Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-08-23


" fixed OF the scattered contents o. ny
creL Bruin "a iunehing on ny
trout and stnPped and gazsa n H.
oiguation- A. CARED the bar raised
aloft a noble tw0-pounder with which
! had struggled Up stream and down.
through noisy rapids and the 4aies
waters - dark p8ols among treaeher-
Gus r-ots ard aruuud the projecting
angle ~ TIE dangerous r For
tucaty Eord ninuf- had fought that
monarch - the hr-s before he had
turned bis 'lraz. p-ir-elag side
upEanl he Was
a maugry. rrfuasin- tll-t of The
swamp Ching % il d-,iras-. asory
richu-~ ID wa- fhan ! esai1
stan4. ana nslsant~r arun the -acTi-
i-glou, bsute wifh murder in ms heart.
] rm -o-s 60 COATES that Is di4ni -;
ont g ms heart. for III b--. thing
cou-l d. va, tO pes zap a biz tone
and chuck % 90 the bear The stone
hi rs bar on The Tide Of tae head.
and bu-in ye-p-t Ike a whipped dog
BIT he kept right on wlth III meal -
t7aui AZ thar moment. much 70 ny
slrprA- Brace Fe4ppear-1 OF the
s@ue- lie had evidently discovered
thar "a had ceassd u De- the one a-io-
getker lovely tn the bears Estimation
ard I'D slipped back % re-oanoite--
SEEING the sudden and unexpected
burst - courage ca my part he had
branSi zap himself and ~ the st"ae !
ihTsw struck the h-ar the dog sailed in
wsth amazing fury and attacked Brain
ia The rear The bear turned and
made al ugly dash a. Bruce Bruce
~re,reated wirh neain@s and Dis
patch. and The bear promptly
returned 20 his pleasant task o.,
absorbing ny catch ofir0u;- I chucked
stones and Bruce returned % his nip
ping the bears heels. but the bear sim
ply I0wied when DE- IA. hit and dashed
al the dog NJ c-Onv-nien, intervals. A.
the ,rou, disappeared q BY one. and
with aggnvating rapsditv. my courage
gradually acted A. BOB Acr- did. and
arguing 10 myself that B-rsim in al
probability now had IL in for Bruce
and re more than ever. and that A.
sOoa a. be h2d~ eucireied the las; Of my
tros. he would proceed without hs-G-s-
ton ,o give HI attention 10 g be-
gar 10 put NOR. space between myself
and The bear preDarStO-v 10 a Grand
and mastery retreat when the time
cane / backed awav. Rr-1s~ mad aD-
uz~~nrIv 90, On sssrh good Terms with
himself that he imagined the bear Vas
afraid Ia .ngage him in aetual e,nHic.
and ~ h remained ON IN. field mo-
ging Al B-1in-
The last trouE disappeared The
hear turned and bore down on Bruce
like an animated cyclone. | turned
and ran. Bruce. In -oue say or other.
.vHs4J IN. ~u-h ~ rh~ h.a~ and s,1-
lou~J NJ n- bar followed R-,.~
ne u-.7-Sio- Va a lively s-a The
bar b-,n- h-E-S w5-h ,-vs- s7s-s
make A. god time = h- MIGHT have
6ssn.- hsrt IL wn ~.. -~.s-vh :, .vs- ~
LA. tr-n.~-re. Sea- ah.ss - R-rs,
md B-.~ r~-~sv-r -s -
-h.- hs~ and ~af-swr ms-.-
w shaf E- wo,l5 r.r- .
s rh. T-
fss,r Il a r,.,, ana r-mh1.a
bad -,rt.-s .~. -ms m7
-srs. mn am mv e..
-soo fn wsr u M - br.
Lrrn.~.s m- - -
INV does anal e.. f.w9J--s , .A
brush - ths- -b- s-, ,h5.- -
thu. bar n. dad sa-. hw H..
AS An Immediate .r,,ryr.w-.. -
bar and ass. AMI d.5~5n~ H.. gs,.~i,,
I mel. f,~ a - had w-~~a~~rwHaw
a rr~ .n nv lie. hst ma-n-t ,h. whf-s
Of 1. lamb tail in -binsie~ M, ,hs, on..
A., -s.sa n ros tb-~~ rm-s-l =. tai.
= surrey u the field
Il doa-t know how il ever hapu-n.i
but ms dog had managed 10 olsen
;angl- himself from the bear. ana VA
even then bgssy in psstsag great gap,
81 DAYLIGHT between himself AMI R-sin-
Il may have b.7-u Thai nv trout had.
amply rewarded the bar for hi days
sport. or 8, may have h~--n rha, in III.
lirrie wrzug.e htws-n him and The
dog the latter haI a-r-'op.-d n..fu,-
That surpassed sAe bar. but Whs-h-
ever l. nigh; hare 5.-a. Brrin stopped
finally. gA1ed AFR ch- dog z a
Ei2nee NJ -a- safely r~sa-hfuE u IL.
hrzn-h@ % the sre~ ard ;h-a tssr
and .as~k -