The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-06-06
SAVED BY A HAWK.
Old Ike's Terrible Experience With
 Panther and a Wolf.

"Look out, look outl doan' tetch dat laig," said old Ike as young Mulkittle entered the cabin. The old man was sitting near the door, with one leg rest ing on a blanket covered box. "Look out, doaa' yer know dat it am bad luck ter step ober CT pusson dat way? 'Clar' ter goodness, doan' know whut ter take yer fur" fE
 "What's the matter, Uncle Ike ?"
 "Oh, got dat daim rheumatic erg'in."
 "What give it to you ?"
 "I dunno"
 "Didn't you say that the Lord gives us everything?"
 "Yas, but yer aim gwine ter ketch me on dat sco', case de Lawd neber gin CT pusson de rheumatic lessen de pusson wuz CT sinner"
 "Ain't you sinner?"
 "Look heah, why doan yer transack yer business an git erway rum heah :? Whut yer nosin' bout hesh fur?"
 "I just come out here to see you Everybody's gone away from home"
 "Is da, honey?" replied the old man with a perceptible change of manner. " Well O co'se yer's allus welcome. Oars two pussons whut allus fms well come in my house."
 "Who are they ?"
 "Yessef an me, honey. Er, haw, haw 1! So yer come out ter see de ole man, did yer3 Wall, Pm glad, an ef didn' hab dis heah rheumatic would hop up heah an make yer think dat yer wuz at CT show. Oh, I'se pizen when turns myse'f loose. Say dar ain nobody in the housep
 "No, pas out in the country an ma an little sister went down town"
 "An' da lef' yer all by yesse't, bless yer heart"
 "Yes, ma wouldn't let me go cause broke pitcher"
 "Now want dat too bad2 Da fuder suited yer by showin' yer dat da couldn' trust yer an locked up eberything, l reckon"
 "Eo, they didn't"
 "Wall, da's still got comferdenee in yer, honey. does b1eebe dat yesse'fs do puttiest chile eber seed. Open yer mouf an femme see yer teeth. White CT snow an ez eben CT de Lawd's pra'r Does yer know whut I'd ruther hab right now den anything in de worp3"
 "No, I don't know"
 "I'd ruther hab CT loaf CT light bread an CT nuff meat ter make it chaw comfot- able. Nov, jes' think, ef de folks hadenter put comferdence in yer an nader locked up eberything, dar would'nter been no chance Q gettin' de stuff whut my soul is cravin'. Whut noner 'scapes CT pusson do make in dis worl'. 1 had CT 'scape once whut would make de ha'r stand up on de tail O CT 'possom."
 "Why, Uncle Ike, you know that 'possum's tail ain't got hair on it 1"
 @'Cose it ain't, honey, but dis norrer 'scape O mine would put ha'r on de 'possom's tail, den turn roun' an make it stand up."
 Tell me about it."
 "Co1ld'n do it, honey, lessen had CT 6ne promise ter stain me in de mighty undertakin'.''
 "What kind of promise ?"
 "Dat yer'n git me dat loaf O bread an CT huff meat ter make it chaw comfo'ta- ble."
 "Well, promise"
 @Good, honey. good. Lemme see. It wuz way back wonder fore de railroads fotch de var down is de country. wuz CT young passon, jes' beginnin' ter splurge roun' er little. One night wuz gwine ter see de gal whut wuz mighty in lub wid. Oar waz q bad black ma. ;n luh wid de same gal, an he didn't want me ter hab her, 90 he wuz tryin' ter do ebery- thing he could ter put me outen de way. l wuz tole dat night jes' fore sot out dat de bad nib ger had dun got de wolf an de banter on his side, but want much skeered, lease thought dat could slip through de woods 90 soh dat da couldn' zee me. De moon wuz shinin' aimos' ez bright ez day. got CT long down in de woods whar de shadows wuz thick Il walled under CT beudin' tree. Erpussou