The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-07-29
The Doctor and ne Panther.
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The Doctor and the Panther.
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y, WhAsheAds Esq,
vi WAS living tha. year On the cca~t par.
N nlgA6t Augustine II was late In the
year, and the night was oncomMnn dark
wall uwas--and the wind reared ugly
| Yer could hear the trees Smashin up In the
wopds every i've Mia,s when Il huaklea ,rn
~ little extra, aud when yor put yer head out
~ tho deer, IA did once in Il biz ~ soe, you
Aa,dnt have seen Myhasre tapitol llunse
ut you had rubbed yer nose agia IL The
h. breakers were hauadlM ON the bar and
| " could noe un one hy une whar they hit,
iNrs the phosphcr IN en- up like blue paint
We hada sereeeAn hre in the ohiMney, and
Mwas right goea u lauk At The Old We
man was q meniin nlu,hes IN tha corner and
Thought Il war \ cnssea sight he,ter helm
4 AaMeheay and turin IN BY the side VI
ones uwn wife than y raostla all night In
the upon range, ~ had been aain In 4
Manth hack
farea Smith war there .co 10 had asop,
ped in gan Ny ~ fela.ky Ma revival trip,
| ami seela the hlNw vNlntn ON, MaNva MI
MlahI and he wastAikin religion IL Martha
| Ny the IRE, asytn himself and vonNartin Il
seal both ter unea rarsen Smith WAS 4
| likely man aaaa Mel MlkeN They eallel
! him MetyN and h. wrntc his naMc, Rev
| Emkim Smith, Nj N M N stnNa lnr Nett,
cine heseH hNNxh that SnMe,htN uta liz, Ear
he MAN u herse lvvtnr hvtNsv he taNk Ill ~
hgsNM and he had Kind NJ estN Way vfrNhe
| hn his hAals down his leEs Az he sat hy Tho
| Rve ead TALKED AWAY that would Mkc thu
SPAWN Net utN WOMAN, aud cnNNart hvr IN
| twu forty
Wall there Ae satA Mlhm away and
wAtchm the taters y N,astln IN the NshrS and
the hNeNN NNM IN the pan, MtkM ~ Alee,
Nan aad lsesMh AMI theM other holv wN.
men Mlks in the MNlN Nh thsSm ~ lsel Ao,
" myself and Thought Mas in the MMANta.
man, when MNuieA heeN Mtntee
| WeN MoSesv sea L The Doctor hadn't
heerl the painter ~ no Thought was NttttN
| geaee and he right away hNrklea into me-
iiaed IN, hut Jest ria M and went ii the
cabin wall, wAas there Was i little mtaler
| that had cut "a lNNl ont towards the Mx,NdS
| Nest the night tNr them ,aemtnts,N ses |
| DRAWN my head III axsM they alters rnMe
| down in storm, Kind cf ansuSpeetsn like
| that's their natur
YES nethin 50. aecci,Nal as the eiSeepal
iaas says the noctor
kaowed what hewas AFTER the Doctor
went tooth and nail againS, the piscopaltans,
| aud so dad the flscopalians against HIM =
That's the naier otreligtas people,
| No, sea |, 1T was the painters
pa.aters where2- have YOU seen a pain
| tory
No, but heerd one Just now.
You don't mean 1t seq he, anahe went
| right over to his saddle bags that was lsin
on the bed and tuck out twoo of the longest
! kind OF spanish pistols anu primed EN- up,
| aNia all the whi,o snmetaln about how vita
! she jaw bone of an as he had slain thuus.
! and men,
didn't believe the critter, for he was f-iv.
en- to blow in; but Martha she iist swallowed
/ it all like batter cakes.
| seen old Boz, who was asleep by the Gre
| a whimperin away; you know how dogs take
| on when they re dreamin, raise his head
/ quick like and make a straight pint for 10th.
/ er eend OF the cabin where the iogs was
| little onen ike. lie stood there for about Il
minnit aud tlen came back and laid down
/ agin | knew sometain was up, and that
screech heerd were true music. The old
woman seed tie dog and she broke in
| with
Yes, that's so, when T. my old man and
the dog both smell painter, knows there is
painter. Two dogs don't both make a false
pint to once
At this Doctor Smith he walks to the door
and unlatches it the wind blew it wide open
| saw pair ofiong white horns outside, and
that minnit the Doctor gave one OF the big
gest yels yer ever hecrd IA wild lnjin make
one Of his pistols went OF | don't know ell
he fired it eli, or it went oil of itself, and the
preacher went over backwards as my woke
Of young steers came rusiln right in tue cab
in. Lord yer could heerd me lat a mile
We got the critters cut agin presently
though they didn't want to 70, anu ! Sofa
thinkin about it and wonderin how it was
they were SO unusual skeery, and the old
| woman had fixed the Doctor somethin warm
and hadn heern any more OF the painter
for an hour or more, when all ola sudden
queek, quee-ee-ee-ak, we heard the old SOW
60 and thumpin noise, and the cattle bel
| lowed and run rcslnd the house.
Thar, ! knowea it, says |, grabbed my
rifle upsettin the teapot, ''d-n the painter
he's got the old SOW.
Lord, you should ha seen that cabin emty
! itsGit. ltOI uIlu liG OlHGT lC-S ETsl, anu
then the Doctor and his pistols ana then the
old woman, though she was the smartest
man OF the lot fur she brought out bi.
pitch pine knot all lire to see what we were
going after
iput right for the pig pen that was abou;
| eight rods of from the house and where the
pigs were screamin bloody murder all the
time. That's what bothered me knew If
| tho ma had n n Nil ba have l.,
ed it right off, and then he would up and a.
way with the carcass. That's the natur Of
the yarmint. Could it be an old she havin
one other cubs out exercising him, and the
cub eouldn' lug off his share Of the game?
We got up to the pen. 1t was log cabin
about twelve feet square, butt OF heavy logs
| Jist to stop such do!ns as this The dogs had
their noses to the cracks baying away like
all fired, and the pigs were a snortin and
| s4c.lln inside; but the stran-est thing was
that the door was tight fast, the chain across
it. and the big oak pin drive in as tight as
! ever.
Where is the painter says the Doctor rs
/ he came up
That list what | want to know saws
| as cum around the buildin to look for his
| hole, but without iindin it, The ni-s were !.
| squealin away as if they would spit their
/ thrt ais, and the dogs were II dancin and a
| how lin The old wnman was sIyin some
| thin, but you couldn't hear what il was, Tor
the wind blew as bad Us ever it only wan
ted that cussed painters screech to make it
| all complete, and .jlst then, as am a Twin
/ sinner, the varmint gave his screech, and it
| was inside the pen.
The Doctor was for settin fire to tlh cabin
and burnin him up. The old woman was
| for cuttin IL hole in the door and shootin him
| That was kind Of onlitir to the yaemint
! thought. See |, I'll show you a prettier
trick than that; III jist Upon the door, and
then, Martha, if you hold the light steady,
| I'll take him with a poke in the ribs that will
stop bis steaiin ny pigs. There is no miss
ire TO my -un, and that wont be impos.n on
q varmint that down put my hand to
the peg that held the chain, when tae Doe
tor, taking the enes ait the legs that stuck out
at the corner Of the cabin for a stairs, list
put himself ON the top OF the pen in two
shakes of a deers tail | smiled softly to
myself, but didn say nothin, TOR thinks
too myself If the yarmInt does come ont here