Telegram-herald., 1889-12-04

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tother day taAf dom leave ao roeu ter
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gear alta ela. somehow lll g.go goa
tie symptoms. Maybe you ~ent Ano"
that be- -ite q coon hunter. b-- eln.
gotter dzy roy boy 3. ag1t oae q tnese
brllch .los4.n ana repeAun' shotsuns.
and 7 told hlm J 4 60 out and ses bow li
g aork on = coaa. I aent c-t AKA
haan't gone moro than mile up t1- hi-i
befare ! seen q big coon pep on - t1e
ilmb of = chestnut tree. lie came
there 80 sudden that 4 oouldnL ger b.
through nle where be Lad come from ~
how he pot there. Hut l didn't stop %
ask TO questions, bat up aud tlazea
away Now I've got The name over our
way, Doc, of never mlssln any thing
] shoot al, and of course " ben ] p4llsd
up and wh4nged away a. that coon e2-
pecte3 10 see him tumble, but ne dldn &.
When the smoke clear away be sot
there Jest as be VAS when
seen him first was surprised.
now, / tell YOU. ] thought IL Was
the guns fault, but blazed away
again. The coon never moved.
happened 20 look, somehow or other a.
d tree OF 10 the right OF the one the
coon Was ia, and there sOt another coon
on limb. / thought Ia try my luck
Oh him, and SO I let him have a shot
He never stirred. ! begun 10 git mad
By this time, and durln' a little conyer-
sation / was hayin with myself about
the gun / happened 20 glance at a tree
70 the left OF The first tree. and there on
q limb MAS another coon. ] tried my
luck on the third coon. and didn't hit
him no more than did t'other two.
looked Al tic first tree; there was that
coon, settin' right where be was when
first seen him. looked at the second
tree, and there was that coon, still on the
limb. / turned my head toward another
tree. and there ] seen a fourth coon. and
lookin' around me whichever way /
might, every tree seen had a coon IN
II, and all as fat as coons could be. |
got wild
q" 'Thunderr / hollered; here's the
woods fun O. coon. and hain't got
nothin' but this new-fangled gun that
won't hit barn
But begun 10 blaze away as fast as
the gun could spit cartridge, fust al
one coon and then at another, until
every darn load was emptied out o that
gun, and hadn't dropped a coon. I was
jist agoin' 10 slat that gun TO flinders
against a tree, when | happened 10 rub
my eye, and when l took my hand down
there on my finger was nice, jolly, fat
wood-louse. l looked up, but every
coon was gone. The fact o. the matter
is, Doc, that wood-lousc had been hangin'
on TO one OF my eye-winkers all the
time, and / thought ] was seein' coons.
Be gittin' near-sighted or is the optic
nerve doublin' up on me?'
Neither one. said the doctor. "Have
the hind pocket in your hunting pants
cut down from quart size to half-pint,
and you'll be all right"
The man went out shaking his head
and said he'd think about il.