The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-04-02
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tPRftaQelpnIa times
h Ever heerd bout the scrimmage M
and Case had with j bssar over long til
Ratt1eshake Creek?'' asked Old Jerl,
! f9reeni1llg as he piled the. logs on the fir,
in his cbzy little cabin near this village
Jerry isfone of the best hunters in Pix,
i County [and his "reminiscences are pecu
llarly Interesting.
ssI'lI tell ye all bout it fore Case-ye
know Nd = son Case an that ere ole yallel
| houn' OF mine-he's seventeen year ole
this conlin' spring-We started out after 4
bee tree Wall, we was walkin' 'lona
kinder quiet like, all to suddent that
cussed houn' Of mine give the allfredest
| yell eVeI / hear, an, outen the brush an
scrub oaks come q tremenjus black bar.
I'll behanged if that bar wasn't ten feet
long. Wall, the bar stood still in the path
an looked at me an Case, an Case an me
stood still an looked at the 'bar, am I'll
gosh da1aged if 'tWasn't@ 50 com'cal [ lust
sot down on the groun' an lafTed. Then
Case got up on his ear COS we didn't have
no gun nor nothin' with lis 'ceptin' make.
an so hf yells to me, Reckon ye'd better'n
get up a tree, 'nless ye want ter git chawed
into minee meat, ssez he. Jest about that
time Mr. Bar made fur Case au' Skinned
up tree.
"Walls Case he went for the bar with
a make, d nd all of suddent the oil concern
flew Often the handle; so Case he started
fur to climb q tree as the bar came fur
hiEl. Wall, sir, to see Case climbin'
that ar tree with that bar after him
was more'n could stan so jest bust out
latfin' agfn. Then Case he got recl-hot
mad an the way he slung the profanity
round were caution. Jest bout the
time he begin callin' me all sorts er
names THAT bar reached one of his paws
up an pulled off one of Cases butes. He
slid down the tree with the:bute and when
he teched the groun' he struck that ar
butte jest like that seventeen-year-ol' dog
of mine Ntd q rat. But the butte didn't
seem to satisfy him so he clim' the tree
agin. Case saw him a COMM so he yells
out, I'm Il goner, dad sez, Hold the
fort an give him t'other butte Jest then
Case seq, FIJI fix the OF cuss.,
Wall, sir that bar clim' almost to where
Case wer re settin,' when all to once't [ see
Case maxim some motions with hiss fingers
with his fingers. sez l, BE you q fxin'
him?' Sfz he, i be-. Jest then the Of
devil gay a terrible rear an let go the
tree. / s. pose you'll hardly b'lieve it, but
gcsh hang me f that bar didn't turn
sumnersft in tn air an light on his head.
Yes, sir, it's q solemn fac thet thet bar
fell on bis hand so hard thet he broke hiz
neck. The whole thing were so cussed
com cal thet got to laffin' and fell clean
off the limb [ was straddlin' and nearly
broke my neck When Case come down
outen the trees, seq I, What made the
bar tumble?' He looks at me Il minnt
and then pulls out q pepper-box. Wall, |
sir, that ar boy-I alters calls him boy, |
though he's thirty-eight years old comm
hayin tinke-had stole the ole Woman's |
jest to tantlize her, and that's
what save I'd his life. He sprink1ed the pep
per in the BEARS eyes and nearly drove him
frantic sol he dropped. But the stfangest
part of the story is the dog. When me
and Case went back after the bear with a
boss and wagon, I'll be blasted if we didd't
find that Ole yaller houn' up another tree
sin. Truth, sir, truth. Yes,
sir, that al dog had been so scarf that he
Jest climb that tree without thinking.
Mebbe yo ii thik | am lynn when say that
Dear weighed $50 pounds. But it's the
ruth, sir, never lied yet, and I'm get
In toe. ..olf to learn, fur I'm nigh seventy
years oil, /,