Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-10-26
other for small game.


quainted with its lo"ality. The cave
was nothing but one of those sub!er-
raneous washes so common in the
west and south, and called sssink-
holes" 1t was known on'y 10 young
Fl. and myself, and we ior peculiar
reasons, kept secret, having put il in
requisition as the depository of Jug
of "oid Bourbon" which we favored,
and as the old folks abominate1
drinking, we had found convenient 10
keep there, whittier we would rt par
to get our drinks, and return TO the
house 10 hear them descant on the
evils of drinking, and "vow no 'drap,'
'cept in doctors truck, should ever
come on their plantation
Feeling very thirsty, took my
way by the spring that evening. AS
/ descended the hill o er;opping it, |
beheld the hind parts ola bear sIow'y
heing drawn into the cave. My heart
bounded at the idea of killing a bear,
and my plans were formed in a sec
ond. / had no dogs-the house was
distant--and the bear becoming
"small by degrees, and beautifully
less" Every hunter knows, ifyon
shoot a squirrel in the head when it's
sticking out of q hole, ten TO one
he jump out; and reasoned thai if
this were true regarding squirrels,
might not the operation Of the same
principle extract bear, apply ng il
low down in the back.
Quick as thought ! levelled my
gun and fired, intending to give him
the buck shot when his body appear,
edi but what was my surprise and
horror, when instead ola bear rolling
out, the parts were jerked nervonsly
in, and The well-knowr voice ofyoung
III. reached my ears.
HrMurderl Hinginsl h and kuck-
le-bursl OH Lordy! nuf!-niff.-
take him off.--Jis let me off his
wunst, dad, and I'll never run mann S.
colt ,againl Oh! Lordy! Lordy! all
my brains blowed clean outi Snake j!
snakesI' yelled he in shriler tone
I'ifipossible,, "-l on the outside and
snakes, in the sink-hole' III die a
Christian, anyhow, and ii j de be
fore Iwake, I" and ont scrambled poo
h. pursued by "a large b:acksl a ;e.
y If my life had depended out IL, |
could not have restrained my laugh
ter, Down fell the gan aul down
dropped ] shrieking conyuisiyely.-
The hill was steep, and over and
oyerl went, until my head strik ng
stump at the bottom, stopped me,
half senseless. On recovering some
what from the stunning blow lfound
Hibbs upon ms,, taking satisfaction
from me for having b.own out his
brains. A contest ensued, and III.
finally relinqujshed his hold, but |
saw from the knitting 0 his brows,
that the bear-storm, instead of being
over, was just brewing. "Mr. Ten
sas," he said with awful dignity, Il M
sorry put into you fore you cum
to, bui your e at yourself now, aud as
you We tuck shot at me, ii no
more than far should hafea chance
fore the hunt s up-' r %,.5,,
III was with the greatest difficulty
that | could get H.to bear With me
until / explained The mistake. but as
soon as he learned 1t. he broke out
in a huge laugh, sOh, dod busted!
that's huff; you has my pardon,
ought, to knowd you didn't tend il;
sides you jisa sclaped The skin. j,
war wus skeered than hurt, and If
you'll go to the house and beg me off
from the old folks III never le, on
you ,cuddept tell copperas breeches
from bar-skin." |
Promising that ! would use my in
fiuence, proposei tallnga drnk,
aud that he should te ! me how he
had incurred his parent anger. He
sssented,an after We had inspected
the cave, and seen that ii lie d no
other serpent than he one we cravea
we entered its coo, recess, and III.
commenced, sYon see, Doc, heard
so much from mam about hor. dni
sSSss;;;a;;;i;;ch sSs;;;a;;;i;;;sec!hs and nigger Swage aud the
mile a minute, and the Croton wate.i
that was gin him, and how she b eve1
that if il warn for bettin and the
cussln' and fightin, running race-hor
ges warn | the sin folks sad il wal;
aud ifthey war anything 10 make her
gret settin religion and jp:n the
church, il war,cos she couldn't lend
the races, and 10 nave a race.coit OF
her own 10 comfort her clin IN Years,
slch as her daddy had afore her, til
she got.me; so Lcoudn rest for
wantin' to see ahorse race. and go
shares, p craps ia the : colt she war
4qiahifas f0r. And fhan Il fhi,,k rrhat