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

81. jones, whlcn US it's name 81 Il.
owneg of Bob, laughed heartily ii he li1Is
FELLOW, who seemed perfectly Unconscious d
he danger from which he had escaped.
Are you scratched much, Bobf'
4 'blief -, said Bob, drawing of bis shirt,
Here % 'tndder shpulser.
The teeth If he animal, Il The limo be
n.ade uphls mind % walk Of with his prize,
had eli The skin for about m inch on The
shoulder, from which The blood was rick.
ling. Several scratches appeared on the
AIMS and legs, bni aliogether. Bob vas Is
good As ever, and bnasted very much Of his
ground tnssel,' IS he called il, with dat Il
nasty varmint'
Why didn't You lei me FIRE. said 10
Mr. Jones, when ] first. presented my riae9'
.Poohl didn't you SEQ that the panther
and boy were il direct line from you? You
would. of course, have killed the panther,
and the probability was, that the boy and
panther both would have felt your ball.
Moreover, you were agitated al the moment,
and although saw you when you took off
The head of thai squirrel from the top Of the.
old gum Tree, was afraid you could not
have held to the spot, and Bob nigh. have
suffered Cor i,.-What are you doing there,
Bobi'
list cnttin Of dis varminta' tail, SO Jim
and Jack no call me liar wen tell 'em ]
fou, pan,er;-dar, you bobtail, make cat
,errnount Oh yer; now, if dem boys 'spuse my
word, glib 'um dis for dar manners, hea"!
heaw!!'
And the little fellow cracked the tail With
q flourish over his head like waggoner's
whip.
sWhere's POUR bride, Boh9 said Mr.. Jones.
% lud, yes zir! dat varnin, pulled i of
ub me wen he jump from dat lar STOPPING
.ree, righ, pun top o my head, dod dang
him;--here il is, ,nassa, all right Some
twenty PAGES off Bob found his bride, and
ZONES explained how he come to bo separa-
led from the boy.
In the newly settled parts Of the country,
/ is the cOstom 10 turn the horses out 70
craze in the rich meadows Of uncnlliyaied
and wild lands, where the yerdare is 50 lux
nrianl that stock Of every kind thrive and
ratien with no Other care than being sailed
generally in the morning.
Jones' horses had mol been in for several
iass. and he sci on, with Bob in The after
noon, 10 look Them up. Arriving a. the bend
ia the creek before described, he had sent
Bob one way. he taking the other, apPPoInI-
inc j place Of meeting. Waiting some time
ior the arrival Of the boy, he went in search
IL him, surprising that he was lettering on
he way, when he came upon him IN The man
ner already related.
Are there many Of such customers Is this
n sonr nsighborhood, Mr. Jonesp said !,
measuring the length Of the animal with Ins
ramrod.
well, not 30 many now, sir; when fifsi
settled this place some Two years ago. the.
we're very troublesome and nearly destroyed
~ stock Of pigs, these, the caiatnoan's, and /
bears; bn have pretty we'll Trimmed them
ont Of late. 50 thai ii The lasi Two months |
nave only killed eleven pan,hers. fourteen
satamoOnis and Eve hears,--I think that's
he nnmher,-ihis fellow making one more.
The caiamuunis are The worst sir, By far; the
sneaking devils vii lie ia The thickels near
he house and lake off ! pig Or . chicken as
although ny Team Of dogs are hard
o beat
While We were sill talking, heard
.oarine sound Ike tie rushing Of wind d
-eclly overhead, bnl could see nothing
whats that, ST 4
Look steadily over head, said Jones.
i did 50, and IN 4 second observed several /
lark spots is Il some black objects were sus-
pended from lie roof Of the heavens.
Tie roaring increased, and d moment
.hele came whining doWnuards aoek of
,uzza1ds with astonishing rapidily until near
he tops ofihs trees, when they sailed grace
fuIIy around aud perched % The branches of
|. blasted sfee. lhas overlooked The spot
where We we're standing.
Keen syed chaps, demaE, ssid Bob, end