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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1888)
TUE WEST SHORE. " gtraDger, I ha' Bummat to say to ye. Thar be Bears thet air badges o' shame an' disgrace an' thar Icars tbet shine like jewels m a king s diadem, an' Xwlrn es proudly Ye km't alius jedge o' th' tunnel by th' outer shell. I kin pint out on these aM .nnntins a score o' ole lan' marks, whose trunks " ' . ... .LA nf human me: , , orr , h ntcmna Wig w - fc twigted an 6eamea an - I'.i. . ltaff lt k wft ' T. ,d . . hat ef ve'd look at 'em close, ye'd ' ; ' , ' nnuit chance of hawia- - , . . . . vflM . 1 i . i i,r,1 hv in- tiki i nk1 ' (Ifrurrj'l 'f tm . . ....t it nftontimeB IV.a Ut IIWW Uilu ' ;,:.! tiuit Urn and fortune. - Hut the wy Lain of your head are all fcurjiUr!," wid the Di line Ttfl.r; and ho, il.kt 1.m Ml the IWhoil MurMiC of the dear Ka- W th' r comtant care, nould ever i!lit;gly 1' without iuch evidence? M'ftmhile " $., !r- J Jr-1 I' T Afc!j;u,l it ,!h a tar." Tl. j'urc,xil mountain air cn in at the open window, f.rcMa71iutho agin th1 see a ,,0t chug, o r h m. m, eye,dout throngll wL.ch, in tan, , b -, f - J d M & flow . rich .,;Armpnt and ul- tn Dam, ju u sweeisap. stran ger, don' pin ver v 'ill . ..iKifl Vv . faith to th' outside; i 'o'th' platter. Th' Pharisees did thet an' ther own in- 'ards wuz rotten : es las' gear's dung 'eap, an' no sweet er, le' me tell ye. Th' Nazarene hed He sot down on 'em a heap o' times, but they wuz like a rubber ball, an' bounced up agin w en th pressure wuz took off. They wuz a plaguey set; an' vU' I n ' to SOI uowu UU GUI. i J1IL A-uM$f -'i i th' airth ain,t rid 011 'em yifc by a long bM V.'K V CZ " v?rNow a dog's instinct 's wiser 'an a mans If ! Un on tide, k 'utithLi nM W.S ' J ; n t!.e cither tat the ttoutiUineer, and the ar t;t x:: A th" (m-lW. " WhKt domunival l.x.k that Bear gives hie face," ui-l the Uit'-r, L'ldinjj Umard the, dog, "as though th i latirAl 1. i,tn (,f ,lovil, oust out of the fierce Mu u l.vl ir.trt nchesl themselves within his shac U in" with ii)o)!irf ivnllo niftjoety, lifted his llwh.vl ujK.n the iaker, from his fine Un r, l,.k that Mid as plainly as if put in' V)M: "A Kat!,raan qulroH demands satisfac ,.afr..:a.K,ul,Biati,L Take that back, or i.t. a The inountA n,w.r'. r . iacy was -6 r reason. He'll scent th' cloven foot an' 1j forked tail quicker 'an a wink, an never much store by thet air Zeke 0' mine. But I kin gin ye a piece 0' his history thet '11 stagger yer faith 'bout a dividin' line twixt instinct an' reason. Ye'll fergit all 'bout thet scar, like we do th' humliness, 0' folks thet we come to know an' love ; an' ye'll say, 'long wi' me, thet not anuther dog be ekel to 'im." He hitched his chair closer to the artist's, and his voice, in its earnestness, took a higher key, with a slightly nasal twang. Even the fire seemed to bright en with expectancy, while Zeke gently wagged his tail, and, lifting his head, looked full into the face of his master. The mountaineer gave the dog an an swering look, that said " Ye kin trus' me, ole feller," and launched forth in his canine narrative. " Es well es I kin rikollect, et's nigh outer ten year sence I wuz superintend' a cattle ranch down in Western Texas. The owner wuz a English gentleman, named Brockton. He bed a mighty fine place over thar in Yorkshire, thet wuz called Brockton Hall. He hed bought th' ranch th' year before, an' left it in charge uv a overseer ; but it wuz badly managed, an' w'en he come back th' nex' summer, he shipped 'im an' put me in his placa E uz quite Ujf fashion them days fer th' English gentry
