Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1888-06-21

ahead of me, rs | had kept him back. i
When the boar saw the dog he low
cred his head and began to champ and |
froth mt the mouth. The boar was
fully three feet high, and never saw
an uglier looking beast in all my ex-
pericnce in the woods. The dog was
half hound and half shepherd. He
sprang at the boar at once and was
received with q lunge and thrown
at least ten feet away, with
his vitals pierced by the boar's long
tusks. The poor dog tried to renew
the attack, but he fell, and was soon
dead. The boar stood his ground as
if waiting for me to attack him. |
aimed at his fore-shoulder and fired.
With fearful snort the boar turned
and ran into the swamp, apparently
not injured. Darbee heard the gun
and soon came up We started after
the boar, determined to bag our
game, now that we had it. We came
upon him before we knew it. He was
lying behind clump of laurels. He
jumped up and sprang at Darbec, who
was ahead, and rushed between his
legs, throwing him down. The boar
would have ripped my companion as
he did the dog in another second, but
ran up and kicked him as hard as
could. was afraid to shoot at him,
as there was danger of killing Darbee
with the ball The kick had the de-
sired effect, for the boar turned quick
ly and rushed upon me. l sprang to
one side and he rushed past me. Be-
fore he could turn ard renew the at
tack, l had my gun to my shoulder.
The boar dropped, but he was on his
feet again, and, with savage snort,
dashed at me on three legs the other
one having been broken by the ball.
The froth that came from his jaws was
now covered with blood. 1t was thrown
backward as the great brute ran, and
fell in great patches here and there on
his body, giving him, with his wild
eyes and open mouth, hideous APP
pearance.
"Darbee had drawn his hunting axe
as soon as he had rcgained his feet
He was one of the most fearless men |
ever knew. / haze been in close
quarters with wounded panthers, bears
and deer many times before. and there
had been times when the chances were
against me in such fights, but never in
my experience had encountered any
thing that seemed so terrible as this
Infatuated wild hog. Ibelieve should
have soon succumbed to the attack of
the animal If Darbee had not been with
me. As the boar was rushing at me,
Darbee jumped between us and met
the crazed brute with blow between
the eyes from the hunting axe. That
blow would have tumbled the largest
and toughest bear that ever walked,
but it had not the slightest effect on
the boar. Before Darbee could get
out of the way the hog was upon him.
1t thrust one of its tusks through his
corduroy pantaloons, below the left
knee and with quick upward move
ment tore the left leg half way to OAR
bees waist, but fortunately, only graz
ing the skin. If the tusk had been in
serted quarter of an inch deeper, it
would have laid the flesh open rs it
did the cloth.
"When Darbee WAS knocked over by
J the boar, his gun was thrown some
, distance off in the laurels. l had no,
! had time to reload mine, and it was
only a single barreled one. ran to
get Darbee's gun, but before l had
found it the boar had again turned it,
, attention to me and was upon me in
the laurels. drew my hunting knife
and shouted to Darbee to load my gun
, while fought the boar hand to hand.
, l plunged the knife into the brute as
near the jugular vein as l had time tc
calculate in. The blood spurted out
in great stream, but in spite of al
, my efforts, the boar succeeded in tear
, ing me pretty badly with his tusks
, BY the time Darbee had loaded tn,
gun my clothing was in tatters and my
leg and one side badly torn. l KEEP
plunging the knife into the boar an(
, we were both covered with blood.
"Darbee was afraid to fire after h,
had loaded up, so he came to my ale
, with his axe. If | had been alone
/ should have been killed beyond
e doubt, for was beginning to feel tn,
0 effects of the boar tusks in my flesh
0 Darbee began to chop the boar witt
his axe, and the boar turned oil
1 him. Darbee ran back toward
, the gun and the boar followed him
Darbee got the gun and put ball int
| the hogs other shoulder, breaking il
$ He dropped to the ground and mad
, great efforts to regain his feet but h
: could not rise. His fury was terribl
to witness. He tore up the groun
+ with his tusks. uttered the most fright
o full cries, and champed and frothed an
threw himself about on the ground TN
e til he was completely exhausted. The
Darbee stepped up and finished him b
D cutting his throat. The boar was no
fat, but he weighed four hundre
u pounds. We used his meat for bait il
A our bear traps. This hog had bee
d born in the woods. and was will
: boar in every sense of the word
. never was known to 90 out of the wa
" of meeting panther, a bear or a VOL
q but l made up my mind after ths
!. boar fight that if ever l came acros
n another one in the beech l would Civ
r. it wide berth and seek less danger
r Gus game. guess this one was tn
q last hog ever seen in the beech. "-E
A. Mott. in Clercland Leader.
y School children should remembe
: that if they are on 'study BENT to
'e much they will become stoop-shou