The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-06-16

lick them two bars. an that II be jist
as good. Thur got to be order in this
h'yer school-house, an I'm gointer hev
it,
"By this time the cubs got kinder
f'miliar with the s'roundin's, and come
a lopin' plumb TO Mahala. This were
morn the oil she bar would hev, an
so she comes tearin' fur Mahala, with
her jaws open an a growl like young
roll O. thunder. Mahala didn't hcv
much to fight with 'cept her cheer, a
few benches, an some heavy sticks o
hick ~ wood, but she waltzed in with
them. The bar run her up agin the
wall. but Mahala's whacks with Il
hick'ry saplin' were like kicks of
mule, ev'ry on on 'em, an the second
whack broke the bars jaw. an down
it went on all fours. Then Mahala
fetched il one across the head that sent
it plump to grass, an it turned tail,
an drivin' its cubs ahead of il, crawled
back to the eend o the school-houSa
agin. howlin' terrible. Then the Of
he Teller tuck q hand in. He come
a rush;n' onter Mahala so much
like a steam engine that the whack
she give him with the bic hick' ry never
stopped him, an all in heap went
both on 'em on the floor. In the rasSel
that follored Mahala shed enough cali
ker. b'gosh, to Git up a tirst-claSs quilt
in bee. an tn was conSld able meat
claw'd Off'n her arms an OFT n the
pinerl make I'D of her system. But
she stuck TO the bar. an bit an
ola,rfI tiIf chm Saa
chance to slip inter n seat ahind a desi:
whar the bar couldn't git. The bar
seemed TO be winded wuss' n she were.
an she had pounded one o his ewes
shet with her fists an claw d hair of n
him till he looked 'Zif he i ben scalded
from stem to stern. Tn hain't an iOty
o doubt that if that family o bars
could ha' got out'n that schoOl-hOuse
at that stage o the game. they'd been
happier than hoy baby when he finds
Il rip in doll stuffed with sawdust.
But Mahala want gointer let EN- gil
out. gosh, not if she knOw'd it.
I'm a teachin' this h'yer school,
says she. an By gum! I'm gointer be
the boSsr
while Mahala were watchin' the Of
he bar an gettin' her wind. an the
OF bar were getherin' in some more
atmosphere for hiSSelf. she kinder
looked around the room To see if tn
want some other weepon She could
fotch agin the bar when she went for
him agin. In one corner. by her table.
she see rope. 1t were one that had
been left thar in the winter by some
feller who had ben snubbin' drift logs
with ii in the creek. Mahala had ben
pooty handy THROWN loop over
drift log herself. and wen she see the
rope LAWN thar an idee struck her.
Wen she felt rested enough she edged
over to the rope an hooked onter il.
1t were twenty feet long. an had
good easy-running slippin' moose in one
eend. The bar had been handled so
doddurn rough by Mahala that he
didn't seem anxious 70 come to time
fur the second round, but she buckled
inter him, an wen he come at her,
standin' up on his Ranches two foot
higher she were, she gave the rope
twitch. an the loop settled down over
his neck ez pooty ez if it had crowd
thar. Tn were 4 beam run crossweyS
o the center O. the school-house eZ Il
sort o brace. 1t were ten foot from
the floor. Wen the bar felt tie rope
tighten round his neck he looked
skeert. That kind o fightin' were new
to him and he dropped on all fourS an
tried to back away. Mahala jumped
up an ran over the tops o the desks
an throw'd the rope over the beam.
Then. quicken We could say bars
grease. she yanked that Of bar up,
hand over hand, till he hung two foot
clear o the floor. kickin' an stru@-
Gin an Strivin' to git free, an snappin'
an snarlin' enough to skeer a lion.
But 'twan't no use; an twa'n't long
fore he hung there deader'n a two
year-Or fence rail, with his tongue
hangin' out a foot. Then Mahala let
him drop to the floor. an draggin' him
up to her desk, laid him down in front
of it
"All this time the Of she bear were
howlin' over the little difficulty she had
got into an nussin' her busted jaw an
sore head. Mahala waltzed right into
her with her hick'ry club, an, after a
short but lively scrimmage, the she
~ al eifC up bhC SiOSls ali -hahaia vi
her up an piled her on top of t'other
one. Then she tied the two cubs each
to leg o her table, an, washin' off
the blood that were the predomineerin'
feature of her beauty bout that time.
an pinnin' up her dress ez good ez she
could, she slung the school house door
open, riz the winders agin, an were
ready one more to perceed with the in
tellect'al trainin' of the risin' ginera-
ton of Bull Medder deestric'.
"EZ Mahala showed the winders up
she see scholars peekin' here an thar
from out'n the bushes, all lookin'
skeert more'n half to death. She takes
the oil cow bell offn the table, an
goin' to the door, give il ring jest ez
if it had ben recess they was havin',
an then sot down ahind her table.
"Pooty soon one by one the scholars