Washington telegraph., 1845-01-15
A GOOD PANTHER STORY.

The New Work Spirit Of the Times has
The following good story Of Chuncky, an Old
Hunter al warren, Mississippi:
.-Dlt II was the first time i'll nv life that
Ia bun lost, and thal lid poster me nightly.
nea, sir. artcr slsdyIn awhile, thought
Id better PIT back towards the camp,
mighty ured aud discouraged, then throw
fnt gou.d around 10 lake a drink OF liquor.
and u were Hl.ea Eak lcaJcrt iactl Thinks
1, ChIncAy, yOu must have been mighty
drunk last night; that made me solta low
spiri-cd, lIAc oman. and my heart were
a. weak as water. II had commenced
gHilng sOFier dark, the wind were blOwin
anl gTulnan through trees and rsrer-, and
tHS D-as-- S.O-.l- were flynn andI was
gOin a.Ong sOTter uneasy aud cussin, when
pan;her yeslcl oHa e.o5e 70 Rci turned
wItn ms gun cooked, couldn't see il; pres
en.iy heard II again anu out il come, and
tGen anJiherl "Hc.es he'll! sail takin
crack and missin to 4 certainty; and away
they dartcl through tile cane. drapi nv
gun To load, aud BY the great jackson,
lnerc waEni a fiIil lJad Ia the gOurdl 1
loaded mighty carefully, and starred on to
90 some hollow tee TO sleep in. Every
vncc ami awhile I'D git glimpse Of the
panthcrs on my trail. sPanihcrs,' saws /,
-i'n make chiids bargain with ycu; If
you viii Iet Mc a-one, yoI may 70 along;
ami II y0a don there ) bail inIo the heal
ii one of you, aud this kIIi.e-hnsI If my
knlie warn gone wish may never TASTE
Dai meat! lra!sedmy gun trembling Like
a .eai, ami says /, ''JiIn. 4 If have your mc.tl'
heil, 4 wur ~ irUIb.c, surel thought 4
wlr On ihr iahHtc "a LcLH Lake and wa
vi,chcl!
Mc!l, did Oh, you may larl, bu, Jest
imaging yourself !Usl in tic cane Of >ky
LaAc, (,le cane on Sky Lake ;s some thirty
I .n..cs Ing, ironi one TO three wide, thick as
\ hlr on ~ back, and about thirty feet
Y higay Out VI iiker, out ol powder, your knife
1 gonc, the ground covered with snow, you
vcry hungry and tired, and Two pan;Lers
so-IJw.ng lour traii, and you'd ilinA you
I was beHdched tool
Meiii her ;hcy como, never letien on,
v bit making arrangements ID have my scalp
/ ,aat nigilt; never let on, but determined
I lhey shouldn't. The har had been stand
\ lng On my head tor more than an hour,
and the sweat were lest roilin' of me,
and that saisEci me that a tight were
bgew.n atwcca me ana The panthersl 1
stopped two or three times, thinAin' they
haa gone, bat presently they come crecpin
aiung through the cane, and a. soon as
they see ne they'd stop, lay down, roll
\ over and twlri their tails about like kittens
playIn; i'd then shout, shake The cane,
anu away they'd 60. Oh, they thought
they had me; IN course they did, and de-
tcrininei wlthin myself ii they did let me
". iI hey dldnt attack an anarmed man,
a.One AMI lost, without iiker. powder or
\ Nnir, that hTst time 4 Got panther up a
\ tree, with my whole pack AZ The root, my
iiker gOurd iuil. and iIah full, my twelve
y -und yager loaded, AMI knife IN Shawn
order, ~ let him gDl Yes, id III 4
I dEdaI
4 But what did they care! They'd no
more IrcIing than the deviIl | know'd Il
I wJd.dn do TO risk a light IN the cane, and
/ pushed On % lind an open pace, whar the
cane dlIiied and thar 4 determined to stand
and ne II our! Presently here iAey come,
and II a Stranger had scen en-, he'd a
thought they were playIni Thcy jump, and
I squat, aud bend their bachs-.ay down and
roli, ana grin iiAe PuPp.e .es,-;hey AeP' eei
I, ung nearer and nearer, and a were sltiin
JurIS, and ! know d | must I'll drive at the
o.d he, aione 1t got SO dark, couldn't see
ny slInls; - nrss draPt on one knee to
maAc sure, and when raised my gun were
all IN lremblel 1 knowed that wouldl {;
! do and riz.