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Show I fL 1 L FLOYD GIBBON GIBBONS . 1 1l . f fy y > / ' Adventurers tAdventurers l y , t Clu ciu , 'f f ' > - 1 1JJ /J/J J / / _ ' . ; If IfI ( I 1np.J1 1npJ1 & _ _ "The The " The Pit " By FLOYD GIBBONSFamous GIBBONS GIBBONSFamous GIBBONSFamous Famous Headline Hunter HunterU . OU ) know , boys and girls it isn't isnt ' YOU Y boy.s boys . , at allunusual all unusual urturer for lot for'I turer to run rim 1l1to into an e experience e.pericnce epericnce . penence that lea\es lea es leases . .n4J n4J an . 'I I ' . \ I him barely lesly able to stagger along home , , but Harry Hari Hariry Han Hanover ry G Goldin 1 1m m d d dN N . Y , Is\one Is one islone \ upon all those guys . Harry Harr HarrE Y was daoze daozen dosed dosedan n of B E Bable able to stagger before hIS adventure started started , and an b ' , After Aftct Afterand 0\ 0 os over 0er \ er he \ i\as i as ssas \ as a lot worse off . cr It t t 'as as Rut RutIt " ' Itall It all happened in April Apnl , 1899 when HarCuba HaCuba , Har Ha Harrv z , . Cuba lighting fightmg fighting the Spanish American " war "ar ar form for Uncle Snm San Sn m ? He H"as Has n " } do dose OOTlSeventh ' ! ! Se\"enth Se "enth enth Seventh \ " Regiment cavalry cnulry : , stationed st.1t1one st1t1one . In the field outsideP outsidePaswq outside Pin \Vas Vas \ aswq aswqthings 'l'Q lQ 'l'Qthings ' Pine PineVas things hid h'ld hld ' quieted down to such an c extent tent that troo ttoo ar dtl < 1 1record tIo . ? record could get a n pass from the officer otncer of the day daypers day to toJ pers ' e ear \ wlth with kite kitetb tb tba , a fm few , purchase purchnse purchases ; , , , and have hae ha\ ha has \ e a whit wh'lt whlt ' w wis W'lS WlS tois is isgo ' widely willely known n : go Ind Indto ? to'il1 toil1 to to1r'l to1rl ' , ' tJHarry as a pn good gO Harry was one of the troopers who had Urte gore goredon't lt- lt ltIdywas , ( - a agore a n ood oodUrte don't dont ' know how he managed to get et It , and I kno know do dorecord record , I \ he didn't didnt ' deserve It , because the first thing he doggoAe gone VI.a VIa VI.atownhe w . , 1 1townhe town-he town he - and his buddy-was buddy was Idy-was Idy was - to head for a saloonW saloonhe saloon did W when CI1 he heThey " 'hThey hThey ' bt btThey They hid h'1d h1d had ' i ' \ couple bottles bottle J < of beer , and nnd thenwhite then they drnniwhite dra drank white 1white mule TI They ey nml ambled 1 1they ed . < .nound nound uound around the town taking tahlng in : 1 tT goort II1e II1ejudge " thp the th judge by Harry Harry's Harrys ' ' s and his p'll pll pil pils ' s actions , , most of those sIghtst alpM'11 alpM11 SI si- si t > - ' hb ts , ' ' b : 1 ' sIghts bottom of a g1iss ghss glass ghssWtre glasssights eut3 Wtre Kliegs KliegsA rei . 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Is Bad Business Busmess in Any ny Man Man's Mans ' ' s Arm FInally ArmTFinally ArmFInally It got to tlie the lice point where they had to do their Slfrht/ Slfrht si / T ting Ung SlfrhtUng theirting a Sighta down , becauseheneer because wheneverhe \ whenever \\heneer heneer , Sightthey theyhot they got hot up on their feetand feet the theri he Sight I T h tand an and wabbled wabblell around nround so fast tliat that the ' ' r- r - . rThat [ hey couldn't couldnt get a n gll lootThat goodook good loot look ] ook ookgll at * That went on until it became just plain Impossible to to11 to11sight sight endthat or anything anythmg else Then all of a sudden It dawned I ' e"et eet " ' I Ithat that dawnedthat it was dark-that dark that dark - that they had overstayed their 011 tJ . : leave Tthey aTthey leave-and leave and - and a } ty they had better the heck IJthe get out of town before the corporal cor COTD or feeta:4started feetLtstarted the orthe guard came looking lookmg for them . . They lurched to their feeta:4 feeta4 feetLt f tstarted : , started walking toward the camp In three directions at once , . , By one.By oneBy the time they thc tht ) " were "ere ere half hulf " way "ay ay there tbere it was twice as dark . . , . . they uthey darr.they darrthey had started ' ' they 1hey 'they couldn't couldnt ' see a foot ahead of themeg them u eg egand aDd and Wf'f Wff Rc * , ! ' having andhaving some trouble tr try trying Ing lag to keep heep a foot under them How Bow th the t tr i igot got separated Hirry H1rry doesn't doesnt ' ' l know no\\ no noHe . He s ' . , \ was " walking "alklng alklng along nloDg ta tas taIldag talu talkb Ildag IldagI Ildagf Ildags Ildagi .J J . .JA I i f s 0 0j 0r1 'r r ' t/ t tt / t j r1 r1A A Snarling Snarlmg Bear Was Pawing at Him In the Pit . . ( all n11 of a sudden he reall realised realized he " was "as as talking talhlng to himself . . . He Be reIl yelldfa yelldfapal yelldfopil frt frtp'1l p'1l p1l pal ' , but he got no answer On top of that It started to thunder thosda thunderHghtnIngand thosdalightningand thBtddilightning HghtnIng-and HghtnIng and lightning-and lightning - and then to rnlnHarry rainHarry rain rnln Harry \ went \ ent on alone Eveiy Esety \ el yonce once In a while a flash ot of o ( BD 11 n : , " would Illuminate 1llumlnate the sky shy , and then he could see where hef33 he wa3 \f33 f33 gas ' \ coli gole cofct cofcttbird coli"third + , "third third " tbird third or fourth Hash flash sho\\ sho sliovved shoed showed \ ed a dirk d'lrh dlrh ' object up ahead That . , Harry Harl Harrywould ' ) tb : ttxwould would be his buddy budd . . He gave a " whoop "hoop hoop and ' started 'Started tow-irds tow irds tow'lrds towlrds towards ' - IL It . 'I1 I1 TtTh ' : TtThthe Tirthe the dark he lie could see it coming to meet him Just as It rroch'l1 rrochl1 reach'd reachd rroch'l1Harry reach'dHarry reacMHarry ' ' Harry stumbled and fellHarry's fell fel1 fellHarry's Harry's Harrys ' Pal Turned Out to Be a Big Black Bear BearHe BearHe BtirHe He reached out and grabbed hold of his pal , to help hll'se hllse hind hindup hirsdup " ' ? up again His pal had grown a thick coat of heavy fur mVr mVrmeantime in Ih Ihmeantime t tmeantime meantime , but Harry had had too many tequilas and aguardle aguardieee aguardieeeback aguardiB3back ( back in town to notice Again he stumbled , clutched clutche.d ciutched . his pal/.r pal.r pal .r r pal.rsupport pal 11 11support ( / . support , , and both of them tumbled into mto a deep pit pitIt pitIt pitIt It \ was \ as tlie the ( lie sort of a pit thev they the use lIse for gatba garbage e In Cuba Somtthi Sometiq Some : tHirry I IH'lrry H'lrry Hlrry Hirry ' tint th'lt thlt that ' , , e\ e es even een \ en though thouSh he couldn't couldnt coullln't coulllnt ' ' see The fall faU jarred jnrred com poop tflia'rfrsense tfliarfrsense ' d ! , sense back bach Into him , and , for the first time tune he begin beg'1n beg1n ' tofonder to wonderhet ' \ wonder \fonder fonder b Itpal * 1 ! 1pal pal had hippened h'lppened hlppened ' to grothat grow gro\\ gro \ \ that coit C01t colt of fur He didn dldn dido t have bm bare to r rlong = , c . : clong long A sudden flash of lightning I1ghtnlng lit 1lt up the pit . . That furry thlr t thltishis II : : ; i = 1his J 1 Jhis his buddv budll buddy ' it 'It ill 111 It- It Itwis - w \ wis 18 is ' a bear-a bear a bear - a hUeC hue Itue . , , , black , snarling bear bearl be3rl bearlFor ! ' For a n minute Hurv H11r Hirry thought he wis W'iS ' pipe dreaming the tbe wbole whde vWtiiThat ' c ( cThat That bear must ha\ ha has have hae \ e come right out of one of those agnardKirt agnardlen't agnardlent aguardrea'e aguardreae ' ' t ( tback .back back . back In town But no The bear was wns on him now-had now had now - had him bin d di dimauling d-1mauling d 1mauling ) ) " - maul1ng mauling him m like e the devil de11 desil de\ de \ 11 He couldn't couldnt ' ' dream those sharp stabs stabscouldn't stabse stabst stabscouldn't st M < " F e , -couldn't couldn't couldnt - couldn't couldnt ' ' dream the brulbes brubes bruises the bear g'l\ g'l gl gis give g'le ' \ e a him as he kicked hia him 1i15 L & : LHarry ft t , Don't Dont ' Fair . , , tl tlThe 'The The ' Harry Learns That Bears Fight The bear didn't didnt ' fight fair . It was the darndett darndest animal Wr H Hug ' ever saw . It was jumping on him Harry could fee/It fee It feel / It . :1 1 Bi : B BjAnd : : jAnd tl tlAnd r rever t And the brute would land on him . Off he'd hed ' go And , then , Et Ea-1 Ea 1 t td - d dHe'd tHe'd ; It ItJ Itfought ' ' was th thit this ' \ He'd Hed land on him again . . What kind of a bear J Jfought fought like Jake a moose ? ' tJ K 01 of 01Another ofAnother cAnother . . Harry looked loomtp VP P Another flash of lightning told the story tJ 0 tJtime 0time of tbeplt the pit . . Thtt ThttHe . "d d " time to see the bear pawing panIng and clawing at the top t He lost his hold and landed landel1 on Harry agamJo againThat again agam - ( bin 110 Jo . . , Eo fc on OD Thit Th'lt Thlt That ' animal wasn t jumping on him He was falling fa1l1ng tll ur urusing tllusing of the pl pit . . Thttir Thttirtx Iu jlJf ) ; ! using Harry for a springboird sprlngbo'lrd sprlngbolrd sprinbgboird ' , trying to get out I\E I E \ ! ! b tx txthe ( and nd b be Mfw e ea remembers . Then BarnI Bari Barn I ' again , an the last thing tlling Harry , , a as sclousnesss sciousnesshas sclousness sciousness , ft JJ ( ) 1 rThe G C GThe , hPy'd has "P P " s P teat , ' taL " the " knew he woke up in Phe The next thing Harry h\P h P \ he hefrIends hefriends ' - . . . . > . . - - - . - i ii - . - --i i - - . . u He thought tliAiinhtthCjt1 they'd theyd they'dr e ewert y'd yd ' frIends were all standing 9 9were around his cot thOU9htht l d ! re reto r e eto t they e'j ej ' wert were w i to be with him at the end-until end until end - until ha he noticed that e'jIf theyof If of Iflaughing oflaughing : laughing . ( th ih thThe ihThe tl- tl tlT - . , . . ? -T T - , ? Even T- T TTt - < - . . If . ( It Tt- Tt TtHurt - Hu Hurt rt rtth r 1\1 1 11'I ' \ ? 1 The Was Harry Laugh on , 1\ 1 111 . " ' \ ' b bad d to U- U Utll " - tll nt ntt tll"And " "And And " when they told me about It , , " Harry siys'I siysI siys S'IjS SIjS ' , 'I I i"self iself " " clrct3.J t . .J J small ] ) clrct3 Cecil Cecilseed c cSidney Re Reself sma smad self . The bear was one that had escaped from a n ' , liS as 1 tor torwandered fo fowandered . seed d wandered out of town It Itas \\as as was \ just about twices twlce1.s twlce1s sc scyM scar rnoY yM yMBut ' , tr tried e ehead d to tom J d dhead But Harry's Harrys ' laugh didn't didnt ' last long When he to/ to tai tohIs taida / d head tod d from fromhIm fromnti da dahis scratched hIs cot his faded . He was rJ grin away It if ifd ifand hIm hi nti . and had three broken ribs where the bear fell : on \ hiIt hed bed It Itbet 1 1thr bet bettime Ibewant ask him about t tt tels'and the theend els'and elsand time ' me bedIbe thr thrwant Ibe e want to make hIm mad now , just end Inc Inca IncaSidney petals t a aof JI JIe pas pasof a . amid the rose pe Sidney Franklin Frankll " with old Bruin in ' 99 . SoL $0i 0i SoLW'W $0iOw'u $ in Cuba of that refuse pit way down there -W'W W'W WW O-w'u O w'u wu ( ! ) - 0 - VVNU ' SerelcoR8 STvl&o STvlo service Serelco & R8 a / , . . |