The Arkansas banner., 1844-12-18

 on my gun barrel arter. soon found place wiar the cane drifted, and thar I sIs- termined to stand and fight 1t out. Present- ly here they come ;sand if stranger had seen em, he'd thought they were playin = They'd jump and squat, and bend their backs, 1 lay down, roll, and grin like puppys ,--shey kept gittin nearer and nearer, and it were gittin dark, and know'd must let drive al the old he, aforc it got so dark couldn't see my sights so jest dropped on one knee to make sure, and when raised my gun l were all in tremble! know'd that wouldn't do, and so rig!
 You are witched, Chucky, sure and sar- tin, said 1. Arter bracln myself raised up agin and fired One on em sprang into the air and gin yell, and the other bounded towards me like a streak of lightning close at me, il squatted 10 the ground and com menced creeping towards me, it's oars laid back, i.s eyes turnin green, and sor.cr swim- min round like, and the end of i,a tail twis- tin round like a snake felt lite as co:k aud strong as a buffalo. seen her com mence slipping her legs under her, and knew she were gwias 10 spring. throw'd back my gun 10 gin it to her, us she come; the lick aimed at her struck across the shoul- ders and back without doing any harm, and she had me, Rip, and away went my blan- ket and britches. She sunk her teeth into my shoulder, her green eyes were close to mine, and the irotl from her mouth was ly- in into my face. Moses. how fast she did fight! felt the warm blood runnin down my side, seen she were arter my throat, and with that grabbed hcrn, and commer.c'd pourin it into her side with my fist like cast n fighting! Rip, rip, she'd take me diff, slam, bang, Pd gin it to her, she fghtin for her supper, and ightin for my lifc!
 Why in course 1t was an onequal fight, she ris it. Well, we had it round and round. sometimes one and tother top, she growlin and grunn. We had both commenced g,tin mighty tired, and presently she made a spring trying to get away that thar were no moral chance for her Cause whys she were whipped. I'd sorter been thinkin about sayin
 "Now, lay me down to slcep,'' but Iknow'd if commenced, 1t would put her in heart and she'd riddle me in mint, and when she hollowcd nun, 1 were glad to my shoe soes, and had such confidence in whipping the fight that l offered two to ono on Chucky but no takers.
 Oh, d--n you, says 1, q hittin her Eck every time spoke, you arc willing to quit even and divide stakes are you? and then round and round we went agin! You could have hcarn us blow quarter, but presently she made big struggle and broke my hold! Fl fell one way and she the other! She dar- ted into the cane-break, and that's the last time ever hearn of that panter
 When sorter come to myself, war strut ting and thunderin like big he gobbler, and then commenced examinin to see what harm she'd done me; was bit powerful bad in the shoulder and arm, just look at them scars!- and were cut into solid whip strings, but when found thar warn't no danger of it's killn me, sot in to cussin.
 Oh, you ain't dead yet, Chucky, says ], If l banter ill fair fight, and no gouging, and then coclS-a-doodle-dooed spell for you!
 When looked round, thar sot the old he. a licking the blood from his breast! I'd shot him right through the breast, but sorter slan- tindicnlar, breaking his shoulder blade into perfect smash.
 walked up to hm--
 Howdy, banter! How do you do ? How is misses banter, and the little pantersf How is your concarns in general Did you ever hearn tell of the man they call Chucky, born in Kaintuck and raised in Mississippi, death on bar, and smartly in banter fight? If you didn't, look, for Pm he. l kill bars, whip panters in a far fight; walks the wa tcrs, out bellcrs the thunder, and when gets hot the Mississippi hides itsel!-Oh, l, l. You thought you had me, did you? d--n you' But you are . gone sucker now. I'll have your melt if never gets home, so----