The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-12-21

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preston. 1t would not answer 10 put
upon the stone simply sten," for that
is indefinite and requiressx PLANTATION {; it
might mean eaten by a knnibal. This
difficulty could not occrl1n the German,
where essen signifies th4act of feeding
by man and fressen bya beast. How.
simple the thing would IN German: =.
HER LIED
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
HERR--,
GEFREssE
August 20, IT.
That explains itself rhe welI-born
one-was eaten D. :, sd sT,---sursss-.
bly, by bear, which animal has bad
reputation since the days of Elisha.
The bear was coming on; He had in
fact come on. l juoged that he could
see the whites of my eyes. All my sub
sequent reflections were confused. l
raised the gun, covered the bears breast
with the sight, and let drive. Their, /
turned and ran like a deer. / did rot
hear the bear pursuing. / looked bak.
The bear had stopped. He was lying
down. ! then remembered that the beI
thing to dc after having fired your gun
is to reload it l slipped in a charge,
keeping my eyes on the bear. He never
stirred. l walked back suspiciously.
There was culver in the hind legs, but
no other motion. Still, he might be
shamming. Bears oftensham. To make
sure, l approached and put ball into
his head. He didn't mind it now; he
minded nothing. Death had come 10
him with a merciful audiences. He
was calm in death. In ordr that he
might remain so, blew his brains out,
and then started for hone, 1 had killed
bear
Notwithstanding my excitement, I
managed to saunter into the house with
an uncOncerned air. There was a cho-
rus of voices -
Where are are your blackberries ?"
" Why were you gone so long,"
Where's your pail?'
" l left the pail"
Left the pail What for? ~
A bear wanted It,"
ooh, nonsense ~
Well, the last saw of it, bear had
it."
ooh, come You didn't really see
bear ?"
eyes, but did really see a real bear
did lie rum"
Yes; he ran after me-
81 don't belie7e a word of it. What
did you do?"
ooh, notilire D.. -. II, EXCEPT kill
Une bear
Cries OF G{ Don't believe
it, " " Where's / ="
" If you want to Sc the bear, you
must go up into the woods. / couldn't
bring him down alene.7
Having satisfied the household that
something extraordinary had occurred.
and excited the posthumous fear of some
of them for nv own safety. I went down
into the valley to Get helm. The great
bear hunter, who keeps one of the sum
mer boardipg.bouses. received nv story
with q smile of incredulitv and the in
credulitv spread to the other inhabitants
and IN the hoordars 90 soon a. tho story
vos knowr Hovevo, 90 insisted in
al sobernes. and ogcrsI to lead them to
Tho hoor ror+,, 90 f,r+v or co., ,,oonlo
a. Loot stortod oF ,r;.b No - hr;no The
bo.r N Nobodu hoI;arod +boro rras onv
hear in the caso Int evervhodv Who
could rot . ,,,, oo,r;od ono ord ro
won+ ;n+o +l,a -, orr,od wi+b orro
-. - -, -, - ~
con+;n5.ar 49,, 49, -. - orowd
- 40 = :, ,,oa.1u e.. "a ;oo~ors
D.. - - ~, a. g.,
snot and nointod ont the hear vino
,oocefrII,, ronnoI n bis own sk;n
Iito soizod tb.. hoordors
and penuine exciterent the natives. It
was M mistoka boar nv GEORGE and
the hero Of the fobt-weIl 7 will not in.
sist unon that Brt what procession