The Yazoo Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-03-26

Let me 80, you old shs.oeail, you, q j
gonge Jour eyes out.- Oh, ho! hurt yo'
did II q doc, dary Yer, lei me GET hold
yer paw, n III make yer cut dirss-a'liti
: say!!' ana the boy made an efIor. and stoo
on his feet. he vas black lad Of abou
: Twelve years old, very stout bull, end
: could plainly see from where Is,ood thai b
: was bidding defiance 10 the other party b
shaking his Is, aud Stamping on1be ground
facccompanied BY grin and ! sideWise no.
Iof bis klnky head.
Nov, come on il ser dar' old she-degil
and I'll give vera joe.daFler a'teen yer eye
that'Il make
Before this challenge and threat wer'
completed, the opposing party reared up ron
The grass lwhere il had been resting nat 81
The ground, and placing paw On eacl
shoulder Of the boy, appeared 70 regard hin
with the greatest delight
"a pan,her.' said |, almost audibly, and Al
the same time sprang the trigger Of my rifle,
.Histn said voice on my right, just as
had leyelled 10 Ere, which caused me olook
around, and saw a man few PAGES of.
standing with his rife At q present, with The
palm Of his left hand turned towards me as a
token that should desist. In an instant,
panther and boy were both rolling on the
grouI,d,-the boy kicking and cutting the
monster and swearing at him, threatening 10
gouge his eyes out. At one moment they
appeared 10 embrace each other, and anon
the boy would bounce up ia the air and fall
across the body Of the panther sit lay on
It's back,--sh then the panther would bound off
leaving hiaa for an instant, aud leaping over
the boy, wo uld alight some ten feet from
him; but never FOR momen, Withdrawing
his eyes from the boy.
Another cap and The monster settled on
the ground, his body aattened and extend
I'd, with nesk elongated until the chin rested
% the grOn'ads--its eyes flaming and spark
ing with savage gIee; waving lis long tail
much in the manner Of cat when about 70
prlng on It's prey. Now's the time, though,
!! heard he click of my neighbours dou-
lie trigger and prepared to FIRE with him,
,ut before we COZ I'D make ready. The animal
,ither hearing or seeming Us, o. becoming
ired Of bis play, sESang upon his prey, and
eizing the boy by the shoulder, slung him
,yer his neck, and it'll horrid gFowl leap
d upon the trunk of . fallen Tree, where he
,alanced himself and took survey Of the
premises, rolling his 81 airing eyes in the d..
ection where We stood. Bang! Bang
vent both rifles ii the same instant, and
lown rolled boy and beas. on opposite sides.
i the old log! With tren hing and fear for
he life Of The poor boy, ID, shed forward and
,lcking lin up from where he lay, with the
Hood lrickling down bis neel inquired bur.
iedly il he was hurt.
.Hilloa! said The little fellow, rolling back
he whites Of his eyes and staring 4 me,
Dat you shot her2' at the same lime pulling.
way from me and laundering a'sef Tie log,
where lay stiff and stark, bis late enemy.
oh no! yon cotch'd il, did YER Con.
Ound yer! and be fell @ pel,iog ille sides.
II the dead panther right and Ieit. nov
eli assssed that there was 40 harms done,
md looked around for ny neighbor ne vas.
leisnrely re-loading his rifle, man Of some
forty years old, with frame q iron, nleass''-
ring six feet ID height, bushy iron-gyey
head, and i dark brown complexion, bis
counienance pleasing aud Intelligent.
Where did gon place 4 q said Re, % he
walked up where was examining lhe pans
Their.
There a ball directly betWeenthe eyes. :
q know j, said be, and one about an inch
Move i. That'll DO.
well, Bob, you little Eascal could ut you
shIfp this kitten, heyi
cir bin had ny jiack.knifs, I'd gid him
iclaA shove u be paunch. bound Be hab1
. ). u fulI, dod dang BIN, come scratch s
is 50.
WIN didn't yo1gonge him
.Wya nassa, cot him down sometime, but
81 see b CLAW ksp' sticking q ne. and
: more "a bite and gouga, Dc more be-
,euld'nt fine lone.