Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser., 1844-12-28
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they kept giitin nearer and nearer, "a ~
We're gittin dark, AndJ kncwsd 1 mu6e Ixk
dive at the cid he, aforc Il rue % dsrks (
couldent see my sights; % l INT drap ID
one knee to make Srre, shdwhsa | faiSetd
my gun ! were all IL q iremLlel lknowsd
thai wouldent do and rixl
you are witchcd, Chuncky, sure and
s.r,ln, said I. Afer bracin HyselE /
raised agcin and frcd. i Ore on 'ern
sprung into the air and gin yell, szui Ne
ether bounded towards me like : s,scalrscf
lightning; close 10 me, il squalsd 70 ,ks
ground. and commenced cree ping towards
INC, its eyes iurnin green, and sorier swim.
min round like, shd The ssd Of liz tsit
twisted like a snake. Iieh lite ~ evrk
aud strong as buffalo. seen her cus,s
mcnce slippin herlegs under her and knnsw
She were gwine 70 spring. I thsoVsi
b ck my gun 10 gin ii 70 hcy, end u ~
come. the lick | aimed at her head, s1ruck
across her shoulders and lack without dci
irg amy hahn, and she had mel Rip RIG,
aid away went my old blanket coot and
bri'cl!es. She sunk her teeth into riy
shoulder; ier green eyes were close 10
mine, and the frolh from. her mouth wss
fyin into my Ecel Moses, how fast sle
did fgl.,! felt tie warm. blood runiu
down. my side, seen shc was artcr ny
throat, and with that lgrablcd hern, sfd
commenced pourin it into her tide with
my fist, like cats a 6ghtin. Rip sip,
she'd take me. diff, sim, bang I'd gin, iso
her, size Gyhiin for Ter supper, I fgh,in
for my life. - -5-s1s
Why il course I, were an oneuual h0htl
but size ri1 i'll Well We had il round and
round, some times one, some tines tosher
on TOP, she growlin and ! gruntinl- We
had commenced giltin mighty tired, and
presently she made . spring, tryinF TO git
away; af or that thar were no no6xal
chance for her! Cause why, she Mas
whipped! I'd sorter been thinking about
saying, s. ~.
svow lay ne down q s'eep.,s s
but l know'd If commenced, il would put
her in heart, and she'd riddlsd me ii Z
mint, and when she hollered .at, \ irers
glad to my shoe soles, and such confdepcs
in wnippin the fight, that l offered two t.
one en- Chunoky. but no takes!
/ oh, d-n you,' says I, 4 hittin her :
lick every time spoke, YOU are siiiilE to
quit even and divide stakes are yrpf' and
then round and round we went aRainl
You could have hern us blow qnartcr Of
= mile, but presently che makes big
struggle and broke my hold! ] fell one
way and she The oiherl She darted into
the canebreak and that's the last time I
ever hean of that pantherl
When sorter come to myself, was
ttruttin and strut:in and thundcrin like l
big he gobier, and then I commenced ex-
aminln to see what harm she had done met
| wor Bit powerful bad in the shoulder and
arm, jist look at them sursl---and I wefe
Gu, into solid whip strings; but. when ]
found thar warnt no danger Of is KILN
me, set into cussin. W. " l%.Fa&
III oh, you amt dead YET, Chunky, eays
[, If you are sorter wusted, and .haYa
wi ipped panther ina fair fght, sra k0
goueing.' and then I cook-a-doodle -do6d .
spell for joyl a4fe tgti-sI+F
ff When | looked around, thar cot che old
he, q licken the blood from his brssai Isd
shot him right through The breast, but
sorter slantendiclar breaking L, shoulder
blade into perfect smash. A. iHsfB
walked up 10 him--s>s saiIss 81
'Howdy, panther, how do yon DIP
How Isl mss. panther, and the ltils pam
Tiers? how is your consarns In general?
Dil YOU ever .hearn ,eil pf the man they
calls Chunkcyp born in Kertucltyp and
raised In Mississippi? death on bar, and
sinsrtly in a panther fah,2 If yo,l dident,
look. for I'm, he. kills bars, whips pam
Tiers in a fiji fight; walks The waters, I
ont bellers The tl.nndcr, and when Iigets
hot, the Mississippi hides itselF--Ch, l?
Io'i thought. y on had me diaent yos?--
d--n you! But y.u are . gone sucker
now. now. III have Your mex i'll syergets
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