The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-12-13
WRITTEN FOR TILE COMET
A BEAVER TRAPPER'S ADVENTURE
In A HURRICANE.

- among whom were two beaver trapper
'ul who had just come in, wet, cold and hungr
I l Their names did not learn, except II
"i smaller OF the two answered to the call {
Snoozer Supper was soon announced
oll which was cordially welcomed bv all. an,
an was soon over after which we repaired +
n, our places before the blazing fire in th
81 huge old chimney. To fill our pipes for
ell gooa oldfashloned after-supper smoke wa
at tne next thing in order, while each ant
mt every one of us took advantage of the oc
pc caslon, and puffed away in silence for ful
O. nVe minutes, when that silence was broken
Sc by the larger trapper drawing the corn-cob
S, pipe from his mouth with the exclamation :.
1T " by jingo, Snoozer, this is nasty old
h n'ght' aud reminds me of the time got
1t INTO that hurricane up on East Fork
l. didn't l ever tell you of it,"
Il 'No, not's knows on, " replied his com.
$ rade, ''how's that?'
= "Wall, twas a mighty funny sclape,
+ and not SO much fun arter all, Especially
Q right then, but laughed fit to kill arter>
, wards, and if these here gentlemen don't
| object to hearing it, III tell YOU all how if
happened.7
60 ahead; let's hear it, we responded
as with one voice, all anxious to relieve the
monotony of the night by hearing story,
let it be ever so indifferent.
''Wall, you see, said the trapper 'ssome
hVe OF six years ago, disremember the
year now, but howsomever, twas the year
we had that big slam snortiu' hurricane what
blew bazes outen widow Sykess gin -house
an tore up things generally. I'd been
stoppin some couple of weeks or SO at
Deacon Hardin's, trapping about his place,
and had toler0ble luck; he didn't charge me
nothlngfor board, cause the beaver cut his
corn mighty bad and he was right glad to
have me gobble 'em. You know Deacon
Hardin amt at all stingy, if he aint bigger
nor pint of soap, and there aint better
woman on Gods green airth nor his wife is
eft do say it myself, and she's as brave as .
a she wild cat with litter of kittens, :.
Wall, that was another just such a night as =
this only twas little earlier in the season
nor this I'd been out all day to my traps, !
and come in with three of the fattest
beaver you nor any other mau ever seed. ,,
and l tell you twas lug to fotch 'em. =,
Wall, after skinning and dressing EN-, and /,
stretching the skins. went in the house =,
and found Parsoa Lumpkin thar, and you a
Know what a tub of soap-grease he is thar
lint cheer in this room big enough for o
linn to set in, but thar he was, right afore
he fire, setting on bench.
''Wall, arter supper we all set round.
moking and talking till bed time, then they
ad femily prayers, though thing they vi vi
ever have 'cept thars preacher comes 10 ~,
long and stays all night, and then they tiC
ave EN- bad. AFTER Parson Lumpkin got an
trough prayin', and God knows l thought lor
e never would get through, we all laid the
own. PII
life
1.-The Deacon's wife she went to bed fust, "a,
ldwe all turned our back towards her bed is
Id looked serious like into the fire; then the
lie kivered up her head, and we went to am
~ f,n ,L,. ;.. -. she
oHo t0oAn " 'He sta
eaoon nouSe' sides the Kitchen, and the
'th beds are in that thar room, and Par hea
Il Lumpkin and took tho other one, and are
never Shall forgit it as long as l live He the
IS the fust and last preacher ever slept S'ti
Al o,11,.o yea
~, ~. ''l''' 'I.o' want ~ Si'ep WIN mary tab
ther one as big as he is; and Lord. can't cuIe
snore of
wall, arter while we all went to sleep, dea
l went to dreaming. thought was teh'
min, an so,,o ,.e,. -. S9.l.- u-- a ia
"'-"' an {
'ver and otter was thick as hog tracks in
ramp lot, and l was right close to big
S ou the river, and they made sich
ring you couldn't hear yourself think
'tty soon 1 seed one of my traps moving
and run to see what was the matter,
IN what do you think big beaver was
,hed in the trap, and big alligator had n.
oieo Tue oeaNer' l run TO the trap win aboy
ak and made lick at the alligator, but of "
foot slipped and in 1 went. Then the to tn
,ator let go his holt on the beaver and be e,
ened onto me by the neck, and swum
t towards the falls. The water grew
ter and swifter and the gator choked It
harder and harder as down we went gran
er and nearer the falls. knowd twas McS'
hin death either to 60 over the falls or ~ III
lto the alligators den, bat thought has
l we took the big tumble, the alligator habe;
d get skeert and let go his holt, and [ deciS!
"a rather be drowned than be chawed iIl gu
'y the burned old gator. felt the In M
stand up all over my bead like cloves with
billed ham, but it didn't last long. for ment,
we went over the falls, and woke 7ul,'c =
ith yell like a wounded painter. and c,sr
Parson Lumkin's arm laying right submit
e cross my throat; but that scream I lIveril
l. Of me woke him aud all the rest Of has i
and twas good thing it did, for sich great
er roaring you never heard in all your baiJ 'li'
days. Deacon Hardin's wife Jumped iudge
bed and said: out of bed all of case q
nd save your lives, a harry-cane's on III a y
dicate
nd sure enough, twas, and we all luui- prema
out together. The room was DARK as and I'D
barrel mt IN, nv co.t .,sb by the
I4'' corpus
wife tried to blow up the fire, and The
i'll hunting for my pants. The house Mai. A
like lambs tail, and squeaked and applies
ed like a dying beaver. The wind snip
and roared like ten thousand rail I-. l oT e !
ars running through the air. Parson a,,,l T,
kin and Deacon Hardin were praying ment.
II forty, but the wind made sich a animal
yOn couldn't hear 'em, and they will s.
n hear ,sr,ss,,-a. and ia
lg my pants; then there came one Of -,
fullest sharPest flashes Of hghtenin'. won