 20 town. cy stopped at
shanty and presently 10 Jonnie'n ter
ror the spanlard came out, jumped
into the wagon and drove Off With
her He said Cy didn't want 10 get
married and had sold out TO him for
$3.50,
Jennie thought Of jumping out OF
the wagon. but II was all woods
about Only away off on a hin she
could barely make out a house.
Then jose tried 10 klss her. She
slipped out or his arms 10 tho bot
tom OF the wagon and SEEKING the
whip gave tho broncos a savage cut.
They lcapcd and tore OF az n mad
sallop, jose with a curse grabbed
tho lines and btacing his feet aguiuft
the dRsh-board sawed away az tho
bits. 4 mile Of that and then at
sudden curve. horses. wagon and all
went over the bank.
Jennie wasn't hurt and she crawlcd
out OF the wreck and ran and ran.
expecting every minute 10 hear the
spanIhrd come crashing after her.
Finally she reached the house she
had seen and there she found good
kind people 10 whom she told her
story.
The man OF the house with two
ncighbors went out 90 lind the span.
lard. but he was gone. ns WIS ALTO
her father. from the shanty. Jennie /
never heard OF him again.
She stayed with those people. who
had several small children. until she
married young man OF tho neigh.
borhood and went 70 her own home
II. II. II.
have had many adventures
drowned twice. shot once. carry the
scar OF bear bite on my back. was
nearly ripped open by big buck.
but the closest call was when / tried
10 kin an s0o-pound grizzly with an
old $40 Winchester.
II was back in 1854. In Northern
Idaho, the train crew said there was
a big bear feeding IN tho bottom OF
a creek as the train passed and she |
took no notice OF them.
Some old miners said they hadn't |
lost any grizzlies. but | was looking |
for that kind OF trouble. and against |
all advice that my rifle was too small |
20 tackle that kind OF game, struck |
out for the creek. had an old Colt |
navy tlx-shooter and tho little "A 1
calibro with It's 10 shots. as thought. |
enough 10 stop any bear. Walking |
along the track ! came TO the creek. I
There sure enough was the big brute
digging roots.
] lodged back Into the woods and |
snenkcd up on her, when about rs
yards from her ! decided to try a
shot. This must have struck n will |
low and been DETECTED as II struck
her paw.
She sat UP and licked the wounded
member, never realizing where the
hurt came from.
| then aimed at her heart. and as
the gun cracked she dropped her paw
and the bullet caught her leg.
The next shot cut her jugular vein /
and she rolled over on top OF the
bank. Jumping the creek | reached
the bank as she got UP and planted
another in her neck two inches from
the previous one, and she went down
again. This was repeated once more.
but two inches higher up.
Each time she went down ! got |
closer TO her and as she rose this
time she saw where the trouble came
from and made straight for me. I |
planted bullet on her skull and she |
went down again, but / did not stop |
to see whore she got t. won the |
half mile at college. but never made |
the time ] did thru that long grass
TO n tree. She threw grass and dirt |
In the mir for five minutes and then
quit. She was mine, but never |
again with that size gun for pe. II
had not made that good shot my
wife would have been n widow.
JAMES FULLERTON,