The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1847-02-10

pti W tuepN aSttlt tuW lOF
many time Id hunted baar tiitl1 sichSiikt
vnrmins from Bio Mason riy yiit,ncrass ftbille
Bio tBurthulnmee,t 4 tjca inpin, uGl, s, ,.tnio -.
aud .sialtin'fresl, hcStiTiornin'.,.ii iij
'B,'t wereiy0n nit dtafrhid 6f sii,.:tw al ves5,
well warn'tlloss! NV0lves can't skear
me, nor panihers muther.: 3;l>he bars IL
wuss nor all the other yarmit, nut tosether
they've gut mighty iiusty hug; ieli ye.
'fllen you have been scared by lie
bears ~ 4 q Il IL, * g..ss .aiils
well. stronger,I do confess that corn
once't--a few. But u.s. was suyin, we
struck bee-line through the cane, and
bimeby we came in sight oflhe li,teilopt
house, thcn scs IstO the Ginernl: 'Gineral,' :
SEES l, 'y"n gonlle sitie, and Rale tile Othrr;
nsid d0n'tyoutHo dOhothin', 0nlrss Dick
tries to make tracks for the swamJI, Z
We'll, we won't, Ru,' '5ses THE Gineral. 81
'Whcn seed 'cm stand well oil, i edges
myself To big cott0n-wo oo,i tree at d gOod
sl'ooi'n' distance, and l,oliers outs G.
'Hnllo house! and bimcby l. seed q
door open IA lee,le--jest n Iieelle, ,sandatllen
Dick Stewart put his head rountl tile corn.
er ofthe door-post.. AS snun as lie seed
me, he scs- III !. s..g
tWhnl The hill ldoiyonwantherc, RUIZ
4 want you, Dick scs /. &. 3 .t.ss 4iix
You aint co'ncj o tnke me7'ses he, look
in as black as thunder. }. .3ssi; I IS sd "a {;
We'll, am, hoss,' scs / /, sort o. quiet
like; 'and here's Gineral Plunmcr and Ra e
Mo'sa;i come 10 Sc. fair play! s.lt;
You'd d-n sig lit bette clear r out while
you can, ses he, .for I'm not gwine To be
taken alive, i tell ye.' Els
Il dar say. ses l;'sPectcd MS muck, and
told the Gineral SO; but l'm,he man what's
gwine 10 luke you, Dick-llle Gineral an,i
Rafe wont do no,hin.' jest 10 obieege me,
onless you Try to streak it, i
Go way. Ru', don't want io hurt you,'
scs he; look here, you see I'm mol ;unprc-
pared.' ss IL
''rhal's fact ses +; ;syou've got two
rifles, II tloublc-barrelled shotgun, t,v pis-
tolls aud bowie-kni(e; il ain'l no use, hOss
you must come .i..a. ,.E.i:..
Must come!' ses he, gripping his rifle
and gel,n' oudaciously savage Mus,
come look here. Ru' Bell, tain'l,five men
can take me, nor ten nuther, un,I,you know
il; $" you'd better nuke tracks lur the Bio
mighty quick, or Ill blow my rifle through
you. rt Il
That's all erect enough. Dick scs /,
lookin' right inlo his eye all the time. for
That's ull erect enough, Dick. but didn',
paddle all The way up The Bio for nolnn..
and it wouldn't look well fnr NE to go
home without you. Besides ses /. .wi.at
would The Glneral aud Rafe say promi,
srh EN- fight, and i, would be oniur 10
'en,, it would.
Well ses lie, loukin' MS savage as n
she bar whit has cubs. 'ifyou will have il,
blaze away, then
No, Dnk,' scs I. I'm made up my mind
me 10 fire aiore you've made anyrrsistance,
5" shoot nj "ncr't, or else sulrcndcr-iluin'
II" use talkin' 50 much about il. for you
must cnme.'
Stranger, you should have hearn him
rip and cuss, when | said that; he s.omp'd
aud he swurr. unh calledne ull manner O.
names, o"ti he churncd himself mp into a
jroth! but it wasn't no usc-he couldn't
skcar me, nor yit put me in u passion aud
make me fnrgl what war drin'-l'vs fiji
the lngins too much for that. So all llonce',
he gnv u shrek, aud bazcd rish, away.
seed what war comm, and SO lodged be.
hind the cottonwood tree. war jest il,
Time. for the bullet pIoughrd along The
bark and tuck of splinter right agin my
mouth, and the wind Of ii tuck away my
breath, $" as 10 make me stngscr q one
side lcelle, when crack! acnmes nnnihel
bullet an'l rips my ha, righ. uGmy head,
'll"orray! scs Stewart: that's twice
I've hi.you, Rug home now, like good
hoy-you Can't luke me-
i didn'tsu nnlhin', but drops quietly
dnwn behind the tree, and curtin my rifle
round it. bIaces away ut him, aud hi, hiu
in the side, and when seeI him fall back
| crawls to the end Of big gum what laid
on the ground u rottin', and turns my back
and loads my rifle agiu in double quick
lime, and then | peeps the leetlest mile
through crook Of the limb TO see lo,
Stewart. Thar he was in The doorway
with his lips ligh. clinchcd aud his eyes
liashin', aud look;n' all about arler me
with kinder snort. His fuce was u lecll,
pale, and The blood was oozn' out from
his side. Well, we waited jes, SD for
go"d while-he a waichin' for me, aud
pecpin' fur chance at him; fnr he kcI
himself covered pretty much by The door
post, and il warn't no use in me to fin,
away shot. Al last l got tired, an,
Thought I'D a better draw him out. So
lifted my hair on my head till il s,on,
r'rnighI up like, aud then showed il abov
the log. Crack! went his rifle again, an
| felt the bullet scalp me; but | didn't chr