The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-07-31
place: and, looking further Vet, 1found

IQy un6 cOlb k1ll6Q Dy bOu16 VdIIuiub dlQ
hidden away in pile of fern, great
chunk having been eaten out Of its
Thigh. / tell You, I was madI Of
course it must have been painter that
did that, says / to myself; and back I
went for nv rifle.
at did not take long to hunt up some
of the neighbors, for was determined
to have the varmint's scalp If he was
anywhar' in them hills. But, after
DAYS hunt, all we shot was q big bar,
which was killed at the start, and which
we sunk in the creek till we came back
from the painter hunt, for we did not
mean the painter should have any bar
meat when he missed his next feast on
the colt.
"The horse-lot looked mighty lone
some for weeks after that, SO that I
hated to 90 past it; but one day, about
six weeks after the death of the colt, as
I was sauntering about thar with my
rifle on my shoulder, what should I see
but huge painter perched up on the
big limb of tree, below the bluff, over
looking the horse-lot, and twisting his
tail and licking his chops as he was
watching one Of my yearling heifers
that was feeding right along up toward
him.
THINKS your maes IN tne loit ana
You that 1,. hanging oar na;It ny - ea Ma h1na in
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soo, : mas .uIAy enoun ms W Dio'AA ni'
paenIone sHsowen mi'a and G o;rth e'. st-ano.r Won
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nU"n aromnd. :. end % az bs conldn't run be he lest est
foro - ~ H. tha a;r+b II h Nth b;s CLOVIS snd
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ns,soI.o nIo ona,s ~ hlooJ nm co1d Rut + tell
1nu ,,,, stronger Ja ! tba host old sViro;nia
ua, osLJnwg Ssss, svar ~ ,,syad ON ON ony fddia
.sasa- - ,r,ol, ,Isns;o CO.. ~ ss that
not ~ T Lno1, - ~ 10. go az 10 80 .e..,V
pm pnanoi ~ t:na5 Nv n'' VI
yiialn .naS lau Anee s.T ny oo.', ~, o.d p1lns
uetermlneo 70 8et iun pay, /! "ouieiii =
lest went up on top of the bluff and
rolled great rocks down on him until,
at last, I made perfect mash Of him.
And that. stranger, is how I got even
with the horrid brute" -
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:aS Il;as uiun nun nsse som1 0V H., p-. r.
Will one VI more VI 'lem ne Das 'iie no
moss a sla' ss,o1 sse. m1.,u ~ % Os =,
ohe s'ns ;Ia" s.ov, 80 um ,rhen I % es:sp
aoou' 'e1 mnes ifom n neie: Wnen : - -
Iame 70 nansuek. inaG I sl9e nelen, u
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har, | W. 10Y S;a,,r s oara 'Sde s'yoh ,rh;oh i - ard a
ooi - 'e. oiun osio n:on AZ
on seattinS ouG irom his oapin ~ 'iie
morning. we agreed that eacn one
snouiu saAe uP hlsn riuee VI 1wo Ilia'
ran up posn SUES oi long anu oeep
vaaey' ana we agreed peslaes 1na1' !
s;.aot one n.eu, sne Ssnea 1--we. was ~ ~ - :,
~ .oI' ~. s1o' O"l ~ ""e ny'
saMays aass sale onap W nan'ie w one
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well, l hadn't been on my ridge very
long till I heerd three shots, one artel
another, as quick as a rifle could bt
fired and at the first one away I raI
down the mountain side to cross ovel
to the other ridge. Bout half way over
what should see coming toward me II
the open creek bottom but a huge
painter, who, as he saw me, stopped
not liking my looks, I thought, mucl
better than I did his'n? There he was
squatting like dog, on his hind quar-
ters, and staring at me with his grea
yellow eyes. I aimed for his peeperl
in a hurry, but, to my horror, my gu1
snappedl and he jumps up and comes
few steps right towards mel My eye
begun to water, but 7 snapped again
and once more the horrid varmint com,
a few steps nearer, this time twisting hi
tail about like cat watching mouse
By this time was so scared-'tain't n,
use hos W OWL np-.slA1 ny gun Pee W y
W wopple' put, US wen as cou!o' hep
on on Swapping: %ltnone at n iasS aiming q
al, ,. - ? I, sr". mIsn soao @ ana !, ,sne gu
wens On II nis very iaoe, anu 14e cusse.
ciga'uie, soaIea eoo, 'lLnGu u nis uei.
aa o u ;ist T;nt al AZ mm rsa+ 'de dsono o~, a.
stood % on " NV foce @ and NV % bo,r - o1,,,os mos
ro;sad - tho oa, , ntf mnbaad I 10 40 he1;ana Iie,us
1e M;@hty I a1ad T strannsr @ T u,os ~ ~ pe, cot ",
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naUtha.s one at4on amo.lan u eu 'rLe 1Le :.
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tos esam. siI;.ns sioas G .ne .op VI .ne Tug
tIa " othans bes III '. ~ One .,S ue 81 s1''
the ti,e ouaoI. S'' aaI aaI ne ;neu N 'ah. III
ene ouo aile ! MeS eS-aAlS Ml ioui u az una
Mere 1oseIner ue 'oiu ne tilat as u
uloppeo ono VI em, sne olners cam
trotting up-ane' luckily, nus rine dlon
lalsae nlss nae lr. as nne u,u % Oia ann nt-iocAs
sIfanset, Masl seey goou uepenuene 4n,
"A pa,ngei e Tea;ana anu a. nn.s, sn1an 'hey
tIansoiHss u rOs ' WIZ oN-' nao nin'i00A
'no-ee'o''
at suppose" queried I, you neve
ate panther-meat in early times?"
Well, no. The nearest ever cam
to it was once ND on Rockcastle, whe
I'd been three DAYS in the mountain
hiding from the Indians; and without
bite of meat or anything else. At this
time I happened on painter youn
one-and lucky shot brought him o.,
e Ill Mill I